Wright and McGuire will need to play immediately as Okoronkwo isn’t an every-down defensive end at 253 pounds. Garrett is capable of that, and the Browns think they’ve found his rush complement in Okoronkwo. Garrett is a little like Watson in that the Browns don’t need a good year out of him they need an extraordinary year.
It’s hard to find tight ends, which is why the Browns signed Akins - and why they have some cautious optimism about this group. Bryant is entering the final year of his rookie contract, and Mitchell-Paden gets another summer to prove he’s worth further development. The team is optimistic about Akins, too, who has history with Watson and is a big target. The Browns think he can be a dangerous catch-and-run player with Watson and that he can have a big year. Njoku’s 2024 cap is number is more than $16 million, and almost all of his guaranteed money is in this season. Michael Woods II will land on injured reserve after he tore his Achilles tendon in an offseason workout. This will be a group to watch closely in July and August, and it feels like little is actually settled outside of Cooper as the No. It’s too early to say whether players like Schwartz or Grant have any shot, and it’s fair to wonder how Bell fits. Moore gets a fresh start and will get plenty of opportunities Tillman will have to earn his, but the Browns clearly have high hopes. The numbers game will sort itself out in August, but clearly, the guys in charge thought the previous group wasn’t close to good enough. Expect the Browns to monitor the veteran running back market. It’s clear his future with the Browns - if there is one - is not going to be at wide receiver, so maybe it’s here. The team’s intent a year ago at this time was to make Felton a running back, but multiple injuries at wide receiver moved him there. But Ford impressed as a kick returner, and the Browns think he can catch passes out of the backfield and fit the offense they’re trying to build. The Browns not drafting a running back could be viewed as an endorsement of Ford, whose running back opportunities were few as a rookie. How the other guys play will make for a nice preseason discussion point how Watson plays will determine the direction of the entire organization.
The long preseason this summer gives the team a chance to evaluate both Thompson-Robinson and Mond while getting Watson the reps he needs to build chemistry with his new receivers. Presumably, the Browns drafted Thompson-Robinson with the intent of making him the No.
Browns starting lineup update#
We’ll update with a fresher - and likely more detailed and accurate - depth chart in June, once the Browns complete their offseason program.
This unofficial depth chart does not reflect any post-draft signings of undrafted rookies. Let’s take a brief and way-too-early look at how the rest of the roster stands after the draft and three weeks before the team takes the field for organized team activity practices. But it’s also likely that Jones needs lots of seasoning before the Browns can even judge his progress, let alone pencil him in as a keeper. Berry and Kevin Stefanski both said separately in the offseason that they believed Wills had his best year in 2022, and though the Browns drafted Ohio State’s Dawand Jones in the fourth round last weekend, Jones feels like a right tackle only in the early part of his NFL career.Ĭould that change later? Certainly, and with the Jones pick it feels like the Browns were swinging for an eventual home run. Perhaps an extension could even be coming ahead of the option, so we’ll see. The option is worth a little over $14.1 million, but the Browns have time to re-work a longer-term contract for Wills and lower that number on their 2024 salary cap. Browns 2023 NFL Draft takeaways: Weird draft comes back to helping Deshaun Watson
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