Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt has requested a trade, according to reports by NFL Network’s James Palmer and the Cleveland Plain-Dealer’s Mary Kay Cabot on Sunday. The team has declined that request, Cabot reported. Hunt, who turned 27 on Saturday, has participated in individual drills at training camp, but reportedly skipped team drills for a second consecutive day on Saturday as he seeks a contract extension. He was previously a full participant. The Browns are fining the… Source link
Read More »Kareem Hunt reportedly skipping Browns drills, wants new contract
Kareem Hunt is skipping drills at Cleveland Browns training camp as he seeks a contract extension, according to multiple reports. CBS’ Josina Anderson reports that Hunt is participating in individual drills but skipped team drills for the second consecutive day on Saturday. The sixth-year running back was previously a full participant at training camp, per the report. Per Anderson and Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot, the Browns are fining Hunt for the skipped drills. Hunt, 27, is in the second… Source link
Read More »Browns fans cheer Deshaun Watson after suspension announced
James Washington was supposed to help soften the blow of the offseason departure of Amari Cooper. Now he’ll have to wait to make his Dallas Cowboys debut. The fifth-year wide receiver who joined the Cowboys from the Pittsburgh Steelers as a free agent sustained a foot fracture at training camp on Monday. He needs surgery and is expected to miss up to 10 weeks, according to multiple reports. His absence will further stretch a Cowboys receiving corps that expected to start Week 1 against the Source link
Read More »Browns social media takes shot at Bears for alternate orange helmet
The Chicago Bears unveiled their new alternate orange helmet on Sunday, which will debut during the 2022 season. Chicago will wear their orange helmet and orange jersey against the Washington Commanders in Week 6 and Dallas Cowboys in Week 8 (perfectly-timed for Halloween). But there was one NFL team’s social media account that wasn’t a fan of the Bears’ new alternate helmet. The Browns’ Twitter account trolled the Bears for their new orange helmet, quote tweeting with the following… Source link
Read More »Cleveland Browns work out Josh Rosen and AJ McCarron, ‘not expected’ to pursue Jimmy Garoppolo
The Cleveland Browns are looking to bring in another quarterback this offseason, but it probably won’t be Jimmy Garoppolo. The Browns are unlikely to trade for Garoppolo, according to Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot, after the San Francisco 49ers reportedly allowed Garoppolo to seek a trade. But with Deshaun Watson likely to be suspended for at least part of the 2022 season, the Browns want to sign another quarterback to back up Jacoby Brissett when he inevitably starts Week 1. Two of those… Source link
Read More »Deshaun Watson mess hangs over Browns
There’s a reason the Cleveland Browns were placed in the middle of these rankings. It’s impossible to know what to make of them. When the rankings were finalized, the Deshaun Watson saga hadn’t been settled. With Watson for a full season, the Browns are clearly a top-10 team. Without Watson at all, the Browns would be much lower than No. 15 in the countdown, especially since they couldn’t mend fences with Baker Mayfield. Having Watson for about half of the season would put the Browns …… Source link
Read More »Baker Mayfield traded to Panthers from Browns
Baker Mayfield will soon no longer be a Cleveland Brown. Mayfield is being traded to the Carolina Panthers for a 2024 fifth-round draft pick that can improve with play markers, league sources confirmed to Yahoo Sports on Wednesday. Cleveland will also eat $10.5 million as part of the salary split, with Carolina paying $5 million and Mayfield cutting approximately $3.5 million off his salary. The Panthers and Browns later confirmed the trade. This ends a contentious rift between Mayfield and the… Source link
Read More »Baker Mayfield downplays possibility of returning to Browns
With Deshaun Watson‘s disciplinary hearing beginning this week, even as new details are emerging in the case, the Cleveland Browns are bracing for whatever length suspension their new quarterback might face. In light of that, some Browns fans have wondered: What direction will they go when Watson’s punishment is eventually handed down? And to take it a step further: Could their ex officio QB Baker Mayfield somehow factor into the Browns’ equation this season? He does, after all, remain on the… Source link
Read More »Deshaun Watson suspension into 2023 could alter Browns’ plans
On Tuesday, Deshaun Watson will appear before NFL disciplinary officer Sue L. Robinson, a former federal judge, to sort out a league response, if any, to over two dozen accusations of sexual misconduct involving massage therapists Watson hired. The Wall Street Journal on Saturday reported that the NFL is seeking an “indefinite suspension” that would sit Watson for “no shorter than one year.” Numerous other media outlets have confirmed that thinking, a sign that the league wants it… Source link
Read More »Cleveland Browns excuse Baker Mayfield from camp
The Cleveland Browns agreed to excuse quarterback Baker Mayfield from the team’s three-day mandatory minicamp next week, the team announced according to multiple reports. If the Browns didn’t excuse Mayfield and he still skipped camp, the team could have fined him $14,775 for the first day, $29,550 for the second day and $44,325 for the third. Mayfield, who has been recovering from shoulder surgery this offseason, has been the subject of trade speculation since the Browns acquired Deshaun… Source link
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