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Cleveland Browns: 4 tight ends to watch in the Senior Bowl

By Eddie McDonald

Sep 25, 2021; Iowa City, Iowa, USA; Colorado State Rams tight end Trey McBride (85) warms up before the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 25, 2021; Iowa City, Iowa, USA; Colorado State Rams tight end Trey McBride (85) warms up before the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeffrey Becker-USA TODAY Sports /
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Feb 3, 2022; Mobile, AL, USA; Senior Bowl flags fly over Hancock Whitney Stadium as the National team practiced for the 2022 Senior Bowl at the nearby Jaguar Training Center indoors. Mandatory Credit: Vasha Hunt-USA TODAY Sports /

The Cleveland Browns use multiple tight end sets and the Senior Bowl is the ideal place to scout up and coming tight ends ahead of April’s NFL Draft.

Kevin Stefanski loves to use two and three tight ends at a time, so the depth of the position is important to the Cleveland Browns.

The Senior Bowl is this Saturday, taking place in Mobile, Alabama at the Hancock Whitney Stadium, and will be a good place for the Browns to scout up and coming tight ends. The bulk of a roster is built through the draft and general manager Andrew Berry will be sure to do his homework on every position.

With the tight ends on the Browns from the 2021 season comes a lot of questions. First, what will happen with David Njoku? The fifth-year veteran is set to become a free agent, but he has expressed his desire to stay in Cleveland for years to come.

He has arguably been the best overall tight end on the team over the last two seasons. Last year he caught 36 passes for 475 yards and four touchdowns. He is a player the Browns should do everything they can to bring back.

Austin Hooper was given an enormous four-year, $42 million deal back in the 2020 offseason, but he has not lived up to that and it might be time for the Browns to consider parting ways. Now, the tricky part of that is his contract, but there is a way around it to save cap space. If Hooper is traded or released after June 1st, the cap hit won’t be as bad as the $13 million it currently sits at.

Harrison Bryant will be on the roster for his third season and Stephen Carlson, who ended the season on injured reserve, but is a restricted free agent. If the Browns want him back, they’ll be able to match any offer he may receive.

We will know more about what the future of the position on the team holds in a little over a month when the new league year begins and free agency opens. The Browns might not even draft a tight end, but there is plenty to keep an eye on at the Senior Bowl.

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