{"id":831039,"date":"2026-03-24T13:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/831039\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T13:32:16","slug":"where-browns-roster-has-been-upgraded-during-free-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/831039\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Browns roster has been upgraded during free agency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Cleveland Browns made a significant number of moves in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-roster-players\/119375\/browns-roster-tracking-list-free-agents-additions-subtractions-in-out\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">free agency<\/a> this offseason, and the team will certainly look much different going into 2026. As the NFL Draft nears, the roster is beginning to take shape\u2014but which areas have the Browns actually improved so far?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Although there were some departures on the offensive line, Cleveland added more depth and flexibility than it had on the roster last season. The additions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-free-agency\/119895\/browns-free-agency-grading-the-signing-of-zion-johnson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Zion Johnson at guard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-roster-players\/118927\/browns-ot-tytus-howard-profile-everything-trade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tytus Howard at tackle<\/a> (in a trade and extend), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-free-agency\/119624\/browns-free-agency-elgton-jenkins-profile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elgton Jenkins as a versatile lineman<\/a> who can play multiple positions give the team multiple starting-caliber players who bring consistency to a group that has lacked that over the last few seasons.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Last year, Wyatt Teller, Ethan Pocic, Jack Conklin, and, to a lesser extent, Joel Bitonio struggled to meet the quality of the past resume. Overall, the changes in this group are a net positive.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The defense was in a much better position going into this offseason, so there were not as many areas that could use major improvement. Two players really stand out as major positives on the defensive side \u2013 linebacker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-free-agency\/119481\/browns-free-agency-profile-hisotry-quincy-williams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quincy Williams<\/a> and defensive end <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawgsbynature.com\/cleveland-browns-free-agency\/120107\/browns-free-agency-aj-epenesa-signing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">A.J. Epenesa<\/a>, replacing Devin Bush and Cameron Thomas. Williams is a productive off-ball linebacker who brings extensive experience at the position. Epenesa helps bring depth to an already talented defensive line. He was a low-cost addition with high upside and could really step up if called upon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let me know what you think in the comments \u2013 Which positions have the Browns upgraded at during free agency?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Browns made a significant number of moves in free agency this offseason, and the team will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":831040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,53868,85398,3295,1864,2337,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-831039","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-community-questions-and-conversation-starters","12":"tag-cleveland-browns-discussion","13":"tag-cleveland-browns-free-agency","14":"tag-cleveland-browns-news","15":"tag-clevelandbrowns","16":"tag-football","17":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831039","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=831039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}