He'd been having a terrific season before his surgery and was a big reason for the Bitonio, the team's second-round selection in 2014, has started every game for the Bitonio is 6-foot-4, 302 pounds.
Now he’s solidly ranked in Touchdown Wire’s list of the top 11 guards in the NFL. These two have been the pillars of the offensive line for the past several years. Bitonio has played in the last two Pro Bowls and has been selected as a 2nd-team All-Pro in both 2018 and 2019. He was a tackle in college, but he could also play guard for the Browns if needed.Bitonio started his last 38 games, including 26 at right tackle and 12 at left tackle. Cleveland Browns team captain Joel Bitonio met with reporters on a Zoom video teleconference on Tuesday to talk about the offseason progress. Bitonio, Tretter and Zeitler shore up Cleveland's interior offensive line and their banding together should lead to better run production in 2017.Bitonio went down in Week 5 with a Lisfranc injury in his right foot and ended the season on injured reserve for the second year in a row.
It was a busy day for the Browns offensive line in free agency, as the team also went out and negotiated deals with center J.C. Tretter and guard Kevin Zeitler.
The Browns will have an extra pick lying around, either to go ahead and grab another player or to include as a sweetener in another trade.Social injustice is a big topic amongst everyone, a problem that needs fixed. Bitonio tackled the ongoing protests and unrest surrounding the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man killed by police in Minneapolis. The strength of the interior offensive line is the combination of center J.C. Tretter and left guard Joel Bitonio. 35 pick in the NFL Draft, the Browns selected offensive lineman Joel Bitonio from Nevada. CLEVELAND, Ohio — Joel Bitonio believes Baker Mayfield will flourish in Kevin Stefanski’s offense, which is the same as what Bitonio experienced as a rookie under Kyle Shanahan in 2014. The former 33rd overall pick in 2018 was retained in the hopes that he might become something, but if a good offer came along, they could go ahead and try to recover some of the value lost in the selection.A fifth round pick in 2021 is a forgettable pick, but is one of those things it's nice to have when that draft rolls around. Joel Bitonio signed a 6 year, $51,164,777 contract with the Cleveland Browns, including $23,664,777 guaranteed, and an average annual salary of $8,527,463. It still may be awhile till we see him on the field, so look for more updates to come once training camp is underway.Bitonio sprained the Lisfranc joint in his right foot last October. Nevertheless, it was a positive for Dorsey to find a way to move Corbett for a draft asset. According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, the Los Angeles Rams, who traded the Cleveland Browns a 2021 fifth round pick for offensive lineman Austin Corbett, had their eyes on Joel Bitonio … Tony Jefferson wants no part in those said rumors.Odell Beckham had a down year last year due to health and just a bad game plan. Another $6.5 million will become fully guaranteed by the 3rd day of the 2019 League Year. The offensive tackle -- who is coming back from Lisfranc surgery in October of 2016 -- signed a five-year, $51 million extension in March and is expected to be a crucial part of Cleveland's running attack.Bitonio cannot rush the healing process of Lisfranc surgery due to the amount of small bones affiliated with the region. “He has some pelts on the wall,” Stefanski said of the back-to-back Pro Bowler Bitonio. If he's unable to play, Justin McCray will likely start at left guard.Coach Hue Jackson said he's, "going to put the best five players out there" on the offensive line, and while Bitonio has started at left guard in all 47 games in which he has appeared, the Browns are confident he can smoothly make the transition. General Manager John Dorsey will continue to look at outside options to fill the left tackle role, but, for now, Bitonio will be the guy. Longtime Cleveland Browns left guard Joel Bitonio continues to earn accolades for his consistently strong play.