NFL: Free agency fits for the top 10 teams in terms of cap space

#4. Cleveland Browns – Grady Jarrett

There were multiple players I thought about putting with the Browns here. That doesn’t mean that they have a lot of holes on their roster, because it actually is one of the most complete ones in the league. They need some help at offensive tackles, but that is a position I think they will look to address in this upcoming draft. Therefore I mainly debated between defensive linemen. Cleveland was 28th in rushing yards allowed defensively and they need to address that area by adding beef up front.

Myles Garrett is turning into a superstar and Larry Ogunjobi emerged as a disruptive force on the interior last season. Emmanuel Ogbah and Anthony Zettel are pretty nice pieces to add to the mix, but I still believe defensive end is an option, especially when I look at a potential bargain in Shaquil Barrett or a Super Bowl hero in Trey Flowers; who would bring championship pedigree as well as the versatility to slide inside on nickel packages and still control the point of attack in the running game.

Instead however I went with the best defensive tackle on the market. Grady Jarrett might not be the cleanest fit for the Browns because Ogunjobi is the 3-tech in their base defense, but I still believe he would be a great addition. The former fifth-round pick (who I had graded as a second-rounder back in 2015) started his career with the Falcons as an undersized nose tackle and went up to 305 pounds. He kept that weight when he moved more into a B-gap upfield role while turning into one of the most underrated superstars of this league.

I think he can still eat up double teams on first and possibly second down, and when Cleveland works in their sub packages, he slides over the guard and forms one of the top interior pass rushs in the league. Jarrett has been one of the top run-defending defensive linemen in the league these last few years and he recorded 53 total QB pressures in 2018.