Between an active start to free agency and six picks in the top-65 selections of the upcoming NFL Draft, a new-look version of the Cleveland Browns will be taking the field in 2018.
According to one of the team's owners, the players on the field might not be the only change the Browns will make in the coming years.
Meeting with reporters at the league meetings in Orlando, Dee Haslam confirmed the franchise is considering overhauling its uniforms. The Browns' current threads, which debuted in 2015, have been met with a mixed reaction -- at best -- from fans and players alike.
“They’ve not been very popular with our fans, and obviously we serve at the pleasure of our fans," Haslam told reporters, per Nate Ulrich of The Akron Beacon Journal. "We definitely are going to look at it, and I think we were pretty new when that started the last time. We really didn’t understand the process. I think we’re much better equipped at it now to make better decisions.”
Earlier this month, ESPN Cleveland's Tony Rizzo reported the Browns were already in the process of re-designing their uniforms, which is typically a two-year process. Having debuted their most recent design in 2015, the earliest the team can change its look is 2020.
In addition to being panned from an aesthetical point of view, Haslam also revealed that players have complained about "mechanical difficulties" with the current uniforms, which are produced by Nike. The Browns co-owner went on to say of a uniform overhaul, "from a design element, that's really up in the air," but it's beginning to appear increasingly likely that Cleveland's current look won't last for much longer.
