The have been in a lot of mock drafts with their various maneuvers in both the trade and free-agency markets. John Dorsey did it again on Wednesday morning, with the Browns reportedly agreeing to terms with running back .The deal is worth three years and $15 million, .Hyde is a nice fit in Cleveland, too. They tried to draft and develop but it never panned out (although Crowell is still fairly young). has looked like a very talented playmaker, even if his usage hasn't been perfect, but he's not a feature back. Pairing a power back like Hyde with a home-run/pa s Shaquille O'Neal Jersey -catching threat like Johnson is the ideal situation for a team like the Browns.Cleveland now has under center, Hyde/Johnson in the backfield, Jarvis Landry/Corey Coleman/Josh Gordon at wide receiver -- we'll see how long that trio lasts though -- and a pretty impre sive group of offensive linemen up front. Kendrick Nunn Jersey po sibly retiring should be a concern; but he's headed to the in free agency now. Either way, the Browns are at least interesting on offense. As for the financials of the deal, it illustrates the running-back market pretty well: Hyde is going to be a top-10 back in terms of average annual value of his contract per year.His deal gives him $5 million per year, which puts him tied with , on Tuesday, and , who signed with the last offseason, at ninth overall. Here are the top nine contracts in average annual value: Le'Veon Bell (franchise tag), , , , (rookie deal), , (rookie deal), (!), Murray, Lewis and Hyde.McKinnon, of course, , another toy John Lynch and Kyle Shanahan snagged for in free agency. You can expect to be drafted early enough in the 2018 NFL Draft that he will enter that group as well, pushing Lewis/Murray/Hyde out of the top 10.And this is where the Hyde thing gets really interesting, . There are a lot of scenarios out there where the Browns take Barkley first overall, .One would think with Hyde in the fold and Johnson on the roster it would take Barkley out of play. Not so fast, according to Aditi Kinkhabwala of Dwyane Wade Jersey NFL Network, who reported Wednesday from the Browns facility that Cleveland still very much has Barkley on its board. " I'm told signing Carlos Hyde does not disqualify Barkley. That does not mean Barkley comes off the board here," Kinkhabwala said. "Remember, Hue Jackson has worked with multiple backs. He likes a platoon of backs. And look, we saw these two Super Bowl teams both use three backs apiece."All of those are good points, and let's not forget the le son from the , who paid Bernard a lot of money (see list above), had on the roster and still drafted last year. That was after Hue Jackson left, but was also in the fold back when Jackson was there. There's a case to be made the Browns could use lots of running backs.But there's also a Udonis Haslem Jersey case to be made that signing Hyde and developing/extending Johnson is a MUCH better use of resources than using a top-five pick on Barkley. Instead, the Browns can take their Derrick Jones Jr. Jersey quarterback ( , , whoever) at No. 1 and then utilize the No. 4 pick to do a number of different things. Grab or . Auction the pick and trade down. Take a second quarterback just in case the first one doesn't me s up. I mean, not really, but is that worse than taking a running back when you already have two of them on the roster?The point being the Browns continue to make big moves and we can't guarantee which way they go. Maybe they'll take two running backs in the top five. Anything is on the table.
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