The Browns return to Huntington Bank Field for the first time since Week 3, as they host the Dolphins in Week 7.
"Really good Friday out there. I thought the guys worked really, really hard this week," head coach Kevin Stefanski said. "Crisp out there today, and got to get ready for Sunday, which, as we know, could have different weather than today. So, we don't control the weather, we deal with it, and we'll see what it looks like down there Sunday. But, excited to get back in front of our fans. Excited to be down there, having the support when they're on offense and the noise – our crowd makes it so hard to operate. So, it'll be nice to be back in front of our fans."
Here are three burning questions for their Week 7 matchup against the Dolphins.
How will the Browns pressure QB Tua Tagovailoa?
The Browns' defense has another tough matchup in the Dolphins, an offense that utilizes speed, shifts and motions in their scheme. With the threat of DE Myles Garrett and his pass rushing ability, opposing quarterbacks are getting rid of the ball quickly to combat his presence. QB Tua Tagovailoa is another quarterback who likes to throw the ball quickly and relies on his accuracy when he does release the ball.
This season, Tagovailoa has completed 127 of 182 passing attempts – or 69.8 percent – for 1,213 yards and 11 touchdowns. He has combined his accuracy with speed, taking 2.7 seconds to throw the ball, according to NFL Next Gen Stats. He is also one of three quarterbacks in the NFL who are in both the top 10 of completion percentage and average getting the ball out in 2.7 seconds or less.
"It's a really nice marriage of the scheme and his skill set, with how quickly he gets the ball out, how accurate he is when he gets the ball out," Stefanski said. "I think he sees it really clearly. He can get the ball to all areas of the field and get the ball in the hands of the playmakers."
Defensively, the Browns must rely on their pass rush to pressure Tagovailoa and their secondary to cover and limit Tagovailoa's success in targeting his pass catchers. This season, the Browns have recorded 14 sacks and 30 quarterback hits through the first six games.
"We just have to continue to play tight and do our coverage," CB Denzel Ward said. "If a guy's getting it out quick, that's just how the game may go sometimes. We just try to stay tight and get them to hold the ball a little longer the best that we can, and those guys up front will get home."
Browse photos of the Cleveland Browns practicing at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus as they prepare for their Week 6 matchup against the Miami Dolphins.
Quarterback Dillon Gabriel (8) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Safety Donovan McMillon (31) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Linebacker Devin Bush (30) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Center Ethan Pocic (55) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Wide receiver Kaden Davis (89) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Running back Dylan Sampson (22) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Cornerback Denzel Ward (21) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Defensive tackle Maliek Collins (96) and Defensive tackle Mike Hall Jr. (51) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Linebacker Easton Mascarenas-Arnold (42) and Linebacker Carson Schwesinger (49) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Defensive tackle Shelby Harris (93) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Running back Dylan Sampson (22) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Tight end Blake Whiteheart (86) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Running back Dylan Sampson (22) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Quarterback Shedeur Sanders (12) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Cornerback Myles Harden (26) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Safety Grant Delpit (9) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Cornerback Tre Avery (28) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Defensive tackle Simeon Barrow Jr. (58) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Running back Jerome Ford (34) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Cornerback Tyson Campbell (7) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Offensive tackle KT Leveston (72) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Running Backs Coach Duce Staley during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Running back Ahmani Marshall (39) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Cornerbacks Coach Brandon Lynch during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Linebacker Eugene Asante (36) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Cornerback Denzel Ward (21) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Running back Quinshon Judkins (10) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Running back Jerome Ford (34) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Center Luke Wypler (56) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Offensive guard Joel Bitonio (75) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Center Luke Wypler (56) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Quarterback Dillon Gabriel (8) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Tight end Harold Fannin Jr. (44) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Head Coach Kevin Stefanski during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Cornerback Tyson Campbell (7) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Offensive guard Wyatt Teller (77) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Defensive end Myles Garrett (95) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Quarterback Dillon Gabriel (8) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Defensive tackle Mason Graham (94) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Defensive end Myles Garrett (95) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Offensive guard Zak Zinter (70) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Safeties Coach Ephraim Banda during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Linebacker Eugene Asante (36) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Defensive tackle Mike Hall Jr. (51) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Quarterback Shedeur Sanders (12) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Defensive tackle Shelby Harris (93) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Defensive tackle Mike Hall Jr. (51) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Cornerback Tyson Campbell (7) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Safety Christopher Edmonds (41) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Defensive tackle Mason Graham (94) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Running back Ahmani Marshall (39) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Wide receiver