Browns obtain Jerry Jeudy

      Andrew Berry decided to return to the scene of his greatest trade since taking charge of the Cleveland Browns by trading for a wide receiver with a team dealing with salary cap issues.

Amari Cooper worked out spectacularly and while Elijah Moore didn't make the impact that the Browns hoped for, Moore wasn't a total bust either, so it wasn't a surprise that Andrew Berry returned to the wide receiver trade well to bolster DeShaun Watson's weapons.

Berry and the Browns sent fifth and sixth-round picks to the Denver Broncos for wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, whom the Browns hope will provide the deep threat they have lacked since the days of Josh Gordon.

The Browns traded the fifth-rounder they acquired for Baker Mayfield from Carolina and their own sixth-rounder.

Cleveland still has their own fifth-rounder and still owns two sixth-rounders from Arizona and Baltimore.

Jeudy had been connected to the Browns by rumors before the in-season trading deadline but Denver decided to keep their 2020 first-rounder from Alabama and wait for the off-season before exploring a trade.

Jeudy caught 54 passes for 758 yards with two touchdowns last season and is under contract for the 2024 season at a cap hit of 12.99 million after Denver picked up his fifth-year option last spring.

The Browns are expected to attempt to re-work Jeudy's contract to help create cap room and commit him to more than a one-year rental.

Jeudy hasn't been the star that Denver and many expected after being drafted but he's been decent and in Cleveland, will be slotted as the number two receiver opposite Amari Cooper as the deep speed threat that the Browns have been missing for years.

Where this does affect the receivers is that one of the current roster is likely to be elsewhere, if not two.

Cedric Tillman and Elijah Moore will be the third and fourth receivers, and I bet the Browns use either their second or third-rounders on another pass catcher.

Assuming the Browns do that, that player makes the team, so unless the Browns decide to keep six receivers David Bell may be the player on the outside looking in.

Jerry Jeudy was a disappointment for Denver but if used as a deep threat in the offense and as the number two receiver, I believe he could be a successful player in Cleveland.