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Originally Posted by jjchieffan
This may have been discussed already in this megathread, but I'm not digging for it. It's interesting to see that the Browns have suddenly cleared a bunch of cap space. They need help on the DLine. I wonder if they're trying to swing a trade for Jones? I know that Veach says that he's not being traded. But we've heard that plenty only to see the player traded soon after
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The Browns cleared salary cap space by turning Watson's cap hit up to 11 for the next 3 years; $64 million/season for the next 3 seasons. With that cap charge AND Garrett on the books, they can't afford Jones.
And they're not gonna trade for him to play for a single season, especially when a supposed unwillingness to play on his current deal has him sitting anyway.
The Browns aren't a realistic option, nor does his cap hit this year matter a ton given that he'll be traded to a team where he'll sign an extension and lower that hit anyway.
There are maybe 20 teams in the league that can realistically trade for him - the Browns don't appear to be among them.