3 Players Cleveland Browns could trade for ahead of 2021 training camp

2. Anthony Miller, WR, Chicago Bears

Entering 2021, the Cleveland Browns receiving corps is good and if Odell Beckham, Jr. returns to health, it has the potential to be very good. OBJ was simply one of the best in the game during his prime in New York but struggled some in 2019 due to the Browns offense being a mess under Freddie Kitchens then tore his ACL before Baker Mayfield really started to click in Kevin Stefanski’s scheme.

Next to Beckham is Jarvis Landry who has been an emotional leader on this roster but he’s never really been one to stretch the field. This is why the offense really needs to get OBJ back to health — or they need rookie Anthony Schwartz or second-round pick Donovan Peoples-Jones to step up.

Cleveland could also use a little more youth in their lineup with Beckham and Landry both approaching 30. With all that being said, they could look to add a little more speed while also getting younger by trading for Anthony Miller of the Chicago Bears.

Taken in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft out of Memphis, Miller was solid as a rookie with 423 yards and seven touchdowns. Since then, he has just four touchdowns in two seasons but did record 656 yards in 2019 showing he can do some damage when targeted often.

Overall, he has yet to live up to his draft status but much of that could be on the less-than-stellar play under center in Chicago. Cleveland could use his lack of production as a way to get a talented player who ran a 4.38 in the 40-yard dash in 2018 for rather cheap. And then giving him a much better quarterback than he has had to date in his career could help Miller reach his potential. It’s a gamble worth taking and if it doesn’t work, he simply hits the open market in 2022.