5 crucial moves the Cleveland Browns have to make this offseason

The Cleveland Browns need to make these five moves this coming offseason

After winning 11 regular-season games and one postseason contest this past year, the Cleveland Browns have to feel good about themselves. They ended the longest NFL playoff drought and had their first winning season since 2007.

What makes it even more encouraging is that they’re still a very young team. They feature a quarterback in Baker Mayfield still on his rookie deal and had a first-year head coach and general manager in Kevin Stefanski and Andrew Berry.

Having said all that, nothing is guaranteed in the NFL. This means the Browns need to make sure they don’t stay satisfied with what they accomplished this past season, but instead, they need to figure out how to stay competitive going forward.

With that being the goal, here are five crucial moves the Cleveland Browns must make during the 2021 offseason.

5. Get some kicking competition

Cody Parkey and Jamie Gillan both have had their share of success in the NFL. The punter, Gillan, was a standout as a rookie in 2019 and even took the job of Britton Colquitt — which is no easy task. However, he took a step in the wrong direction in his second season.

Overall, the Scottish Hammer only lost two yards on his punt average but he just didn’t have the success pinning teams deep as he had just 14 kicks land inside the 20 compared to 28 the prior year. To further illustrate the struggles, he had just 27.45 percent of his punts land inside the 20 compared to 44.44 during his rookie campaign according to ESPN.

As for Parkey, he actually had one of his best seasons as a pro finishing 19-of-22 on field goals. The problem was, he missed four extra points. Of course, he still did well enough to deserve a shot in 2021 but neither kicker should just be handed the job. Cleveland needs to bring in some competition to not only look for the best possible players but to also bring out the competitive side for these two.