On a national level, how a team’s roster or individual players are viewed stays mostly static unless major development or drop-off in the previous years. For the Cleveland Browns, the lack of success of the team has often minimized how individual players are viewed.
With the playoff run in 2020 and a close to .500 record to follow it up, some of that may be shifting a bit. The Browns are now known to have a very talented roster with the question at quarterback still concerning.
Pro Football Focus, which tries to cut through narrative and bias using their grading scales, put out their list of the top 50 players in the NFL. Three from Cleveland made the list:
