Achieve success through the air
QB Dillon Gabriel and the Browns' pass catchers have an opportunity to open up the pass game following the trade of CB Sauce Gardner. Since Gardner entered the league in 2022, he has been the top pass coverage cornerback in the NFL, according to Pro Football Focus.
Gabriel has found his tight ends regularly since making his first NFL start in Week 5. In the last four games, tight ends Harold Fannin Jr. and David Njoku have recorded more than 300 receiving yards combined. The tight end duo ranks 14th and 19th among the position in receiving yards, the only duo to rank that high.
WR Jerry Jeudy is just behind Njoku in receiving yards on the Browns with 257 receiving yards, three fewer than his teammate. Stefanski said that the Browns need to find a way to involve Jeudy in the passing game more. Jeudy has 22 catches with no touchdowns this season, averaging a career-low 32.1 receiving yards per game. With Gardner gone, he has a chance to reignite his season against the Jets' secondary.
"(I'm) striving to be the best version of myself each and every day," Jeudy said. "Do what I need to do, do what the coaches need me to do, and then execute from there."