Cleveland Browns free agents stay or go: Rashard Higgins, Olivier Vernon, more
By Cory Kinnan
The Cleveland Browns enter the offseason off of a resurgence of a season thanks to the guidance of general manager Andrew Berry and head coach Kevin Stefanski. After a devastating loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the divisional round of the playoffs, the Browns now enter the offseason looking to continue towards their success.
The offseason also means it is time to plan for the 2021 NFL Draft and beyond. However, before that, the Browns have a boatload of free agents they must decide on. They have already signed a multitude of practice squad players to future deals, but have to make decisions on 24 additional players whose contracts have expired.
Defensively, there are a ton of holes to fill, but a ton of their 2020 starters were on one-year deals. Some will be back, some will not. Offensively, most of the lineup is set and still under contract, but there are a few big names to take a look at.
Will they stay or will they go? We take a look here at the names the Browns have to make business decisions on this offseason.
Bottom of the roster names
These names may be brought back on one-year deals and may hang around for training camp, but an analytical guardrail it to churn the bottom of the roster. Since they are not established players in the league, their status with the team or even on getting a future deal will likely hang in the balance.
Elijah Lee, LB
George Obinna, EDGE
Marvin Hall, WR
Brian Allen, CB