Cleveland Browns: 83-player comprehensive free agency target list
By Sam Penix
EDGE
Seeking: Run defense, speed rush, disruption, inside-out versatility, value
Jadeveon Clowney
Clowney is consistently underrated because of relatively low sack totals, but he’s a terrific run defender and very disruptive. The Browns were very interested last year, and should be once again this offseason.
Ryan Kerrigan
Trent Murphy
Denico Autry
Romeo Okwara
A breakout star in 2020, Okwara is still just 25 years old and could have turned a corner in his development, or his strong season was a fluke.
Deatrich Wise Jr.
Trey Hendrickson
Takkarist McKinley
Cleveland attempted to claim McKinley multiple times off waivers this past season, so he could be a target as a depth player.
Ronald Blair III
Vinny Curry
Carl Lawson
Playing great football in Cincinnati hasn’t earned Carl Lawson the respect he deserves. He’s a very good all-around EDGE who would be a very nice fit opposite Myles Garrett.
Melvin Ingram
Functioning as Joey Bosa’s Robin, Ingram could fill the same role in Cleveland, provided the team is okay with starting a smaller EDGE.
Linebacker
Kevin Pierre-Louis
The Browns shouldn’t invest in the linebacker position, but if they were to let go of both B.J. Goodson and Malcolm Smith and needed a playable body, Pierre-Louis is solid in coverage and very athletic, which are the two requirements for LBs nowadays;