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From the Dawg Pound - Free Agency
Give the Dawg a Bone Free Agency Entering the 2024 season the Browns had a full cupboard, but recently hired GM Garth Pearce wasn’t happy with the overall landscape of the team and wanted to include some new additions to the roster. With slim pickings in free agency and no real stars being shopped in the trade market the mood wasn’t positive that change would help improve the odds of success. With that in mind there was a focus on the key area of quarterback and a few offers made at 2 other positions. Following the blind bidding, the following players will be suiting up in Cleveland: QB Desmon Ridder - our incumbent quarterbacks of Deshaun Watson and Jameis Winston did not inspire confidence with their abilities to lead this team. Both are up there in age (Watson=29, Winston=30) and they also lack the game IQ to be effective in the passing game with little to no room to develop as a starting quality player. Ridder comes in at only 26 years of age and boasts similar attributes across the board as both our current quarterbacks, pipping them out on game smarts in the process. Due to his youth he is seen as a possible future for this franchise, addressing current concerns that the decision making behind center would kill any chance we had of being competitive this year. Ridder has been inked to a 3 year deal and whilst the offer was the best possible it still pales in comparison to the money Watson is scheduled to make. QB Matt Fromm - Fromm is another young talent who will give us depth at quarterback over the next couple of years. He doesn’t have the strongest arm (82) but he has proven to be more accurate than your average passer (89). This could prove a key difference if Ridder is injured and gives us options if needed. WR Miles Boykin - a 6’4” wide out is always an enticing player and is not something we currently have on our roster. With 90 speed, 88 agility, and 89 acceleration he won’t be generating a lot of yards after completion, but he’s well suited to a possession game, can carry the ball and is no slouch when it comes to blocking. WR Equanimeous St. Brown - what’s better than a 6’4” receiver? A 6’5” receiver! St. Brown is a few points dumber than Boykin, is 28 as well and has a slightly quicker first step, which gives us the potential for twin towers if the opposition defensive backs don’t match up well. Our final offer was made to DT Jowon Briggs, an athletically gifted rookie DT. This Cincinnati graduate had great upside for such a young age, and even though we have an overflowing house at DT, he would have been a welcome pairing with fellow youngster Michael Hall Jr. Unfortunately our offer (along with 6 other teams) was short of the best mark and he’ll plying his trade in Green bay for the foreseeable future instead. To make room for these new additions several players had to be cut. CB Kahlef Hailassie, DT Quinton Jefferson, C Nick Harris, WR Jamari Thrash, and QB Dorian Thompson all fell to the axe cheaply. ;">Trade Alert A deal has been struck with the Dallas Cowboys to bring in another unique talent in 6’4” cornerback Israel Mukuamu. There are only 4 cornerbacks in the league at this height so the ability to obtain one for a 4th round pick was an easy investment. At 25 years old he has room to improve his 72 awareness and progress from his 88 speed, but he has the potential to be a valuable defensive role player even if he does get moved to another position.
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