Can you believe it? The NFL Draft is here and there’s no need to search for a QB – Terry’s Talkin’ Browns
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The NFL Draft is coming, and the Browns were talking quarterbacks.
But it’s such a different discussion. I thought about that when GM Andrew Berry was announcing the Browns have picked up Baker Mayfield’s contract option for 2022.
Not 2021, but 2022.
It was a given. Sign up for the $18.9 million. Under control for two more seasons. They also will try to sign him to an even longer extension at some point.
Timeout for a few names:
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One year ago from Friday, the Browns new regime of Executive Vice President of Football Operations and GM Andrew Berry and head coach Kevin Stefanski began their first NFL draft by selecting Jedrick Wills Jr., an offensive tackle from Alabama, with the 10th overall pick.
Wills selection proved solid in 2020, but so did the other six players the Browns selected after him. The success of the class was one of many reasons why Cleveland snapped an 18-year playoff drought, and each player now has a realistic opportunity to carve a bigger, more prominent role on the roster in 2021.
As we continue to look ahead to next week s 2021 draft, we re taking a look back at the remarkable productivity from last year s class and outlining what s ahead for them in Year 2.
Free agency about done, so how should we look at the draft? Terry’s Talkin’ Browns
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QUESTION:
ANSWER: No.
So what is going on?
A: Now that the Browns have become a playoff team with an 11-5 record, the idea of the draft to immediately change the course of the franchise is over. When you hear free agency, think short-term fixes.
Q:
Clowney on a 1-year contract?
A: Exactly. The same with signing defensive end Takk McKinley to a 1-year deal. GM Andrew Berry pursued both players for more than a year. He tried to sign Clowney in the summer of 2020. He tried three times to trade for McKinley. Now he has both.
Apr 16, 2021
The Cleveland Browns unexpectedly released defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson. Not because of his contract, which most would agree was too high, but because he was a reliable, professional defensive tackle and they are reasonably thin at that position. Given the way the way the Browns view defense, they are always looking at maximizing their strengths by minimizing their investment elsewhere and that might be their approach on the defensive line.
The Browns are thin at defensive tackle. They have three Sunday capable defensive tackles on their roster between Andrew Billiings, coming off of his opt out year, Malik Jackson, who was signed this offseason and Jordan Elliott, the lone player who contributed on the team last year as a third round rookie.
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