2016 Cleveland Browns season

2016 Cleveland Browns season
Owner	Jimmy Haslam
General manager	TBD
Head coach	TBD
Home field	FirstEnergy Stadium

The 2016 Cleveland Browns season will be the franchise's upcoming 68th season as a professional sports franchise, its 64th season as a member of the National Football League and the first under a new head coach and general manager.

Offseason

Roster changes

2016 Draft Class

Main article: 2016 NFL draft

2016 Cleveland Browns Draft

Round	Selection	Player	Position	College
1	2
2	32
3	65
4	TBD
5	TBD
6	TBD
7	TBD
7	TBD

Notes

• The Browns acquired a conditional seventh-round selection in a trade that sent running back Terrance West to the Tennessee Titans.
• Exact numbers of the selections from rounds 4–7 will be determined when compensatory selections are awarded at the NFL's annual spring owners' meetings in March.

Preseason

Schedule

The Browns' preseason opponents and schedule will be announced in spring 2016.

Regular season

Schedule

2016 opponents

Listed below are the Browns' opponents for 2016. Exact dates and times will be announced in the spring. For the second time in three seasons, the Browns will travel only once outside of the Eastern Time Zone, to face the Tennessee Titans in Nashville.

Category	Home	Away
Division opponents (AFC North)	Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals Pittsburgh Steelers
Conference opponents (AFC East)	New England Patriots New York Jets	Buffalo Bills Miami Dolphins
Conference opponents (based on 2015 division placement)	San Diego Chargers (AFC West)	Tennessee Titans (AFC South)
Interconference opponents (NFC East)	Dallas Cowboys New York Giants	Philadelphia Eagles Washington Redskins

Staff

Cleveland Browns staff

	Front office Owners – Jimmy Haslam, Dee Haslam, Whitney Haslam-Johnson, J.W. Johnson Chief strategy officer – Paul DePodesta Executive vice president/COO – David Jenkins Executive vice president of football operations/general manager – Andrew Berry Assistant general manager/vice president of football operations – Catherine Hickman Assistant general manager/vice president of player personnel – Glenn Cook Vice president of football administration – Chris Cooper Vice president of research and strategy – Andrew Healy Vice president of player personnel process and development – Ken Kovash Director of football administration – Taylor Young Director of player personnel – Dan Saganey Director of pro scouting – Adam Al-Khayyal Director of college scouting – Max Paulus Senior personnel/coaching executive – Bob Quinn Senior executive advisor to the GM – Jimmy Raye III Advisor to the GM – Chris Polian Director of football operations – Tyler Hamblin Director of football operations & process – Joy Tapajcik Director of research and strategy – Dave Giuliani Director of scouting research – Mike Cetta Director of football information systems – Brad DeAngelis Head coaches Head coach – Kevin Stefanski Assistant head coach/special teams coordinator – Ray Ventrone Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Vacant Senior offensive assistant – Bill Musgrave Running backs – Duce Staley Pass game coordinator/wide receivers – Chad O'Shea Assistant wide receivers – Callie Brownson Pass game specialist/tight ends – Tommy Rees Offensive line – Mike Bloomgren Assistant offensive line – Roy Istvan Offensive assistant/run game specialist – Nick Charlton Offensive assistant/quarterbacks – Ashton Grant Bill Willis diversity coaching fellow – Nemo Washington			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Jim Schwartz Defensive line – Jacques Cesaire Assistant defensive line – Jordan Thomas Linebackers – Jason Tarver Cornerbacks – Brandon Lynch Safeties – Ephraim Banda Defensive assistant – Zach Dunn Defensive quality control – Jeff Anderson Special teams coaches Assistant special teams – Stephen Bravo-Brown Support staff Senior assistant/special projects – Kevin Rogers Coordinator of coaching logistics – Riley Hecklinski Strength and conditioning Director of high performance – Shaun Huls Director of strength and conditioning – Larry Jackson Assistant strength and conditioning/sports science – Josh Christovich Assistant strength and conditioning – Monty Gibson Assistant strength and conditioning – Dale Jones Assistant strength and conditioning – Evan Marcus Director of performance nutrition – Katy Meassick → Coaching staff → Front office → More NFL staffs

Current roster

Cleveland Browns roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 17 Dorian Thompson-Robinson  4 Deshaun Watson Running backs (RB) 34 Jerome Ford 20 Pierre Strong Jr. Wide receivers (WR) 18 David Bell 89 Kaden Davis  3 Jerry Jeudy 80 Jamari Thrash 19 Cedric Tillman 81 Michael Woods II Tight ends (TE) 82 Brenden Bates 85 David Njoku

Offensive linemen (OL) 75 Joel Bitonio RG 78 Jack Conklin RT 79 Dawand Jones RT 55 Ethan Pocic C 77 Wyatt Teller LG 56 Luke Wypler C 70 Zak Zinter G Defensive linemen (DL) 97 Jowon Briggs DT 62 Michael Dwumfour DT 95 Myles Garrett DE 51 Michael Hall Jr. DT 93 Shelby Harris DT 92 Sam Kamara DE 57 Isaiah McGuire DE 54 Ogbo Okoronkwo DE 99 Cameron Thomas DE 94 Dalvin Tomlinson DT 91 Alex Wright DE

Linebackers (LB) 43 Mohamoud Diabate MLB 58 Jordan Hicks MLB  6 Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah OLB 40 Nathaniel Watson MLB Defensive backs (DB) 35 Chigozie Anusiem CB  9 Grant Delpit SS 41 Chris Edmonds FS 23 Martin Emerson CB 26 Myles Harden CB 33 Ronnie Hickman FS 29 Cameron Mitchell CB  0 Greg Newsome II CB  1 Juan Thornhill FS 21 Denzel Ward CB Special teams 13 Corey Bojorquez P  7 Dustin Hopkins K 47 Charley Hughlett LS 50 Rex Sunahara LS

Reserve 67 Javion Cohen G (Futures) 28 Trey Dean S (Futures) -- Marcus Haynes OLB (Futures) 61 Roy Mbaeteka LT (Futures) 87 Tre' McKitty TE (Futures) 60 Julian Pearl RT (Futures) 52 Elerson Smith OLB (Futures) 10 Andre Szmyt K (Futures) 69 Lorenzo Thompson LT (Futures) Impending free agents (FA) 74 Hakeem Adeniji RT 88 Jordan Akins TE 38 Tony Brown CB 30 Devin Bush Jr. ILB 72 Geron Christian T 24 Nick Chubb RB 68 Michael Dunn G 31 Mike Ford CB 27 D'Onta Foreman RB 53 Nick Harris C 66 James Hudson RT 39 Khaleke Hudson OLB 90 Maurice Hurst Jr. DT 22 Nyheim Hines RB 65 Germain Ifedi RT 12 Rodney McLeod SS  8 Elijah Moore WR 11 James Proche WR 84 Geoff Swaim TE 71 Jedrick Wills LT  5 Jameis Winston QB Restricted free agents (RFA) 37 D'Anthony Bell SS 96 James Houston DE 42 John Kelly RB  2 Bailey Zappe QB Exclusive-rights free agents (ERFA) 59 Winston Reid OLB 86 Blake Whiteheart TE As of January 7, 2025. Rookies in italics. 48 active, 9 reserve, 27 free agent(s) Roster Depth chart Transactions

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