The Cleveland Browns did not add another running back in the 2023 NFL draft, leading to a fictional linkage to free agent running back Ezekiel Elliott. With just Jerome Ford, undrafted free agent Hassan Hall, and hybrid player Demetric Felton as the only running backs on the roster, the conversation around Elliott has grown louder.
And this has much more to do with him playing football two hours south of Cleveland than anything he has done on the field over the past three seasons.
If anything, this offseason has shown a belief in the second-year explosive back in Ford. While the Browns may not be content with just Chubb and Ford as the only backs worth distributing carries to, Elliott does not bring anything valuable to the team and is not worth the money or carries he would siphon.