Last season, to say that the Cleveland Browns could not stop the run was like an expression that King Kong was a big monkey. After getting hammered on the ground by the Los Angeles Chargers in Week 5, every team had their blueprint and exploited that defensive weakness that finished 25th.
So shortly after the franchise hired Jim Schwartz as their new defensive coordinator, the new sheriff submitted an outline on how to fix the defense. First on the list was to bring in capable defensive tackles.
Jordan Elliott, Perrion Winfrey, Tommy Togiai, Ben Stille, and Roderick Perry were holdovers from last season.