This summer, the Cleveland Browns are on the market for a wide receiver. Although they want a player with a high-end skill set and a
track record, they also need someone who can be signed at a price that will not put the team at significant financial danger.
It’s a very difficult line to walk for any franchise to find proven players with something left to give at a premium position and on a
team-friendly deal, so there will be inherent risk if the Browns choose to try. But Mike Williams of the Los Angeles Chargers is a name
that might be worth a shot.
Williams, 29, only appeared in three games last season due to an ACL tear that he sustained early in 2023. Nevertheless, he has
accumulated over 4,800
In an interview with Dave Bacon of Sports 4 CLE on Thursday, February 8, NFL expert Quincy Carrier claimed that Williams is the
kind of No. 2 option that Browns supporters have been waiting a long time to have with Amari Cooper.
Carrier remarked, “We’ve seen Mike Williams produce.” “We’ve witnessed him murder the Cleveland Browns a few times.”
He went on, “The Browns aren’t trying to develop a talent to be another wide receiver for them at this point.” “Someone simply has to
step up and start producing.” In that situation, you should go with someone you know is capable of producing because they have
experience with it.
Not everything that is speculative during the NFL offseason is realistic. But Williams isn’t some unrealized Cleveland fantasy.
By deferring portion of Deshaun Watson’s $64 million 2024 cap hit in the form of dead money, the team may free up about $33
million in space. By extending Cooper, who would otherwise count roughly $24 million against the limit next season, Cleveland can
also create space immediately.
Despite the $32.5 million cap burden Williams represents in Los Angeles in the final year of his $60 million contract, the Browns
might not need to put in all or any of that work to acquire him.
Carrier brought up the prospect of Williams being traded by the Browns or by another team. That doesn’t make sense, though, because
the receiver will be much more affordable if you wait for the Chargers to cut him during the summer.
“I don’t believe the cost would be that high. so he will be in the world of one-year prove-it deals,” Carrier remarked. “Those are the
kinds of deals the Browns can make with these guys right now—quick, short-term deals.”
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