Browns sign Quincy Williams

      Just a few minutes after I wrapped up writing about the Cleveland Browns losing linebacker Devin Bush to the Chicago Bears and discussing the Browns' possible options at the position, the Browns announced their replacement, and this is one that I really like.

Cleveland signed Quincy Williams from the New York Jets for a reported two-year contract valued at seventeen million dollars.

Williams wasn't the impact player last season for the Jets under new head coach Aaron Glenn that he was in the previous two seasons under Robert Salah, but still finished with forty-five solo tackles and three and a half sacks in thirteen games.

New Browns defensive coordinator Mike Rutenberg coached Williams in New York, and what Saleh ran (similarities with Jim Schwartz's scheme) should be close to Rutenberg's plans for the Browns.

Rutenberg was Williams's position coach in his best seasons, with Williams finishing with one hundred tackles in each of the four years, and an All-Pro selection in 2023.

Williams is more than a tackle accumulator and can be used effectively as a blitzer, earning twelve and a half sacks as a Jet. He is known for his range and ability in coverage, which should fit well with Carson Schwesinger as three down linebackers.

Williams will turn thirty in training camp and will enter his eighth year (two with Jacksonville, five with the Jets), but he looked good in the games I saw the Jets last season.

All in all, the Browns have signed a superior player (Williams over Devon Bush) at a cheaper rate (Bush signed for three years at ten million per year, Williams will cost eight and a half million per year for two).

I'm a big fan of this signing and think the Browns have done well here.