Andrew Berry talks about the positive but potentially negative issue the Browns will face in 2024

It appears that the Cleveland Browns will have some form of impasse to start the 2024 season. It has the potential to be both beneficial and detrimental.

The Browns may have made one of the biggest draft steals in the previous round of the NFL Draft. T Dawand Jones appeared to be the Browns’ starting tackle of the future when they selected him in the fourth round.

This season, the Browns will have a problem that might resolve itself or cause some fans to sit more than they would like. Although there have been trade rumours, Browns general manager Andrew Berry is adamant on keeping all three players on the team.

“I do. I do. And, like, we’ve probably seen that in particular two out of the four years that we’ve been here. Where, you know, I don’t, I think, you know, maybe one or two teams in the league end up having their starting five play the whole season on a given year, so, and that’s one of the positions where once you get into the season, it’s hard to acquire them like the big guys,” Berry explained. They’re hard to acquire once you get into, really once you get into camp. So tackle is a premium position. We have good ones, again, in no hurry to give anyone away.”

Jones had to step in for veteran RT Jack Conklin last season, who went down in the first game of the year against the Cincinnati Bengals. The impressive rookie played in the next ten games before he was lost to a knee injury. It was an example of the Browns that they have lived out themselves — they have to know you need quality depth at the tackle position.

On the opposite side, Jedrick Wills Jr. will play out his fifth season in Cleveland. Wills played in eight games last season before he was lost to an injury as well. Cleveland was playing their fourth and fifth tackles by the end of the season.

All three are expected to be healthy at the start of training camp and the Browns would like for it to stay that way. Cleveland could end up trying Jones at left tackle if Wills were to struggle again, but they have not been vocal about the will to do so.

One thing is for sure, if an injury happens the Browns are in a good spot. If more than one happens then they’re in a situation like last year, perhaps with a rookie tackle joining James Hudson and Hakeem Adeniji.