When the Cleveland Browns hired Kevin Stefanski as their head coach, he quickly brought within him the wide zone run scheme and mirrored pass game with him from Minnesota. Interesting, Stefanski was somewhat of a neophyte to the scheme having just implemented it with the Vikings.
Despite that, the Browns offense soared under Stefanski. In 2019, Cleveland’s offense was 20th in the league in DVOA but jumped to ninth in the first year in the new system. It dropped back to 14th in 2021 due to injuries to Baker Mayfield and the offensive line.
In the 10 years prior to Stefanski’s arrival, the team’s offense never ranked higher than 17th in the league and never had a positive Total DVOA.
