Dawgs By Nature
The offensive needs a huge amount of boost from somewhere
The Cleveland Browns had lots of issues with the offense last year. They were awful and had some of the worst stats in the league. Meanwhile, the defense and special-teams units kept the team in games.
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Andrew Berry has drafted his share of receivers: Donovan Peoples-Jones (2020), Demetric Felton and Anthony Schwartz (2021), David Bell and Michael Woods (2022), Cedric Tillman (2023), and Jamari Thrash (2024). The 2025 NFL draft was the first one in which Berry did not select a receiver.
His list of drafted receivers is not great. Tillman is expected to start, Thrash may or may not be a starter in waiting, and Bell and Woods are hanging on for dear life on the roster. All of the others are gone.
To supplement his lukewarm pass-catching selections, Berry has gone the trade route in order to bring in capable bodies for the receiver room. But even that route has been a roller coaster.
The trade with the Dallas Cowboys for veteran Amari Cooper was spectacular and brought about good results until he was traded last year. Getting Elijah Moore from the New York Jets in moving down from a valuable second-round draft pick was a really bad move. Last year’s deal with the Denver Broncos for Jerry Jeudy was a story of love, rainbows, and unicorns. Jeudy was named to his first Pro Bowl, gaining 1,229 yards, as Cooper added to his collection of Pro Bowl hardware in 2023 with 1,250 yards.
With this information regarding Berry’s tendency to supplement his inability to draft good pass catchers with the current state of the Browns’ receiving room, it only makes sense that Berry will be working on another trade for yet another veteran wide receiver.
It has been speculated that the Browns could work out a trade with the Green Bay Packers, who have a lot of talent in their receiver room. And that just may come about.
There is another angle, though. And with another NFC club.
The Washington Commanders have a problem. And at this point, there doesn’t appear to be an amicable solution coming anytime soon.
It seems their star receiver, Terry McLaurin, is not happy that the team has stalled a contract extension. Back on July 5 in 2022 with one year left on his rookie deal, McLaurin inked a three-year extension for $71 million with a $28 million signing bonus. In these past three seasons since signing that agreement, McLaurin has gained 1,191, 1,002, and 1,096 yards, respectively.
Last year, he scored 13 touchdowns, but in the other two campaigns, his TD totals were five and four scores. McLaurin feels his recent offensive impact justifies another extension. He is currently in the final year of that 2022 deal and will make $15.5 million. Recently, other notable receivers have made bank on new deals, such as Ja’Marr Chase and CeeDee...
