​CHICAGO ― Two seconds.It’s not a long time, really. A blink of an eye.However, two seconds multiplied even four times can be an eternity. At least, that’s how the Browns offensive braintrust views things when it comes to the time before the snap.Subscribe to Browns Insider newsletter”We talk about the four-twos all the time, we’re trying to save eight seconds pre-snap before every play,” offensive coordinator Travis Switzer said this week. “That’s getting the call in two seconds faster, getting into the huddle two seconds faster, making sure our play calls are short enough that we’re in the huddle two seconds less, and then getting to the line of scrimmage two seconds faster.”The pre-snap operations of the offense, specifically the quarterbacks, has been the topic du jour for the Browns since Switzer’s boss, Todd Monken, was hired as the head coach in late January. Monken’s “scheme” may not have much in terms of hard and fast schematic dogma, but what goes on between the time the quarterback gets into the huddle to call the play until the ball is snapped is as close to a commandment as anything.When Monken or one of the offensive coaches talks about quarterbacks who “want the smoke,” they’re talking about quarterbacks who can handle the pressure placed on them to get the call from Monken, relay it to the other 10 in the huddle, get out of the huddle and to the line, make the necessary checks based on what they see from the defense and, ultimately, snap the ball.All within the time allowed on the play clock, no less.“It’s very important,” quarterback Shedeur Sanders said Aug. 12. “That’s why I talk about saving your energy. Throughout my day, I find ways I can save my energy to be able to be a battery out there, to be able to operate fast and do everything with a purpose, very quickly. You can’t do all that when you’re being pulled in a lot of different directions because that’s how I feel drained. I feel drained that way. And I tested it, so I know what helps me and what puts me in the best situation to operate how the coaches would like.”Sanders, who started the final seven games of his rookie 2025 season under then-coach Kevin Stefanski and offensive coordinator Tommy Rees, has been locked in a battle with veteran Deshaun Watson to be the starting quarterback when the Browns open the season Sept. 13 at the Jacksonville Jaguars. There’s been more than a few times during both the offseason program and training camp where he’s physically performed at a higher level than Watson, but has lagged behind his more experienced teammate because of the pre-snap process.The obsession with that part of the quarterback’s job has been met by some fans with eye rolls and questions about focusing too much on minutae. Monken, who said part of the responsibility also falls on he and Switzer to get the call in expediently, said it’s not absurd to have a higher level of expectation on the most important person on the field for the offense.”How