At the conclusion of the 2020 season, a year in which the club finally finished with both a winning record and a playoff berth, the lead analogy was that the offense was absolutely fine, yet the defense had many issues.
So, GM Andrew Berry brought in a bunch of new players, fired others, let contracts simply go without offers, drafted some young players and off the new Browns defense went into 2021.
Head coach Kevin Stefanski had just been named NFL Coach of the Year. So, obviously he knew his stuff, right? They just don’t give away awards like that to just anyone ya know.