The Cleveland Browns season isn’t over (even when it feels prefer it), each actually and figuratively, so meaning GM Andrew Berry will proceed to scour the earth for gamers to assist the workforce. Berry has typically churned the underside of the roster however lately he has been trying to shore up the center of the protection.

Just a few weeks in the past, Cleveland traded for LB Deion Jones and signed DT Tyeler Davison to their follow squad. Whereas Davison has but to be activated, Jones has develop into extra essential now that each Anthony Walker Jr. and Jacob Phillips are out for the 12 months.

Friday afternoon, Berry’s search continued with three exercises.

The 6’2”, 300-pound Broughton was a seventh-round choose of the Los Angeles Chargers in 2019. He performed in 11 video games for the Chargers the place he mixed for 9 tackles. He performed in a single recreation for Kansas Metropolis final 12 months with out recording a sort out.

The Chiefs waived Broughton with a failed bodily designation in July however introduced him again to their follow squad in September. He was launched by the workforce earlier this month.

A sixth-round choice by the Cincinnati Bengals, Evans performed in 65 video games over the previous 5 seasons together with 9 begins. After taking part in in 51% of the protection’s snaps in 2018, Evans’ snaps principally got here on particular groups the final three seasons.

The previous Oklahoma star tore his ACL in Week 5 of the 2021 season.

The best drafted of the three gamers, O’Daniel was a third-round choose of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs in 2018. In 4 years with the Chiefs, O’Daniel had simply 58 tackles. He performed simply 341 snaps on protection with 302 coming in his rookie season.

A particular groups participant primarily (1131 snaps in 4 seasons), O’Daniel has labored out for the Carolina Panthers and New England Patriots as nicely over the past three weeks.