I don’t expect Odell Beckham will have a big bounce-back season. Cleveland has other receivers who look comparable, and I don’t like the offense.

Kevin Stefanski has been successful running offenses the last two years (in Minnesota and Cleveland) but he’s not calling many pass plays. He’s looking to pound things out on the ground. He’s not looking to feed his wide receivers.

Over the last two years, Stefanski’s wide receives (all of them on both teams) have caught 300 passes (and average of 9.4 per game). That ties for next-to-last among teams, ahead of only the Ravens. That’s despite having capable quarterbacks (Kirk Cousins, Baker Mayfield) and plenty of good wide receivers.

STEFANSKI RECEIVERS (last 2 years)
TeamNoYardsAvgTD
Atlanta541688412.737
Buffalo503630812.542
LA Rams502596611.927
Arizona496547711.026
Dallas480671014.037
Houston467616713.236
Pittsburgh466526211.341
Tampa Bay463674714.655
Chicago460511911.127
Cincinnati448547112.222
Jacksonville445559512.638
Carolina440561412.820
Seattle428580913.648
Detroit407579214.238
Kansas City406560013.846
Green Bay395522513.242
New Orleans394455611.628
Miami393482312.326
NY Giants389472412.129
New England387462512.020
LA Chargers381522913.727
NY Jets381473312.424
Washington373433511.622
Tennessee354519014.736
Cleveland348494314.224
San Francisco334445813.324
Minnesota333485714.639
Indianapolis325421613.026
Denver322447313.923
Philadelphia312372912.025
Las Vegas300420914.026
Kevin Stefanski300445614.928
Baltimore252314812.534

On the plus side, at least there’s tended to be more big plays with this style of offense. Those runs set up big strikes off play action. Stefanski’s wide receivers over the last two years have averaged a league-high 14.9 yards per catch.

But Cleveland has other receivers who can also run those kind of patterns, and with them being less heralded than Beckham, they’re the kind of guys who more often are underestimated or left in favorable coverage situations.

—Ian Allan