Browns trade wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones to the Lions for 6th-round pick in 2025
1 year, 1 month ago

Browns trade wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones to the Lions for 6th-round pick in 2025

Associated Press  

CLEVELAND — The Browns did nothing at the NFL trade deadline to help them this season. While waiting for Deshaun Watson’s shoulder to heal, Cleveland decided not to add another QB as insurance and made just one significant move Tuesday — sending wide receiver Donovan Peoples-Jones to the Detroit Lions for a sixth-round draft pick in 2025. The Browns added wide receivers Elijah Moore, Marquise Goodwin and Cedric Tillman this past offseason, pointing toward Peoples-Jones potentially moving on. He’s fired up about getting this process going.” Cleveland was thought to be in the market for a backup QB as Watson remains sidelined with a strained right rotator cuff, and the Browns have gotten subpar play at the position since he went out. He’s already missed three starts since getting hurt on Sept. 24, and he was on the field for just 12 plays in a Week 7 start at Indianapolis before taking a hit to the shoulder.

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Lions sign safety Jamal Adams to practice squad amid injuries on defense
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Lions sign safety Jamal Adams to practice squad amid injuries on defense

New York Times  

The Detroit Lions signed All-Pro safety Jamal Adams to their practice squad, the team announced Sunday. Adams battled multiple injuries throughout his Seahawks tenure, most notably missing nearly all of the 2022 season after tearing his quad in the team’s season opener. Notable Lions defensive contributors on injured reserve include edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson, linebackers Alex Anzalone and Malcolm Rodriguez, …

Detroit Lions trade for Za'Darius Smith in major move at NFL trade deadline to replace injured Aidan Hutchinson
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Detroit Lions trade for Za'Darius Smith in major move at NFL trade deadline to replace injured Aidan Hutchinson

Daily Mail  

The 7-1 Detroit Lions have addressed their dearth of defensive ends with a major deadline move. The Cleveland Browns are sending Za'Darius Smith and a 2026 seventh-round pick to the Lions for fifth-round selection in 2025 and a sixth rounder in 2026, DailyMail.com has confirmed. The 32-year-old Smith has five sacks in eight games this season and would go a …

Unexpectedly, Ernest Jones IV gets to showcase his linebacker trade against Rams
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Unexpectedly, Ernest Jones IV gets to showcase his linebacker trade against Rams

LA Times  

Ernest Jones bows his head onto the field after the Rams won Super Bowl LVI. I just know it’s a challenge going against him after going against for years in practice.” With Jones’ departure, coach Sean McVay and first-year defensive coordinator Chris Shula made veteran linebacker Troy Reeder the defensive signal-caller. Asked Wednesday how the decision to trade Jones had …

GM Brad Holmes expects Lions to be Super Bowl champions after breakthrough season
3 months, 3 weeks ago

GM Brad Holmes expects Lions to be Super Bowl champions after breakthrough season

Associated Press  

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Expectations for the Detroit Lions have never been higher. “We’ve kept our approach and our process very consistent in terms of how we build it, the opportunities that we provide players, and that’s what gives us confidence,” Holmes said. “He’s an exciting kid to watch play and I’m expecting big things out of him this year …

Patriots agree to trade QB Mac Jones to the Jaguars for a 6th-round draft pick, AP source says
9 months, 1 week ago

Patriots agree to trade QB Mac Jones to the Jaguars for a 6th-round draft pick, AP source says

Associated Press  

Booed and benched the past two years in New England, quarterback Mac Jones is headed home to become a backup. The Patriots and new coach Jerod Mayo agreed Sunday to trade Jones to the Jacksonville Jaguars for a sixth-round pick in next month’s NFL draft, according to a person with knowledge of the decision. The person spoke to The Associated …

Exploring Browns 2024 draft needs: Finding wide receiver help is a must
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Exploring Browns 2024 draft needs: Finding wide receiver help is a must

New York Times  

MOBILE, Ala. — Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry and assistant general manager/vice president of player personnel Glenn Cook head the team’s contingent watching NFL Draft prospects at this week’s Senior Bowl practices. The Browns don’t have a first-round pick for the third straight year as the 2024 draft completes the pick swaps involved in the 2022 Houston Texans-Browns deal …

Browns expecting big things with Deshaun Watson on field from start after suspension-altered season
1 year, 3 months ago

Browns expecting big things with Deshaun Watson on field from start after suspension-altered season

