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At the press conference introducing him as the Browns’ new head coach, Eric Mangini noted the similarities between his former team (the Jets) and his new one. “We played the Browns in the preseason, and preparing for them was like playing ourselves because we had the same defensive scheme and really the same offensive philosophy,” Mangini stated. “There are obviously nuances and differences and things like that, but there’s a lot of carry over between those two areas.”
In other words, if you liked Mangini’s Jets you’ll love his Browns.
And while last year’s numbers were a bit skewed by Brett Favre, that means an offense predicated on ball control via running the football and the short passing game. In Mangini’s first two years with the Jets, his club ranked seventh and 13th in the league in rushing attempts per game and 21st and 23rd in passing attempts; last year, despite ranking 19th in runs and 13th in passes, the Jets actually averaged just one pass more and 1.5 rushing attempts fewer than the previous season. And many of those passes were of the short variety; according to Football Outsiders, the Jets ranked second in the league in passes completed behind the line of scrimmage.
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