As we talked about Sunday, the downtime within the NFL calendar between early June and late July leaves loads of primetime for rankings and lists. Whereas we could have a number of of these right here for you, how nationwide media retailers see the Cleveland Browns is probably going of extra curiosity at this level.

NFL free company was a busy one for GM Andrew Berry. Dalvin Tomlinson, Ogbonnia Okoronkwo and Juan Thornhill led the early rush of gamers. Trades for Elijah Moore and Za’Darius Smith stole headlines later.

Given the shortage of wants on the crew and the later picks, the Browns NFL draft class is an afterthought, principally, for 2023.

Landing Wire, part of USA At present, posted an inventory of essentially the most underrated gamers on every crew within the NFL. For Cleveland, it’s one in every of their new additions in Okoronkwo:

From Weeks 13-18, Okoronkwo’s 5 sacks and 24 complete pressures had him within the NFL’s prime 10 in each classes, and the event confirmed up on tape.

The article has a few nice movies of Okoronkwo’s success final 12 months.

For years, the Browns most underrated participant, from a nationwide perspective, was Joel Bitonio. Fortunately, over the past couple of seasons, Bitonio has taken his place as one of the best, or a minimum of probably the greatest, guards within the NFL.

With the addition of Smith, Okoronkwo’s anticipated position as a sure starter is gone however DC Jim Schwartz will rotate his gamers to get essentially the most success for the crew. A double-digit sack marketing campaign might assist increase the previous Oklahoma Sooners defender’s standing and status and open up a spot for an additional participant to be Cleveland’s most underrated.

Who do you assume is the Browns most underrated participant from a nationwide perspective?