What the Browns have to fix in their run game to keep the offense going

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns ’ offense is built on a foundation that suddenly appears to be crumbling beneath their feet. After a disappointing showing against Cincinnati, their inability to establish a dominant run game has exposed a potentially fatal flaw in their offensive philosophy as they prepare to face Baltimore’s fearsome defense.

In the latest Orange and Brown Talk podcast , Browns film analyst Lance Reisland identified the core problem after reviewing the game film: “That was my big disappointment, which I think will improve. They just didn’t vertically move anybody off the football. And when you don’t move people off the football, then you can play two high safeties and you don’t have enough talent to necessarily go win everything at the catch point, things like