The Cleveland Browns defense last season was ranked Number 1 overall and was the top-rated defense in most categories.
Any time a team has a top-ranked unit, they go out of their way to make sure that there are very little changes from the past season to the current one. Makes a whole lot of sense to keep all the components that earned that #1 ranking.
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Yet, that did not happen with the Browns.
Middle linebacker Anthony Walker was allowed to sign elsewhere in free agency.