The Cleveland Browns made a flurry of moves this week on both sides of the ball; however, they attacked the defensive side of the ball quite differently than the offensive side. Instead of tying money to players in future years like they did offensively, the Browns shelled out one-year deals. A sort of trial before they buy to see how these players fit into the system.
Notice a lot of these one-year signings are players coming off their rookie deals, who the Browns think they can get more out of. See safety Karl Joseph and defensive tackle Andrew Billings.