The Cleveland Browns offense looks to be in a state of flux heading into the 2025 NFL season as they’ve got to figure out which pieces are worth building around in the short and long-term.
The quarterback position will be one to watch during the offseason as the Browns sort through their myriad of options.
However, the wide receiver room is also a massive question mark after Jerry Jeudy.
The 2025 NFL Draft allowed Cleveland to take several highly-touted prospects, but they curiously decided not to take a receiver to add to their room.
The team did make a move by taking a flier on veteran wideout Diontae Johnson, but he’s hardly enough to get the Browns to a place where they can compete with the rest of the AFC.
After adding Johnson, Cleveland is being linked to an interesting trade target via Mason Cameron of PFF.
> “Declining to select a receiver in the 2025 NFL Draft has left Cleveland in a precarious spot. The team’s recent signing of Diontae Johnson is a cheap alternative with potential upside or possibly an empty addition, given his recent issues. That still leaves the door open for this offense to add an impact X receiver via trade. One option could be Alec Pierce, who played with Joe Flacco in Indianapolis last season, where he earned a 73.3 PFF receiving grade while catching passes from the veteran,” Cameron [wrote](https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-last-offseason-move-every-afc-team-2025#CLE).
Alec Pierce is a downfield threat who can take the top off of a defense, and it’d be easy to envision his fit with the Browns.
Pierce doesn’t seem like a fit for the Indianapolis Colts moving forward, and Cleveland would be wise to at least explore a deal.
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