3 Cleveland Browns who could be cut before Week 1
By Randy Gurzi
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The Cleveland Browns have built a rather competitive roster, which could end up making it hard for these three players to make the 53-man roster in Week 1
General manager Andrew Berry has done a solid job rebuilding the Cleveland Browns roster, and that means there’s a lot of depth and competition from top to bottom.
When that happens, it becomes really hard to predict who will make the final 53-man roster. With that being said, we look at a few players who have plenty of talent, but could still find themselves on the chopping block this season.
Cleveland Browns potential cut No. 3: Demetric Felton, RB
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There’s no position on the Cleveland Browns roster that’s more stacked than at running back.
They have one of the best in the game right now in Nick Chubb as their No. 1 guy. Their “change of pace back” is Kareem Hunt, who led the NFL in rushing as a rookie and could start for more than half the other teams in the league.
As if that wasn’t enough, they re-signed D’Ernest Johnson to a one-year deal recently, after he proved he was more than capable while filling in for an injured Hunt in 2021.
Then, there’s the No. 4 and 5 guys — rookie Jerome Ford and second-year back Demetric Felton.
As a rookie, Felton spent more time catching the ball and has been working as a wideout during minicamps. That might be his key to making this team because he’s not beating out any of the other guys when it comes to carrying the ball — and that’s not a knock on him, just a product of the Browns being so stacked.
It still won’t be easy for him to make the team as a receiver either, which means Felton could be one of the players looking at a possible change of scenery in 2022.