{"id":32154,"date":"2025-09-08T15:37:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32154"},"modified":"2025-09-08T15:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T15:37:22","slug":"breaking-the-browns-interior-ol-collapse-leaves-fans-frustrated-in-week-1-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32154","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: The Browns\u2019 interior OL collapse leaves fans frustrated in week 1 loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Breaking down the overall performance of Cleveland\u2019s interior offensive line in week 1 against the Bengals.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2025-09\/d656b9f0-8c22-11f0-bfe6-11d618afc1da\" alt=\"The Browns' interior OL collapse leaves fans frustrated in week 1 loss -  Yahoo Sports\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Cleveland Browns heartbreakingly lost to the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday by a score of 17-16 after their rookie kicker missed two crucial kicks throughout the game. Aside from passes being dropped on offense, the Browns\u2019 biggest area of weakness was their interior offensive line in week 1.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns weren\u2019t able to get any form of push or displacement in the run game when it came to zone blocking on the interior, and it was a major problem throughout the entirety of the matchup. Kevin Stefanski was effectively forced to rely on the passing game in situations where he would usually run the ball, and the offense\u2019s success rate plummeted because of it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.dawgsbynature.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/2025\/09\/gettyimages-2234176934.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0%2C10.729275308995%2C100%2C78.541449382009&amp;w=1200\" alt=\"Browns roster: OLine finds an answer, adds new questions | Dawgs By Nature\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joel Bitonio<\/strong>, <strong>Ethan Pocic<\/strong>, and <strong>Wyatt Teller<\/strong> were above-average on the day when it came to pass protection, which is reflected in their overall PFF grades from Sunday. Despite being incredibly underwhelming as run-blockers against the Bengals, their pass protection grades completely masked their inefficiencies in perhaps the most important aspect of Kevin Stefanski\u2019s offense.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Browns?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Browns<\/a> Top Offensive Players Week 1 v CIN per PFF (min 65 overall). <\/p>\n<p>The OG\u2019s and Sampson leading the way. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DawgPound?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DawgPound<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G7O8DkXWDk\">pic.twitter.com\/G7O8DkXWDk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CLEology (@_CLEology) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_CLEology\/status\/1965043383094890822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Although the run game started to open up a little bit late in the game, it was because Cleveland began shifting its focus to gap\/power plays. The reason why these types of blocking schemes were more effective is that they use blocking angles and extra blockers to create leverage and \u201cnumbers\u201d advantages for the offense. To be 100% honest, coaches usually focus on or shift to the power game if they have a weaker interior.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.dawgsbynature.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/73\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25994923\/usa_today_25337862.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=3.85,0,92.3,100\" alt=\"Browns news: Quinshon Judkins update, injury report, Shedeur Sanders plans  | Dawgs By Nature\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On one hand, it was great that Stefanski recognized what was happening and made adjustments throughout the game. On the other hand, it\u2019s really sad for the prospects of the interior offensive line for the Browns.<\/p>\n<p>A group that was once the best zone-blocking trio in the league has definitely taken a sizable step back in what makes the browns\u2019 offense, the browns\u2019 offense.<\/p>\n<p>To end things on a more positive note, as mentioned earlier, Bitonio, Pocic, and Teller were absolutely dominant all game long in pass protection except for Bitonio\u2019s sack that he allowed in the 4th quarter. Let\u2019s hope that Cleveland\u2019s interior can improve going forward in 2025, especially with new OL Coach Mike Bloomgren leading the bunch.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breaking down the overall performance of Cleveland\u2019s interior offensive line in week 1 against the Bengals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cincinnati-bengals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: The Browns\u2019 interior OL collapse leaves fans frustrated in week 1 loss - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=32154\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: The Browns\u2019 interior OL collapse leaves fans frustrated in week 1 loss - 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