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    Browns won’t give out Joe Thomas’s No. 73

    Getty Images After the Browns selected offensive tackle Jedrick Wills in the first round of the draft, there was some talk that he would wear the No. 73 that Joe Thomas wore in Cleveland. Browns coach Kevin Stefanski shut that down. Although Thomas’s number isn’t officially retired, Stefanski...
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    Browns bring back Rashard Higgins

    Getty Images Wide receiver Rashard Higgins hit the open market last month, but he won’t be leaving the Browns. Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com reports that Higgins has re-signed with the team. It is a one-year deal. Higgins was a 2016 fifth-round pick and he’s played in 54 games over the last...
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    Browns exercise 2021 options on Myles Garrett, David Njoku

    Getty Images With the draft out of the way, teams can move on to making decisions about exercising the fifth-year options on their 2017 first-round picks. Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com reports that the Browns have made calls on both of the players they selected that year. Cabot reports that...
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    Fifth-year option tracker

    Getty Images NFL teams have until May 4 at 11:59:59 p.m. ET to exercise fifth-year options on 2017 first-round draft choices. The window to sign those players to contract extensions opened Dec. 30, with Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey becoming the first to get a new deal. Some of...
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    Bucs were frustrated with inability to trade earlier

    Getty Images It was natural to wonder whether the technological challenges of the stay-at-home 2020 NFL Draft might preclude trades, the actual reason there were fewer at the top was the old fashioned kind. Teams kept wanting to take players they wanted. Buccaneers General Manager Jason Licht...
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    Fritz Pollard Alliance director frustrated by lack of progress

    Getty Images While getting a chance to see the home war rooms of draft decision-makers was a novel experience for most people, it became frustrating over the weekend for Rod Graves. Primarily, because very few of the faces he saw on his television screen looked like his. The executive...
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    Browns pick up John Mackey Award winner Harrison Bryant

    Getty Images Austin Hooper was a big free agent pickup for the Browns this offseason, but that didn’t stop the team from addressing the tight end position in the fourth round of the draft. The Browns took Harrison Bryant with the 115th overall pick of the draft. Bryant was the John Mackey...
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    Trent Williams’ agent says there has been “false reporting” about objections to trades

    Getty Images Washington tackle Trent Williams specifically has said that he didn’t object to a trade to the Vikings. His agent has provided a more general denial regarding the notion that the player has put the kibosh on potential trades. “On behalf of my client Trent Williams and with the...
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    Browns had Trent Williams as a backup plan if they didn’t get an OT

    Getty Images Washington might or might not trade left tackle Trent Williams, but it won’t be with the Browns. Cleveland selected Alabama offensive tackle Jedrick Wills with the 10th overall selection. It was known the Browns had shown interest in Williams, and as it turns out he was among...
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    Buccaneers had interest in Trent Williams, before getting Tristan Wirfs

    Getty Images When the Buccaneers moved up from No. 14 to No. 13 to get tackle Tristan Wirfs, Washington lost a potential suitor for tackle Trent Williams. Per a league source, the Buccaneers would have made a play for Williams if they hadn’t landed Wirfs in round one. And so Williams...
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    Browns take LSU safety Grant Delpit

    Getty Images The Browns traded down in Friday’s second round, adding to its total selections. They ended up selecting 44th overall after trading with the Colts, moving down three spots. Cleveland chose LSU safety Grant Delpit. The Browns drafted LSU cornerback Greedy Williams in the second...
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    Browns land Jedrick Wills at No. 10

    Getty Images Browns General Manager Andrew Berry said this month that no one should assume that the Browns would use the 10th overall pick of the 2020 NFL Draft on an offensive tackle, but their need at the position and the players left on the board led Cleveland to snag one of them. The...
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    Four teams have shown most interest in Trent Williams

    Getty Images Washington has rebuffed interest in trade offers for the second overall pick tonight. But they’re willing to take a second-rounder — or maybe a little less — for wantaway left tackle Trent Williams. According to Les Carpenter of the Washington Post, the team has been asking for a...
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    Source: “Zero truth” to Eagles interest in Trent Williams

    Getty Images The last couple of days have seen multiple reports about Washington talking to multiple teams about a trade involving tackle Trent Williams, including a report that had the Eagles as a possible trading partner for their NFC East rivals. It was a curious team to have in the mix...
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    Rams will be the seventh team to change their uniforms in 2020

    Getty Images The Nikefication of the NFL is nearly complete. Whenever the Rams unveil their new uniforms (and it’s unclear when that will happen), they will become the seventh team to change their look for 2020. Seven teams. Seven. The Buccaneers. The Falcons. The Colts. The Browns. The...
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    Browns are done talking about reported OBJ trade talks

    Getty Images The Browns went on the record on Thursday and off the record on Sunday to deny that they’re talking about trading receiver Odell Beckham Jr. On Monday, G.M. Andrew Berry went on the record to say that the Browns have nothing more to say about that, on or presumably off the record...
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    Andrew Berry on Mekhi Becton: We’ll take all information under consideration

    Getty Images Many people expect the Browns to add an offensive tackle in the first round of the draft and there was news about one of the top prospects at the position late last week. NFL Media reported that former Louisville tackle Mekhi Becton’s drug test at the Scouting Combine was flagged...
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    Titans draft picks could “potentially impact” Jadeveon Clowney pursuit

    Getty Images Titans General Manager Jon Robinson said late last week that the team hasn’t closed the door on the possibility of adding defensive end Jadeveon Clowney to the roster, but that nothing was imminent on that front. Robinson revisited the Clowney situation during a conference call...
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    Browns want everyone (especially OBJ) to believe they weren’t discussing a potential OBJ trade

    Getty Images During the first 24 hours after Marc Malusis of WFAN reported that the Vikings and the Browns were discussing a potential trade that would have sent receiver Odell Beckham Jr. from Cleveland to Minnesota, the Browns had nothing to say. Since then, they’ve done whatever they can to...
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    Patrick Mahomes topples Tom Brady as top seller in player merchandise

    Getty Images The man who has sold merchandise like no other has been superseded. For now. According to the NFL Players Association, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes overtook former Patriots quarterback Tom Brady in total merchandise sales, for the period from March 1, 2019 through February...
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