The Falcons added Zachariah Branch as a slot threat and signed Austin Hooper, while already having Kyle Pitts and Charlie Woerner. Brian Robinson adds a bruising, pass-catching backup running style. Because only 11 offensive players can be on the field, the team will mix personnel groupings. Based on Kevin Stefanski and Tommy Rees’ prior usage, two-tight-end formations are expected to be common. In 2025, Cleveland used two personnel groupings most often, with 11 personnel at 43.98% and 12 personnel at 41.17%. Cleveland also used extra offensive linemen and occasional 13 personnel, indicating heavy reliance on tight ends and flexible formations.
"The Falcons will use two tight ends a lot Stefanski and Rees ran 85% of Cleveland's 2025 plays out of two personnel groupings, per SumerSports. Their 11 (three wide receivers, one running back, one tight end) usage was their highest at 43.98%, which was 27th in the NFL. That was just below the 2025 Falcons, who ran with 11 personnel 45.13% of the time."
"Their second-highest usage rate was for 12 personnel (two TEs, two WRs, one RB) at 41.17%, just ahead of the 2025 Falcons at 38.17%, as they leaned heavily on Harold Fannin and David Njoku. They also leaned on 12 personnel with one extra offensive lineman in place of a receiver on nearly 5% of their snaps, the fifth-highest rate in the NFL (the Falcons were 24th) and 13 personnel (three TEs, one WR, one RB) about 4%, or the 18th-highest rate in the league (the Falcons were 9th, thanks to Feleipe Franks and Teagan Quitoriano)."
"The picture you should be getting from this is that the Browns were heavily reliant on their tight ends in 2025. That wasn't the case in years prior, when the Browns had one of the highest 11 usage rates in the NFL at 6th in 2024 and 11th in 2023. They were decidedly mixed-usage in 2022, but"
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