{"id":110156,"date":"2025-06-07T02:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T02:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/110156\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T02:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T02:59:10","slug":"browns-superstar-key-to-unlocking-mason-graham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/110156\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns Superstar Key To Unlocking Mason Graham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Browns Superstar Key To Unlocking Mason Graham<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Cleveland Browns<\/a> made the bold decision to trade out of the No. 2 pick and sacrifice the rights to two-way phenom Travis Hunter. While extra ammunition will help accelerate the rebuild, the Browns are under even more pressure to hit on defensive tackle Mason Graham, whom the team took fifth overall.<\/p>\n

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As such, it is imperative that the Browns put Graham in a position to succeed. High-level talents can stay afloat on their own, but amplifying them can lead to dominance. Fortunately for Cleveland<\/a>, Graham is entering a promising offensive line, headlined by superstar edge rusher Myles Garrett.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Browns defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz revealed how Garrett could shape Graham\u2019s rookie season.<\/p>\n

\u201cMyles sees a lot of double-team chips,\u201d Schwartz said, via team transcript<\/a>.\u201d But a thing that goes a little bit unnoticed is he sees so much center slide too, which lets the tackle overset him because the guard is there to play all the inside moves. So, in essence, a lot of times you can be triple-teamed on those plays. And the best way to combat that is (to) have a pass rusher that\u2019s on the opposite side that can make offenses pay for singling up a defensive tackle on a guard\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cBut there\u2019s only a few ways you can really combat a defensive tackle. And one of those is the center slide. And if the center\u2019s always slide into Myles, that provides a lot of opportunities for a player there. We have to take better advantage of those situations than we did last year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Schwartz\u2019s scheme, famously, asks its four linemen to penetrate quickly, rather than reading, reacting, and ultimately protecting the linebackers. That will be a transition for Graham, but it lends itself to better pass-rushing production.<\/p>\n

Cleveland<\/a> drafted Graham because of his nuanced feel for shedding blocks and his blend of size and athleticism. He has exceptional upside as a pass rusher, without having to be taken off the field for early downs. Armed with the league\u2019s best edge rusher and Schwartz calling the shots, Graham may quickly exceed expectations in the box score.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do think there\u2019s a lot of meat on the bone as far as his production, and we can see better production from him than even we saw, and he had outstanding production and college,\u201d Schwartz said. \u201cBut I think there\u2019s some meat on the bone that he can even have a chance to make more plays here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Between Schwartz\u2019s history with productive defensive tackles and the help Cleveland can give him, it\u2019s easy to see why the Browns thought he was a slam dunk, especially with the additional picks in tow.<\/p>\n

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Related: Browns’ Dillon Gabriel Has ‘Longer Leash’ Than Shedeur Sanders<\/a><\/p>\n

Related: Browns Coach Reveals Shedeur Sanders’ Progress in Pro-Style Offense<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 6, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Browns Superstar Key To Unlocking Mason Graham originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Cleveland Browns made the bold…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,2337,2793,7,22881,579,1304,6,582,128],"class_list":{"0":"post-110156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-clevelandbrowns","12":"tag-defensive-tackle","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-jim-schwartz","15":"tag-mason-graham","16":"tag-myles-garrett","17":"tag-nfl","18":"tag-the-browns","19":"tag-travis-hunter"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114639848410458478","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}