Deshaun Watson gives his opinion on the Cleveland Browns and how they can make the playoffs in 2023. Watson armed with even more talent in the passing game feels the Cleveland Browns can reach "the dance."

The Browns start their nine-week voluntary offseason program this week. The program will ultimately culminate with a three-day mandatory minicamp June 6-8. That minicamp will include extensive on-field work. This week — the first two weeks, really — is entirely limited to meetings, strength and conditioning work and any injury rehab. The on-field work can start in the three-week second phase of the offseason program, which starts the week of April 31. The program's third phase, the organized team practices or OTAs, will be three-day periods over the final two weeks of May. The Browns actually will shave off a week of the offseason program compared to the rest of the league. Stefanski is doing so due to the early start of training camp because of the team's participation in the Hall of Fame Game on Aug. 6. It may just be the start of the process to get to the season. That doesn't mean there aren't some questions to look at as it gets underway. Yes, that reads "Deshaun Watson's offense" and not "Kevin Stefanski's" or "offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt's." It's not that Stefanski and Van Pelt, among others on staff, haven't spent months since last season ended trying to craft an offense best suited to Watson. It's that point specifically.

The Browns have added several new players to that offense. They traded for still-young receiver Elijah Moore and signed veteran receiver Marquise Goodwin, while also signing Jordan Akins, one of Watson's former tight ends. Now, how does all of that start to come together?

The biggest change organizationally for the Browns after last year's 7-10 season was at defensive coordinator. Joe Woods was let go and veteran defensive coach Jim Schwartz was hired. Schwartz's mission is simple. The tools are there, at least on paper. Schwartz has All-Pro edge rusher Myles Garrett, Pro Bowl cornerback Denzel Ward and a handful of intriguing young players from which to start. On top of that, the Browns went out in free agency and made sure to add to that group. Defensive tackle Dalvin Tomlinson (Vikings), edge rusher Ogbonnia Okoronkwo and two-time Super Bowl champion Juan Thornhill (Chiefs) were among the biggest-ticket additions over the last month. "Like we talked about earlier, you're always looking for more, and I promise you every coach wants more. But, yeah, Jim and the staff, they're excited. We're meeting for a long time right now, just trying to figure out where we want to go with this defense and hammer it away so that April 17 we're ready to go when the players show up."

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