The Browns are buying and selling for Eagles quarterback Kenny Pickett, sending Philadelphia a 2025 fifth-round choose and quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson, league sources advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Monday.
The Browns entered free company possible so as to add at the least one veteran passer with Deshaun Watson anticipated to sit down out a good portion of the 2025 season after tearing his proper Achilles tendon for the second time. However with restricted wage cap area — the Browns entered Monday with about $13 million, in accordance with Roster Administration System — Cleveland was prone to pursue choices accessible for inexpensive contracts, regardless of common supervisor Andrew Berry telling reporters the group’s money and cap scenario wouldn’t prohibit it from making strikes if the best alternative offered itself.
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With Thompson-Robinson, a 2023 fifth-round choose and the one different quarterback underneath contract for the 2025 season, despatched to Philadelphia within the deal, one other addition is probably going.
ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler beforehand reported that Daniel Jones, Carson Wentz and Kirk Cousins, if the latter is launched, are anticipated to be on the Browns’ radar.
Pickett, who turns 27 in June, is a former first-round choose of the Pittsburgh Steelers who was chosen No. 20 within the 2022 NFL draft. In two years with the Steelers, Pickett went 14-10 as a starter and accomplished 62.6% of his makes an attempt for 4,474 yards. He additionally threw 13 landing passes and 13 interceptions. Final March, the Steelers traded Pickett and a 2024 fourth-round choose to the Eagles for a 2024 third-round choose and two 2025 seventh-round picks.
In his lone season with the Tremendous Bowl-winning Eagles, Pickett served as Jalen Hurts’ backup and made one begin. He accomplished 25 of 42 passes for 291 yards, two touchdowns and one interception.
Pickett is coming into the ultimate yr of his rookie contract.
Thompson-Robinson, 25, began 5 video games in two seasons with the Browns. He went 1-4 as a starter, finishing 121 of 230 passes (52.6%) for half of 1 mile, 1 landing and 10 interceptions. He additionally ran for 187 yards on 35 carries.
In one other transfer, the Browns have notified defensive deal with Dalvin Tomlinson that he might be launched initially of the brand new league yr Wednesday, a supply advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Tomlinson might be designated as a post-June 1 lower however can formally signal with a brand new group Wednesday.
Tomlinson, 31, was set to enter the third yr of a four-year, $57 million deal he signed within the 2023 offseason however had no assured wage remaining. In 2024, Tomlinson recorded three sacks and 26 mixed tackles.
