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Less than three months ago, Jimmy and Dee Haslam, the owners of the Cleveland Browns, expressed supreme confidence in Deshaun Watson. We are talking quarter-billion-dollar-to-Watson confidence. We are talking about three-first-round-picks confidence. We are talking about $55-million-salary-cap-hit confidence. That’s a lot for a guy who sat out an entire season seeking a trade while dealing with an onslaught of sexual assault allegations. “We are confident in Deshaun,” the Haslams said in… Source link

It’s always a bit tricky, figuring out when to draft a punter or kicker. Those positions are obviously valuable. Ask a team that has a shaky kicker or a subpar punter how much angst that causes. The Cleveland Browns were the first team to jump into the kicker/punter pool. And it wasn’t the much-hyped San Diego State punter Matt Araiza. The Browns took LSU kicker Cade York in the fourth round, with the 124th overall pick. ESPN said that’s the highest a kicker has gone in the draft since …… Source link

PALM BEACH, Fla. — For all intents and purposes, the Cleveland Browns are talking about Baker Mayfield in the past tense. The question now appears to be whether the franchise is willing to incur salary cap pain to make him a tradable commodity. Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski said Monday that Cleveland would prefer to get the situation with Mayfield’s future “resolved soon” but it’s something that has “several dynamics” in play before that can happen. Other teams at the… Source link

The answer Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry gave to the final question asked during Friday’s news conference, the unsettling, unsatisfying news conference the team had after trading for Deshaun Watson and then signing him to a record-breaking $230 million contract, may have provided the most revealing moment of all. Do you, and does this organization, believe there was no wrongdoing? “We feel very confident in Deshaun the person, and we have a lot of faith in him, and we believe… Source link

The 40-minute introductory media conference — full of direct questions and defiant answers concerning Deshaun Watson and the 22 civil lawsuits alleging sexual assault against him — was complete. With the words done, the Cleveland Browns and their new quarterback used their actions to make their thoughts clear — namely, that this was business as usual in the NFL. As the news conference ended, Watson stood behind a table holding a No. 4 Browns jersey in the air. He was flanked by general… Source link

Presumably Baker Mayfield and his wife, Emily Wilkinson, are still “at home” inside FirstEnergy Stadium in downtown Cleveland, enjoying great insurance while dishing out stadium nachos at Halloween, gossiping with neighbors and pawning off Browns equipment at yard sales. In other words, he hasn’t been traded, released or filmed a new television commercial. Yet. Mayfield is done in Cleveland though, with the Browns dealing five draft picks — three of them first-rounders — and agreeing… Source link

Immediately after the details of Deshaun Watson’s trade to the Cleveland Browns came together on Friday, the long-term ramifications on the NFL began to buzz through front offices and the league’s agent community. The reworked contract? Far richer and more alarming in structure than anyone expected. The trade package netted by the Houston Texans for Watson? Definitely smaller than anticipated. But the legacy of it all? There was little doubt in anyone’s mind: This was a moment of… Source link

In a stunning turn, Deshaun Watson has decided to play for the Cleveland Browns and will waive his no-trade clause for the deal. The Houston Texans officially announced the trade agreement Friday afternoon, and will receive three first-round draft picks, a 2023 third-round pick and a 2024 fourth-round pick from the Browns, as first reported by Yahoo Sports. The Browns will give Watson a deal for five years and $230 million fully guaranteed, a league source told Yahoo Sports, the highest… Source link

It sounds like Baker Mayfield’s time in Cleveland is over. Mayfield posted what felt like a goodbye message to Browns fans and the city of Cleveland on social media Tuesday night. Mayfield insisted that his post “is not a message with a hidden meaning,” though it comes amid significant trade speculation that affects the quarterback. [Join the Yahoo Fantasy Tourney Pick’Em $25K Best Bracket Contest] “This is strictly to thank the city of Cleveland for embracing my family and me. We have… Source link

Amari Cooper didn’t want to take a pay cut to stay with the Dallas Cowboys, who found a taker for his contract. The Cleveland Browns are getting Cooper cheap, in terms of trade return. On Saturday afternoon the Browns were reportedly close to finalizing a trade that would send a fifth- and sixth-round draft pick to Dallas for Cooper and a sixth-round pick according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. So, essentially, the Browns get a four-time Pro Bowl receiver for a fifth-round pick. And Cooper is just… Source link