5 free agents the Cleveland Browns must sign

5 players the Cleveland Browns need to sign in free agency

NFL free agency kicks off on March 17th, with legal tampering opening up two days prior. The Cleveland Browns likely won’t be spending as much money as they did in 2020, but they still have quite a few holes to fill prior to the 2021 NFL Draft. Here is a five-player free agency class that would make a massive difference next season.

5. WR Breshad Perriman

Whether the Browns move from Odell Beckham Jr. and/or Jarvis Landry or not, the room is in desperate need of vertical threats. The Kansas City Chiefs played cover-1 press-man all game long in the Divisional Round, daring Cleveland to beat them over the top, which they could of course not do. Daniel Sorenson isn’t a great free safety either. The point is that the offense needs to get faster and more threatening.

Breshad Perriman played very, very well for the team in 2018, turning his career around. The 27-year-old returning would provide the offense with two things it lacks; size and speed. He won’t be counted on to play a starting role, and the Browns would still need to draft a receiver in the top 100 picks in April, but Perriman would go a long way to solving the problem that plagues the offense right now. He made $6.5 million last season with the New York Jets, so a two or three-year deal where he makes around half of that doesn’t seem too unrealistic.

Baker Mayfield is statistically one of, if not the best deep passer in the entire NFL since his debut. The wide receiver room as currently constructed doesn’t fit his strengths in the slightest. That absolutely must change.