DawgTalkers.net Forums DawgTalk Pure Football Forum Trade deadline - Buyers, sellers or inactive?

Wondering what people think about the potential for the browns to be active at trade deadline? We're in first place despite not playing our best football (Monken's own words - echoed by Quincy) ...

I don't see us being sellers. The only guys that seem to make sense would be Sanders or Gabriel. Not sure there is a trade partner needing either - Berry reportedly likes Sanders. I'd be happy if Gabriel is the back up for the next 2-3 years.

I can see Berry beating the bushes and maybe being a buyer - OL help maybe? Depth at CB? It seems to me that we know we want to upgrade at QB next draft ... but being in first place, having the opportunity to potentially be in the playoffs this season should be enough motivation for a moderately aggressive trade here or there. a 4th or 5th rounder packaged for someone else's middle of the road/average OL who could challenge our roster to become a starter along the line. I wouldn't be at all surprised if this happened.

We might sit tight wanting to keep every piece of draft capital for the draft and targeting out future FQB ... but ... as well as 2027 draft capital Berry has shown a willingness to pull from future drafts so preserving those mid round picks if there is a real opportunity to add this year seems less important to me.

I don't think we do anything. Maybe we still pick someone from a practice squad at some point.

Just as a question, who made the report about Berry liking Sanders? Berry usually doesn't say much during the season. He sometimes says things during the bye but I don't recall him saying much this go around. Probably since it was early this year.

The comment about Berry liking Sanders was from the Athletic I am sure. It may be inaccurate I don't know but it's the only thing I have seen.

I think Berry has shown himself to be a little bit of a maverick on trades and more aggressive than your average GM - with Monken being a pretty aggressive/assertive ... win now sort of guy. I would hedge on us finding someone. Just an opinion.

I could see us trading for an inexpensive (draft capital wise) TE or CB.

I see depth on the defensive line being high on the list.

There is some chatter about Khalil Mack to the Browns in a day-three pick trade. Chargers are sellers to the youth movement and Mack is cheap. Mack is also 35.

I see us sitting back and waiting for potential trade partners come to us.

I could see Berry trading Jeudy away if a team came calling and we got a sweet offer. We got him for a 5th and a 6th, so if someone dangled a 4th or better I could see us moving him (buy low, sell high). There's a non-zero chance he turns back into a pumpkin next season (last on his contract).

If a guy out of the Gabriel/Sanders/Green mix were to somehow set himself apart, I could see us moving one of them, but I don't expect the market to be great (best case is we get back the pick we used to draft them... likely not even that for Gabriel). I wouldn't mind shedding a body from the QB room, but they are worth more to us here than we would get for them in a trade.


Unless the offense really gets going in a hurry, I don't see us being buyers, either.

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I wouldn't rule it out. I will say Berry exhausts all options and really beats the bushes.

I'm just not sure where he would go with that. The OL could surely use an upgrade but then he just invested heavily in the OL and it seems to me he would let the season play out to see how it all meshes and how they develop as a unit before toying even further with it.

I tend to agree with bone that there is a lot of talent already on this roster and they're pretty much just a QB away. But at the same time if berry sees a bargain where he thinks there is a chance to upgrade I don't see him walking away from it.