To say that the Cleveland Browns have had a busy, interesting offseason is putting it lightly. Despite the long list of moves, the two of the biggest remain on the horizon with Deshaun Watson’s discipline and wherever Baker Mayfield plays this year.
An incomplete list of the moves the Browns have made so far this offseason:
- Traded for WR Amari Cooper
- Traded for DE Chase Winovich giving up LB Mack Wilson
- Traded for QB Deshaun Watson
- Gave Watson a huge new contract
- Released OL J.C. Tretter
- Released TE Austin Hooper
- Traded QB Case Keenum
- Released WR Jarvis Landry
- Drafted nine players including a kicker in the fourth round
- Brought back DE Jadeveon Clowney
- Re-signed LB Anthony Walker Jr.
With a number of other moves not listed, there are quite a few to choose from when deciding Cleveland’s best move this offseason. Their first move, the acquisition of Cooper via trade, took the prize from CBS Sports:
Cooper is a relative bargain after this year’s WR market inflation, giving whomever’s under center a bonafide No. 1 on the outside.
As noted, whether it is Watson, Mayfield (unlikely) or Jacoby Brissett under center, Cooper gives the Browns passing game a top-flight player at all levels of the field. For only the cost of a fifth-round pick and a pick swap in the sixth round, Cleveland stole Cooper away from Dallas.