Malachi Corley (83) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Quarterback Dillon Gabriel (8) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Wide receiver Isaiah Bond (16) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Defensive tackle Simeon Barrow Jr. (58) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Cornerback Myles Harden (26) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Wide receiver Jerry Jeudy (3) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Head Coach Kevin Stefanski during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Linebacker Eugene Asante (36) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Offensive tackle Cornelius Lucas (71) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Cornerback Dom Jones (37) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Offensive Coordinator Tommy Rees during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Assistant Defensive Line Coach Adam Morris during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Linebacker Jerome Baker (17) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Defensive end Sam Kamara (92) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Linebacker Eugene Asante (36) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Safety Damontae Kazee (23) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Wide receiver Jerry Jeudy (3) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Linebacker Easton Mascarenas-Arnold (42) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Offensive tackle Thayer Munford Jr. (64) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Defensive tackle Simeon Barrow Jr. (58) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Defensive tackle Simeon Barrow Jr. (58) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Cornerback Dee Williams (29) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Linebacker Easton Mascarenas-Arnold (42) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Linebacker Devin Bush (30) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Safety Ronnie Hickman Jr. (33) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Safety Ronnie Hickman Jr. (33) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Tight end Sal Cannella (87) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Linebacker Carson Schwesinger (49) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Wide receiver Malachi Corley (83) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Assistant Defensive Line Coach Adam Morris during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Defensive tackle Simeon Barrow Jr. (58) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Running back Raheim Sanders (35) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Defensive end Myles Garrett (95) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Quarterback Dillon Gabriel (8) and Offensive Coordinator Tommy Rees during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Defensive end Alex Wright (91) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Defensive lineman Adin Huntington (98) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Cornerback Myles Harden (26) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
Cornerback Tre Avery (28) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Linebacker Mohamoud Diabate (43) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Quarterback Dillon Gabriel (8) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Running back Dylan Sampson (22) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Cornerback Denzel Ward (21) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Offensive tackle KT Leveston (72) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Cornerback Denzel Ward (21), Defensive back Jarrick Bernard-Converse (20) and Safety Christopher Edmonds (41) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Linebacker Devin Bush (30) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Quarterback Dillon Gabriel (8) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Safety Grant Delpit (9) during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 15, 2025.
Cornerbacks Coach Brandon Lynch during practice at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus on October 16, 2025.
How will the Browns utilize their run game?
After struggling to establish the run consistently in Week 6, the Browns have another opportunity to utilize the run game against the Dolphins. Miami gives up the most rushing yards per game in the league, averaging 168.5 rushing yards allowed per game.
"You watch the film and see some scheme stuff where they got beat, and some missed tackles where if they make those tackles it doesn't look as bad. So, you look at both sides: the positives and the negatives, what schemes worked," LG Joel Bitonio said. "For us, it's our fundamentals and execution."
The Browns have continued to rely on RB Quinshon Judkins, who has rushed for 383 yards on 84 carries in five games. He is averaging 4.6 rushing yards per carry but has broken through for a handful of explosive runs in his first five games. The Browns can use the run game to move the ball downfield and put them in positions to score, as well as create opportunities for the pass game to open up.
"I think with the preparation Coach Duce (Staley) helps us with going into each game each week, those are things you take advantage of obviously," Judkins said. "Knowing this is still the NFL, it's the best of the best, so we still have to come up with a way to win and find a way to attack."
How will the Browns stop RB De'Von Achane in the run game?
The Browns will have to defend another shifty running back at all three levels in RB De'Von Achane, as the Dolphins line him up in different spots and use him in the run and pass game. Achane has rushed for 390 yards on 76 carries and three touchdowns this season, as well as recorded 29 receptions for 195 yards and three touchdowns.
"Achane is super, super fast. He can get the perimeter a lot of different ways," defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz said. "They run the wide zone and they're really attacking the outside numbers in the field. They get the ball on bubble screens and tall sweeps, and even the checkdowns are wide. So, we got to defend all 53 and the third of the field. And also, you got to find a way to get it cut off. […] Our ability to combat his speed in the perimeter and have good leverage tackles and things like that is going to be very important in this game."
S Grant Delpit added that the Dolphins have built their team around speed and using perimeter plays in space with Achane. In order to contain the run game, Grant believes they have to play to their strengths as a defense and cover tightly. Garrett echoed Delpit's sentiment, noting how the Dolphins want to run the ball and get out on the edge to the perimeter. By eliminating their ability to do so, the Browns have a chance to slow down the Dolphins' offense.
"We have to knock out the run," Garrett said.
