The Cleveland Browns have been aggressive in signing players to contracts and pushing money down the line for salary cap purposes. Whether it was the Deshaun Watson, Myles Garrett, Nick Chubb, Joel Bitonio, Denzel Ward and Wyatt Teller contracts, restructuring Amari Cooper’s contract or putting void years on the end of deals, such as Jadeveon Clowney, GM Andrew Berry has been aggressive.
The team also rolled over a large amount of cap space, around $27 million, going into the 2023 NFL season. That rollover cap helps but doesn’t even get the team into positive cap space.