The Cleveland Browns have a few important days bunched together around Halloween. First, the team welcomes in their AFC North rivals on Sunday for a rematch of the Browns first playoff victory in decades. The loser of that game will sit in the basement of the division, the winner strengthens their hopes for a run to the playoffs, once again.
Then, two days later, the NFL trade deadline comes up. Here at Browns Wire, we have heard rumblings of GM Andrew Berry being highly involved in a number of trade discussions primarily around areas of injury concern: wide receiver, cornerback and offensive line. Defensive line reinforcements have also been discussed.
While Berry being involved in those conversations gives hope to some fun moves after the conclusion of Week 8’s game, trades in the NFL aren’t as plentiful as other sports. Teams are more willing to make deals in the past but there will always be more talks than moves.
One move that has started to float to the surface is Cleveland moving a player out, Andrew Billings. The defensive tackle/nose tackle hasn’t found a solid place on the Browns defense this year but could find a home on the West Coast according to our Touchdown Wire site:
An ideal landing spot? Los Angeles with the Chargers. Brandon Staley is finding out that the combination of playing two-high and stopping the run is a bit tougher when you do not have Aaron Donald in the interior, and while Billings is not that kind of player, anything they can add to help against the run would be a huge addition.
Cleveland is unlikely to get much in return for their seldom-used defensive lineman but save a little salary and add a late pick or a player that doesn’t fit with the acquiring team.
Check out all the interesting names Touchdown Wire’s Mark Schofield would like to see on the move in his latest piece.