More work to be done

That's it? Can't be. There's got to be more.

Andrew Berry's annual foray through National Football League free agency in an attempt to improve the Browns appears to have slowed to a crawl. Maybe that's because the general manager is taking a breather at the annual owners' meeting in Phoenix. Yeah, that's got to be it. 

It's been 12 days since Berry began his whirlwind roster restructuring during which he has added 14 brand new faces to the roster and brought back five contributors from last season who had become free agents. He's got to be exhausted.

The current active roster stands at 71, 19 shy of what it will look like when training camp begins in late July in Berea. 

Thirty-six of those operate on the offensive side of the football, That includes a whopping 13 wide receivers in an effort to strengthen a distinct weakness last season and what can be interpreted as an admission a mistake was made.

Another dozen comprise the offensive line  (five tackles, five guards and two centers), which is beginning to look as though it could use an infusion of youth. Four tight ends, five running backs and three quarterbacks round out offense.

On defense, an even bigger mistake was made last season at tackle, a position that could be considered, in hind sight, as marginal at best, downright awful at worst. To that end, Berry has stacked the roster with nine tackles, including the big catch in free agent Dalvin Tomlinson.

He is going to need more there, a lot more because the rest of that room does not engender much in the way of hope. Jordan Elliott, penciled in now as a starter, had produced next to nothing for three seasons. And he's the best of that lot.

The entire defensive line is comprised of 13 men,  along with nine linebackers, and 10 defensive backs (six corners). But Berry still hasn't provided help for Myles Garrett in the wake of Jadeveon Clowney's rather interesting departure. 

Edge rusher Ogbo Okoronkwo flashed briefly for a moment in his four-year professional football career. He is a situational player. And second-year man Alex Wright found the NFL was a lot harder than college. A budding bust.

There is clearly more work to be done. 

Lying directly ahead is the college football draft late next month. Berry has eight selections, but won't make his initial one until day two of the three-day affair in Kansas City, roughly midway through round three with pick 74. 

Considering Berry seems to enjoy bartering with his fellow GMs as the draft unfolds in hopes of collecting future draft capital along the way, there is at least an even-money chance he will make at least one move that involves the future.

In no particular order, he needs at least two defensive linemen (one tackle and one edge), a couple of safeties, at least one offensive lineman, a tight end and a running back. Wide receiver can wait until next season when Amari Cooper most likely becomes an ex-Brown.