Cleveland Browns: 10 players that need to go to rebuild the brand
By Chad Porto
#6 – OG Wyatt Teller
A lot of guys on the first half of this list seem like good guys. They just represent a bad era in Browns management and the team needs to move on and get past that. Wyatt Teller is an example of that. Acquired for a fifth and sixth-round pick in the upcoming 2020 NFL Draft, the Browns got Teller from the Bills for Teller and a seventh-round pick in 2021. Teller played poorly last year, and showed the team exactly why he was a fifth-round pick himself.
Teller’s trade cost the Browns precious draft picks that could’ve been used to select a possible-late sleeper or be used in trades to further improve the team. None of this is Teller’s fault, but as of right now Teller has no trade value, he won’t be a starter next season if the Browns new management can actually improve his spot and every time he takes the field fans are just going to sigh at what could have been.
After all, Teller was acquired right before the start of the season because the Browns still didn’t have a replacement for Kevin Zeitler, who was shipped off six months prior. Teller was a last, desperate option for a team needing a starter and Teller filled in for the team where he started nine games. He meant well. He just didn’t’ do well. He replaced Eric Kush as a starter in Denver and while the run game didn’t miss a beat the pass protection still stunk. It’s not entirely his fault but his roster spot could be better utilized unless the team really likes him as a backup.