Browns to waive Derrick Kindred

The Cleveland Browns are planning to waive safety Derrick Kindred.

Cleveland continues to overhaul their roster. The Browns are waiving safety Derrick Kindred. This was reported Monday morning by NFL Networks’ Ian Rapoport.

Derrick Kindred was a fourth round pick of the Browns in the 2016 NFL Draft. In his three years with Cleveland Kindred started 17 of 42 games he appeared in. Kindred finishes his career in Cleveland with 144 total tackles, 10 of which went for a loss. Kindred also intercepted two passes, defended 12 and forced one fumble.

Apparently the Browns attempted to trade Kindred but were not able to find someone interested in his services. Some expected Cleveland to keep Kindred on their roster to compete for the starting safety spot, but the Browns are looking other areas to fill the position. The position became vacant after the Browns traded Jabrill Peppers to the New York Giants in the Odell Beckham Jr. deal.

Cleveland has already expressed interest in Tre Boston and Eric Berry to replace Peppers. Now with Kindred out of the picture it appears even more likely that one of the two will end up on the roster. In addition to finding a replacement in free agency, Cleveland will look to find a safety in the upcoming draft. A combination of a free agent on a short deal and drafting a safety seems like the best avenue to take when it comes to addressing this vacancy in the secondary.

Even if Derrick Kindred would have remained on the roster another safety would be acquired. Kindred is yet to show anything that he is worthy of the starting safety spot. Considering that Cleveland is going for it this year it makes sense trying to find an upgrade over Kindred to solidify their defensive backfield.