News Flash: Reasons The Cleveland Browns Must Sign A Promising Player

Adrian Amos, a safety, was waived by the New York Jets this week; in

order to acquire him, the Cleveland Browns must file a waiver claim.

When you read things on Twitter that you don’t think are true, you

sometimes choose to ignore them. That’s precisely what I did last

night when I noticed Adrian Amos had been waived. After being

selected in the fifth round in the 2015 draught, he played with the

Bears for four years. After that, he signed a four-year, $36 million

contract as a free agent with the Packers in the north. The Jets then

acquired him in the off-season for a $1.75 million contract when

Chuck Clark had a season-ending knee injury.

Adrian Amos

Adrian Amos - WikipediaThe Jets demoted Amos down the depth chart to concentrate on

developing their young safety, which is understandable given that

their season is finished due to ‘ injury and they would

need to run the table to be competitive again. Despite this, Amos is

still a very effective player. Then, in order to move somewhere where

he might play and perhaps qualify for the postseason, he requested

his release.

He is performing well and has already played 264 snaps this season.

With a forced incompletion percentage of 20%, tied for 11th in the

league, he is PFF’s 21st top safety of the year. In contrast, Grant

Delpit was at 8%, Juan Thornhill was at 0%, and Rodney McLeod

was at 10%.

Agreement

Amos would easily be someone you can add to the club, since he

would come with a completely guaranteed $347,222 for the balance

of the season, which is only slightly above the league average.

They essentially lost the opportunity to play three safety when they

lost Rodney McLeod since they didn’t trust Hickman or Bell to play

much. Harmon, who is a fantastic acquisition, was recruited to the

practise squad but hasn’t yet been added to the active roster.

In summary

This is a no-brainer decision in my opinion; in the worst-case

4 Browns Starters Who Will Get Benched This Seasonsituation, you could have to release Ronnie Hickman or another

member of the squad, since Flacco, Wills, and Mitchell will soon need

roster places and Walker and Diabate are the only clear possibilities

to go. When Ward returns, defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz

should have the option to play six defensive backs once more, which

would allow them to maintain the flexibility of their defence instead

of adding 0.5 linebackers each snap, as we witnessed against the

Broncos.

Obtaining him as an in-season backup is excellent after losing

McLeod; my assumption is that someone else gets to him before us

on waivers, but it shouldn’t stop them from trying to claim him. He

was a player I was happy to go after in free agency if Thornhill was

more costly.

 

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