When the Cleveland Browns hired Steve Wilks this offseason to replace Gregg Williams as defensive coordinator, the hope was that keeping the defense in a 4-3 base scheme would be beneficial by keeping things consistent.
Both Wilks and Williams call aggressive defenses, so they had some basic similarities in their defense. But as expected with a coaching change, there are going to be many different philosophies.
One of the philosophy changes is how the secondary will play their coverages. Under Williams, the cornerbacks were playing a lot of press man coverage. For the most part, the corners played well in that scheme, especially Denzel Ward.