Associated Press  

CLEVELAND BROWNS EXPECTATIONS: Everything hinges on QB Deshaun Watson, who begins his first full on-field season with Cleveland after serving an 11-game NFL suspension in 2022 following accusations by more than two dozen women of sexual harassment when he played in Houston. NEW FACES: WR Elijah Moore, DE Za’Darius Smith, S Juan Thornhill, DT Dalvin Tomlinson, DT Shelby Harris, Defensive …

Browns trade backup quarterback Joshua Dobbs to Cardinals for fifth-round pick in 2024
1 year, 3 months ago

Browns trade backup quarterback Joshua Dobbs to Cardinals for fifth-round pick in 2024

Associated Press  

CLEVELAND — Joshua Dobbs quickly went from backing up to packing up. Dobbs’ stunning departure means Browns rookie Dorian Thompson-Robinson, who has had an impressive training camp and exhibition season, will back up starter Deshaun Watson. “I’ve been very blessed to be around some great backup quarterbacks, some young guys, some old guys, different styles of players,” Stefanski said when …

Browns finalize trade for edge rusher Za’Darius Smith, exclamation point for defensive overhaul
1 year, 7 months ago

Browns finalize trade for edge rusher Za’Darius Smith, exclamation point for defensive overhaul

Associated Press  

CLEVELAND — Za’Darius Smith has put a new edge on Cleveland’s offseason defensive makeover. Smith’s arrival, in a deal that seemed to come out of nowhere, provides an exclamation point to the Browns’ defensive line overhaul the past few months. Through free agency, the draft and in trading for Smith, one of five players to get 10 sacks in three …

Why Browns’ trade for Za’Darius Smith is latest aggressive step to upgrade defensive front
1 year, 7 months ago

Why Browns’ trade for Za’Darius Smith is latest aggressive step to upgrade defensive front

New York Times  

The Athletic has live coverage of Browns vs. Steelers on Monday Night Football. In an out-of-nowhere and low-cost trade, the Browns acquired three-time Pro Bowl edge rusher Za’Darius Smith from the Vikings. The Browns get Smith, a 2025 sixth-round pick and a 2025 seventh-round pick and the Vikings get two fifth-round picks, one in 2024 and one in 2025. The …

Lions address wide variety of needs in draft, deal Swift
1 year, 7 months ago

Lions address wide variety of needs in draft, deal Swift

Associated Press  

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Up, down and all around — the Detroit Lions traded picks throughout the NFL draft and wound up adding players to every offensive and defensive unit. Gibbs, who averaged 6.1 yards per carry for the Crimson Tide last season, and free agent signee David Montgomery will form the team’s 1-2 backfield punch. The Iowa product will …

Detroit Lions NFL Draft picks 2023: Grades, fits and scouting reports
1 year, 7 months ago

Detroit Lions NFL Draft picks 2023: Grades, fits and scouting reports

New York Times  

Follow Monday Night Football as the Detroit Lions face-off against the Las Vegas Raiders. — Diante Lee Dane Brugler’s analysis A two-year starter at Iowa, Campbell was the Mike linebacker in defensive coordinator Phil Parker’s 4-3 base scheme. — Diante Lee Dane Brugler’s analysis A four-year starter at Iowa, LaPorta was the featured target in offensive coordinator Brian Ferentz’s offense, …

Lions 2023 NFL Draft takeaways: Unconventional picks can help team win now, and later
1 year, 7 months ago

Lions 2023 NFL Draft takeaways: Unconventional picks can help team win now, and later

New York Times  

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Lions GM Brad Holmes entered the weekend with a single objective. “We don’t want to take a step back and we don’t want to stay stagnant,” Holmes told local reporters Saturday, putting a bow on the 2023 NFL Draft. The picks Round Pick Player Position School 1 12 Jahmyr Gibbs RB Alabama 1 18 Jack Campbell …

NFL draft gives improving Lions a chance to add to momentum
1 year, 8 months ago

NFL draft gives improving Lions a chance to add to momentum

Associated Press  

DETROIT — The Detroit Lions are going into the NFL draft set up to build upon the relative success they had last season, finishing with a surge that gave them a winning record for the first time since 2017. “You definitely want to take advantage of having this kind of capital,” Holmes said Thursday, a week before the draft. “Those …

Browns update: Greg Newsome II’s future, Al Woods’ visit and final NFL draft preparations
1 year, 8 months ago

Browns update: Greg Newsome II’s future, Al Woods’ visit and final NFL draft preparations

New York Times  

Diving into some Browns notes, hypotheticals and key dates for the rest of the spring… I’m back from vacation. Greg Newsome II and his Cleveland future There was apparently a bit of a Twitter kerfuffle Tuesday morning as Browns cornerback Greg Newsome II felt the need to clarify that he did not request a trade from the Browns and write …

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