The Cleveland Browns have two main needs this offseason: wide receiver and the entire offensive line. Other positions could use help; OL and WR are by far the two biggest needs.
While the Browns will likely end up using free agency and the NFL Draft to improve those two positions, they could also turn to the trade market to acquire veteran talent to bolster those rooms.
ESPN's Bill Barnwell proposed one such trade the Browns could make, where they link up with the Jacksonville Jaguars once again, and trade for $40.5 million veteran offensive tackle, Walker Little, in a late-round pick-swap.
Browns trade proposal lands $40.5M Jaguars OT for pick swap
"Browns get: OT Walker Little, 2027 seventh-round pick. Jaguars get: 2026 fifth-round pick," Barnwell proposes.
This trade isn't a 2026 NFL Draft swap, as the Browns wouldn't be landing a 2026 draft pick in return. But, they would still be getting a draft pick back, while also landing a much-needed veteran offensive tackle to bolster their offensive line.
Thanks to the Jaguars no longer needing Little, thanks to the emergence of a different tackle, the Browns can pounce and swing another trade with the Jaguars over the last year.
These teams have a strong link already, as they made the blockbuster draft-night trade to help the Jaguars land Travis Hunter while the Browns traded back, got an extra first-rounder, and still got Mason Graham.
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With Cole Van Lanen emerging as a star for the Jaguars, Little becomes expendable, and the Browns can swoop in like Barnwell proposes and trade for the veteran OT.
Little is 26 years old and a former second-round pick in the 2021 NFL Draft by the Jaguars. He's started 39 games in his career, with the bulk of those starts coming in the last few seasons since 2023.
He's under contract for the next two seasons and has an out after 2026. If he works out in Cleveland, the Browns can keep him for an extra year. But if he doesn't, moving on from him is very doable.
Little is the exact kind of player the Browns should be looking to acquire, and this move, between two teams that have been involved in a few big trades in the last year, would make a lot of sense for both sides.
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