Browns Get: TE Kyle Pitts
Falcons Get: CB Greg Newsome II
While most of the teams on this list are in a good spot financially, the Cleveland Browns are not. Cleveland ranks near the bottom of the league with just $12.4 million in available cap space.
However, the Browns could save $13.4 million by trading cornerback Greg Newsome II, who, like Pitts, is set to play on the fifth-year option. Newsome could appeal to the Falcons, who need additional depth on the back end.
Bleacher Report’s Alex Ballentine recently named cornerback as the top remaining post-draft need for Atlanta.
While player-for-player swaps are rare, this one could make sense for both teams. Pitts hasn’t really been an offensive centerpiece since his rookie season, and the Falcons may not want to pay him market value long-term. Newsome has been mostly solid for the Browns, when healthy, but Cleveland needs to think about its offensive future.
If the Browns don’t find a long-term quarterback in trade acquisition Kenny Pickett or rookies Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel, they’ll likely target a QB at the top of the 2026 draft. Current starting tight end David Njoku is set to be a free agent in 2026, and rookie Harold Fannin Jr. is unproven.
This theoretical deal would allow the Falcons and Browns to trade in players who may not be in their long-term plans for one-year auditions with other products from the 2021 draft.
