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Daniel OyefusiMar 10, 2025, 05:39 PM ET

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The Browns are trading for Eagles quarterback Kenny Pickett, sending Philadelphia a 2025 fifth-round pick and quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday.

The Browns entered free agency expected to add at least one veteran passer with Deshaun Watson expected to sit out a significant portion of the 2025 season

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Daniel OyefusiMar 9, 2025, 01:55 PM ET

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As the weeks went on, the chasm between the Cleveland Browns and their best player appeared to get deeper.

Both sides were dug in: Defensive end Myles Garrett wanted a trade to a contender, and Cleveland’s upper management insisted it was not trading its star pass rusher.

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However, on Sunday, a little more than a month after Garrett’s shocking

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Daniel OyefusiMar 7, 2025, 09:22 AM ET

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Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam recently declined a request to meet with Myles Garrett amid the star pass rusher’s trade request, a league source confirmed to ESPN on Friday.

NFL Network first reported that Haslam declined Garrett’s request to meet and directed him to speak instead with general manager Andrew Berry, who oversees football operations.

A Browns spokesperson declined to comment.

The

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Daniel OyefusiMar 6, 2025, 09:32 AM ET

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The Cleveland Browns have once again restructured quarterback Deshaun Watson‘s contract, a source told ESPN’s Field Yates, clearing nearly $36 million in salary cap space that will make Cleveland cap compliant ahead of the new league year.

Before the restructuring of Watson’s deal Thursday morning, the Browns were about $22 million over the cap.

Watson, 29, has two years remaining on

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Daniel OyefusiMar 5, 2025, 04:22 PM ET

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Left guard Joel Bitonio, a seven-time Pro Bowler and the Cleveland Browns‘ longest-tenured player, will return for this 12th NFL season in 2025, the team said Wednesday.

Bitonio, 33, had said that he would take the first few weeks of the offseason to ponder retirement.

“I still feel like I can play in this league,” he said at the conclusion of

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