Jack Conklin felt ‘great and comfortable’ in return from knee injury

Jack Conklin felt ‘great and comfortable’ in return from knee injury

Rare no-sack game for Myles

Myles Garrett remains one sack away from topping the franchise sack record set by Clay Matthews (62) after he was held to a rare zero-sack performance.

No-sack games are uncommon for Garrett. He’s only had 24 of them in his career and has compiled 47 games with at least a half-sack, and Stefanski gave credit to the Steelers for double- and triple-teaming Garrett all night. The Browns mustered just one sack all game, which came from LB Jacob Phillips.

“That’s what you can expect teams (to do),” Stefanski said. “They’ll wait to see where (Garrett) lines up, and they’re going to move the tight end to his side. They’ll send the line his way, and they’ll send the (running) back his way. That’s just the nature of how teams are going to try and defend us.”

Browns stay creative with extra O-line help

The Browns continued to use backup guard and center Michael Dunn as an extra tight end on a few plays Thursday, following a trend they’ve used in all three games so far this season. They also used G Hjalte Froholdt as a fullback on Chubb’s 1-yard touchdown run, a move that worked well since Froholdt and G Joel Bitonio each cleared blockers out of the way for Chubb’s hurdle into the end zone.

Those looks won’t be going away soon as Stefanski continues to find creative ways to maximize the Browns’ run game.

“I think we’ve done a lot of it throughout the course of this season so far,” Stefanski said. “There are other things we can do, but yes, we can continue to grow those types of things.”

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