The Cleveland Browns finish off their preseason slate of games with the Chicago Bears on Saturday night. After that, the front office and coaching staff will have a couple of days to get together and decide who makes the initial 53-man roster and who does not.
As always, like with LB Jacob Phillips last year, decisions are made with multiple layers of reasons included. Phillips made the initial roster so that he could go on injured reserve but return for the season.
Cleveland could also be active in trade talks over those couple of days but guessing what GM Andrew Berry will do is an overwhelming task. Instead, it is easy to hope that the Browns add more talent at wide receiver, tight end and defensive tackle but nothing is certain.
For today’s 53-man roster projection, we will only look at players currently on the team. Any injuries Saturday night would have an impact on who makes the roster as well.