{"id":13977,"date":"2025-02-14T01:18:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T01:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=13977"},"modified":"2025-02-14T01:18:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T01:18:54","slug":"breaking-news-browns-cb-being-linked-to-trade-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=13977","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Browns CB Being Linked To Trade Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brownsnation.com\/wp-content\/cache\/webp-cache\/b355a7b9529e1295e7c6877833c9aac6.webp\" alt=\"Browns CB Being Linked To Trade Rumors\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>CLEVELAND, OHIO &#8211; AUGUST 11: Rain falls at Cleveland Browns Stadium during a weather delay prior to a preseason game between the Washington Commanders and the Cleveland Browns on August 11, 2023 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The Cleveland Browns have been big spenders over the past few seasons, using cap rules to add or re-sign high-priced players and push those salaries into future seasons.<\/p>\n<p>That bill is coming due for the Browns this year.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland must shed some of its salaries or push those into future seasons to reduce its spending below the 2025 cap.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns could also trade away some of those players to create salary cap space, and rumors about which players would be available have been abundant this offseason.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_6175,h_3473,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/ImagnImages\/mmsport\/browns_digest\/01jbc45daxfv0y8efkx7.jpg\" alt=\"Cleveland Browns Could Trade Three More Starters\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Analyst Kristopher Knox suggested a familiar name could be on the trading block for Cleveland, hinting that cornerback Greg Newsome II is a target for other teams.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFacing a projected $34.2 million cap deficit, the Cleveland Browns have one of the league\u2019s worst financial situations entering the offseason.\u00a0 Trading Newsome would erase his entire $13.4 million salary from the books. Newsome is a much more realistic target for cornerback-needy teams. And while he did have a down year in 2024, he was terrific the previous season, allowing an opposing passer rating of just 74.8 in coverage,\u201d Knox\u00a0said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Last year, the Browns picked up Newsome\u2019s fifth-year option, and he\u2019ll earn a salary above $13 million in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns drafted him with the No. 26 pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, and the cornerback has played in 54 games since arriving in Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>Newsome finished last season with 27 tackles, five pass deflections, and one interception during the 13 contests he played.<\/p>\n<p>Since arriving in Cleveland, Newsome has yet to play every game during a single season.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The Cleveland Browns have been big spenders over the past few seasons, using cap rules to add or re-sign high-priced players and push those<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland-browns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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