Into the late hours last week, general manager Ray Farmer, coach Mike Pettine, coordinators Jim O’Neil, John DeFilippo, Chris Tabor and the rest of the coaching staff met to discuss the state of the roster.
O’Neil said there were two consensus agreements that came from the evaluation meetings: The Browns are going stockpile certain positions where depth is plentiful and will inevitably cut some really good football players.
“The thing I love about Ray’s and Pett’s philosophy is we’re going to keep the 53 best players,” O’Neil said. “If we’re one or two heavy on the D-line or we’re one or two heavy at corner or one or two heavy on the offensive line.