Since Jim Schwartz took over in 2023, the Browns have been one of the most man-heavy defenses in the NFL. In a secondary highlighted by Denzel Ward - a savant in man coverage - the Browns have paired aggressive defensive line play with sticky man coverage to best opponents. Cleveland is running man coverage at the sixth-highest rate in the league this year at 34.4 percent of the time, per FantasyPoints data.
Sunday's three-turnover, zero touchdown effort against the Dolphins was the opposite of that. Per Browns Film Breakdown, the Browns ran zone coverage 86 percent of the time in Week 7, the highest rate since Schwartz took over.