The Browns are likely going to clear up cap space<\/a>, which allows them to pursue free agents this offseason. The approach towards team building should not be \u201cdraft or bust.\u201d Instead, the approach has to be fluid. Look at the last two Super Bowl Champions. The Philadelphia Eagles and the Seattle Seahawks didn\u2019t win a Super Bowl by just drafting great players; they did it by also signing key players in free agency. Whether it was the Eagles signing running back Saquon Barkley or the Seahawks signing quarterback Sam Darnold, those teams did more than just draft good players that turned out to be elite.<\/p>\nBerry hasn\u2019t been afraid to spend money to improve the team, and the team isn\u2019t afraid to be aggressive. In terms of free agency, this class should be better than last years and it wouldn\u2019t be a surprise if the Browns try to make a splash. Whether it\u2019s trading for a wide receiver or signing one of the top offensive linemen on the market, there are ways to build the offense this offseason.<\/p>\n
If the Browns are able to address half of their offensive needs in free agency, then their approach towards the draft will likely change. Could the team take a receiver with their 1st rounder? Or could they draft an offensive lineman? The team could do both, draft a receiver, then follow it up with an offensive lineman. They could double down on one of those positions even. With the later rounds, the team can go BPA (best player available) instead of filling in needs.<\/p>\n
The Browns offense needs to be re-hauled, but the team doesn\u2019t have to address those needs primarily in the draft to fix their offensive woes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reminder, the 2026 NFL Draft isn\u2019t until April, while NFL Free agency starts in early March. Between now…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,4397,3295,1696,2337,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-751761","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-cleveland-browns-draft","12":"tag-cleveland-browns-free-agency","13":"tag-cleveland-browns-roster","14":"tag-clevelandbrowns","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116069460024159063","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}