The Cleveland Browns need a Hail Mary trade for these Carolina Panthers players
By Chad Porto
RB Christian McCaffery
This one may make people scratch their heads at first and wonder why. Firstly, Kareem Hunt is declining as a player. It’s time to move on from him. He wants to be traded and he’s not likely to fetch the Browns more than a fifth-round pick (if that) if he were to leave in free agency. So there’s really no reason to keep him.
The Browns, even with a change at quarterback, will likely still rely heavily on a two-running-back system and Christian McCaffery is an obvious upgrade over Hunt. Not only is he more in line with how Nick Chubb runs (shifty), but he’s also a much more reliable presence out of the backfield as a receiver.
Not only can he be a better pass-catching running back than Hunt, but he can also actually line up as a receiver and catch a pass that way. Giving the Browns a reliable third receiver. You’d actually have to be a tiny bit creative but if you are, you can easily run an offense where McCaffery is on the field 75% to 90% of the time in various roles and positions. Having that type of asset is huge.
Plus if you limit how many rushes he gets and throw to him more often, you may also limit how many injuries he could suffer.