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The Cleveland Browns perfect offseason checklist

By Riley McCormick

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - DECEMBER 06: Wyatt Teller #77 and Jack Conklin #78 of the Cleveland Browns plays against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium on December 06, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - DECEMBER 06: Wyatt Teller #77 and Jack Conklin #78 of the Cleveland Browns plays against the Tennessee Titans at Nissan Stadium on December 06, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Frederick Breedon/Getty Images) /
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4. Sign defensive starters not named Andrew Sendejo to one-year deals

As much as Andrew Sendejo was the rock of the 2020 Browns defense, there is no way he should be allowed back in the city of Cleveland.

The cap is going to be a little lower this year due to the Coronavirus which means the league could see a lot of one-year deals for players who will want to cash in on the new TV deal money coming for the league in 2022. Andrew Berry may have been a year ahead of everyone else signing players like B.J. Goodson, Karl Joseph, and Andrew Sendejo to one-year deals.

Berry should repeat this process while also signing better players than last year. Preferably someone who can stop Chad Henne from running 14 yards on a clutch third-and-long. If Joe Woods runs some three safety looks this year, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to see Karl Joseph back on a one-year deal. Another option could be Anthony Harris from the Vikings. The Browns were interested in him a year ago and after a down 2020 campaign, he could be signed on a one-year prove-it deal.

Everyone around the Browns seems to think Berry and company won’t value a linebacker high in the draft. If this is true they need to find fast productive linebackers in free agency. The Browns need someone other than Jacob Phillips in that room even if it’s true about how unvalued that room may be.

Talented players like Matt Milano, Duke Riley, and Jarrad Davis are just some of the linebackers the Browns could look to bring in on one-year deals. If you’re not a fan of linebackers that’s fine, but it’s still a position that’s on the field every defensive down and the Browns still need better players to play that position.

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