It also allows Monken to create and dictate matchups. He can poke and prod a defense until he works to find an advantage and take advantage of it. A good example is the first matchup between the Browns and Ravens last season when the Browns were able to hold the Ravens in check in the first half and were competitive into the third quarter.
However, the Ravens were able to find the matchups they wanted, pushed the right buttons and scored 21 fourth quarter points. The game went from competitive to to being a rout.
Constantly forcing the defense to adjust, communicate and make decisions creates the potential for them to make a mistake, blow an assignment and yield a big play. That one play could be the difference in the game.
Like the two rookies, Jeudy and Fannin can also create with the ball in their hands. With four players who can bring value after the catch, it further encourages the Browns offense to push the limits of field spacing. Finding ways to take a host of defenders out of the way, enabling a pass catcher to make one opponent miss and have significant room to run.
Jeudy and Fannin are certainly the most important pieces that can help Concepcion and Boston, but they aren't the only ones. Players like Isaiah Bond, Malachi Corley are slotted into appropriate roles, but they can put their own brand of pressure on a defense. Bond is a field-stretching, speed threat that can flip the field while Corley's size and strength makes him ideal for manufactured touches. Because of that threat, teams have to take him seriously and account for him, so just sending him in motion forces the defense to react, potentially creating space somewhere else.
All of this is contingent on what the Browns can get out of the quarterback position. The good news is that if Concepcion and Boston can deliver, the quarterback will have a decidedly easier time succeeding within the offense.
Among the newest players added to the roster this offseason, Concepcion and Boston could prove (and hopefully will be) the most enjoyable. Getting to watch them develop and how they are utilized within the offense should provide plenty of insight into Todd Monken as an offensive mind and the future of the Cleveland Browns offense.