Joe Schobert effect: Next 3 Cleveland Browns Andrew Berry could replace

1. Kendall Lamm, OT

You’re probably expecting to see Chris Hubbard on this list. While the former Steeler has struggled, the Browns can almost create the same amount of open cap space in cutting Kendall Lamm as they can if they cut Hubbard.

Kendall Lamm has one season left on his contract, and cutting him now would open about 2 million dollars in cap space, only creating $300,000 in dead money.

If the Browns were to cut Hubbard this season, it would create $4.8 million in dead money over the next three seasons, which is something that the team would likely be trying to avoid. Cutting Hubbard next season would cut that in half, so that is likely when he would be cut if he is. I think the team should try to give him a shot at guard before letting him go. Lamm, however, probably doesn’t have too long of a future in Cleveland.

The team is likely to continue to rotate its backups to try to find cheaper options to become starters, so I don’t expect many backups to have long careers in Cleveland. Lamm is a good backup in the NFL and will likely find another team soon, but I don’t see him being on the Browns next season, especially since Andrew Berry didn’t bring him on to the team in the first place.

Of course, Berry is still in his first season as a general manager so this is all a guessing game as we sit back and try to figure out what to expect out of the newest shot-caller in Berea.