Though the Browns haven't run the ball with much consistency yet this season, Mike Pettine and Robert Turbin believe they're going to have to do so in order to beat the Broncos.
BEREA— Mike Pettine came to Cleveland with a specific design for the Browns offense: run first, pass later.
In his first season sauntering along the sidelines, Pettine saw the Browns surge to the middle of the NFL pack in terms of rushing, but in his second season, things aren’t going as he planned.
Averaging just 88.4 yards per game on the ground, the Browns are the league’s 28th-ranked rushing unit, while boasting the league’s sixth-best passing attack, leading Pettine to re-think things on offense.