Heading into the 2016 season, the Cleveland Browns were looking at veteran defensive lineman and outside linebacker Desmond Bryant as somebody who was doing to step into a leadership role as a core member of the team. He started 29 games over the two previous seasons, and frankly, they didn’t really have anybody else.
He suffered a season-ending injury, however, and now, a year later, they have released him. Having spent the previous four seasons with the Browns, he played his role, but evidently no longer fits under their new scheme under Gregg Williams and in a crowded room of edge defenders.