After shipping wide receiver Corey Coleman to the Bills in exchange for a 2020 seventh-round pick, the Browns may consider making more trades in the coming weeks, per Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (Twitter link). Specifically, general manager John Dorsey could engage in talks regarding players brought in by Cleveland’s former front office.
The Browns have already been among the most active teams in the NFL’s 2018 trade market; by our count, Cleveland has made nine trades involving veteran players, plus two more deals that involved draft selections. To Rapoport’s point, the Browns have mostly traded away players added by ex-general manager Sashi Brown, with quarterbacks DeShone Kizer, Cody Kessler, and Kevin Hogan, defensive tackle Danny Shelton, and cornerbacks Jason McCourty and Jamar Taylor all moving in addition to Coleman.
Talent hasn’t only been outgoing in Cleveland, as the club has also made deals that added veteran talent to its 53-man roster. Notably, the Browns picked up their presumptive starting quarterback — Tyrod Taylor — from the Bills in exchange for a third-round pick, and acquired franchise-tagged wide receiver Jarvis Landry from the Dolphins, sending fourth- and seventh-round selections to Miami in return.
On a macro level, it’s unclear whether the Browns may look to bring in more veterans via trade, or simply sell off parts added by the previous regime. In a recent interview with Kevin Clark of The Ringer, Dorsey admitted he doesn’t want Cleveland to be too youthful a roster in the coming years (the Browns ranked 32nd in snap-weighted age last season, per Scott Kacsmar of Football Outsiders). “Those guys did a nice job in terms of acquiring the cap space. They hurt themselves in that they got too young,” Dorsey said of the Browns’ previous front office. “That’s the plan I always wanted to do—top five youngest in the league, not the youngest.”