Breaking down Daniels performance and how he adapted to the Browns game plan
So the first two parts of the Browns’ game plan worked well. They stopped the run and shut down the read-option, and they took away the easy quick game passes that Daniels had thrived on. This set them up to try and execute the third part of their game plan. Once the Commanders got into third and long situations, the Browns wanted to heat up Daniels by bringing lots of pressure and seeing if he could make throws down the field with pressure in his face.