2:10pm: Some cold water is falling on a potential Browns-Suh partnership. The Browns are not pursuing the 12-year veteran standout, with Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com noting (via Twitter) the team has not shown interest throughout the offseason. Suh will likely land somewhere, but despite questions at D-tackle, Cleveland may well pass.
10:10am: Both the Browns’ primary defensive tackle starters from last season — Malik Jackson and Malik McDowell — are no longer with the team. Although Jadeveon Clowney filled one D-line need by committing to return to Cleveland, the Browns have far less certainty at the spots between Clowney and Myles Garrett.
The team appears interested in seeing if Ndamukong Suh will fill one of those holes. Suh is on the Browns’ radar, according to USA Today’s Tyler Dragon (on Twitter). The All-Decade defensive lineman should be expected to land with a team, thus committing to a 13th NFL season, ahead of training camp.
The Raiders and Vikings have expressed interest as well, with the former perhaps not as interested in a partnership as Suh is. But the Browns have long loomed as a likely Suh suitor. With $48.5MM in cap space, Cleveland holds $25MM more than the team with the second-most cap room. The Browns would make a clear upgrade with Suh at D-tackle.
Cleveland added ex-Jacksonville first-rounder Taven Bryan in free agency and drafted Perrion Winfrey in the fourth round. The team also rosters former third-rounder Jordan Elliott, who started three games last season. These potential Garrett-Clowney supporting-casters obviously boast profiles several tiers below Suh’s.
With the Buccaneers moving on, after drafting Logan Hall in Round 2 and subsequently signing Akiem Hicks, Suh is likely to join a fifth NFL team. Although the former No. 2 overall pick has declined, as he enters his age-35 season, Suh remains effective and has been one of the most durable players in NFL history. Suh has never missed a game due to injury, having started in 191 games (plus 12 more playoff contests) since his 2010 rookie season.
Cleveland has both money and a clear need, but Suh’s decision also may come down to Deshaun Watson‘s fate. The longer the recently acquired quarterback is suspended, the less likely the Browns are to be a contending team. When the Browns traded for Watson in March, they looked like one of the AFC’s better squads. A full-season Watson ban, a scenario that has gained steam in recent weeks, would greatly diminish the 2022 Browns’ capabilities and likely reduce their appeal for veteran free agents.
Suh’s run of Pro Bowls stopped in 2016, and the Dolphins bailed on their big-ticket contract after the ’17 season. But Suh became a key piece for Rams and Bucs Super Bowl-bound teams in the years that followed. Last season, he registered six regular-season sacks and added four hits on Matthew Stafford in Tampa Bay’s narrow divisional-round loss.
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Browns must know of an announced pending suspensions for Suh.
Actually in more recent weeks, less than a year has gained steam. NFL tried to negotiate an indefinite suspension that he can reapply after 12 weeks. Watson’s camp turned that down which means they think he’ll get less. You don’t turn down a deal if you think you’re gonna do worse and if you’re the NFL, you don’t make a deal if you think you’re gonna win
Negotiations are best when conducted by two equally logical parties. In the case of Watson and the Browns, neither is logical.
And yet the Browns acquired one of the best quarterbacks in the league.
You bring the Texans in as they were part of the trade. They tried, seemingly unsuccessfully as they are now being sued by the Massage Therapists and there has been noise about making them forfeit the draft picks from Cleveland, to distance themselves as fast and far as possible from Watson.
They were in a hurry to move on and Cleveland was blinded at the prospect of getting Watson that they gave up their 2022 1st round pick, 2022 4th round pick a 2023 1st round pick, a 2023 3rd round pick, a 2024 1st round pick and a 2024 4th round pick.
It’s not like they stole him from the Texans.
In a hurry? Apparently they had trade offers as far back as 12-14 months ago and never bit. They were holding out for 3 firsts. The Browns picks are 13th this year and probably between 10-20 depending on how much Watson plays. And even lower in 2024. Sure, they are 1st round picks but nothing in the top 10. It takes a lot to get a 26 year old quarterback with a career 104 rating in a trade
Welp, with Cleveland involved I assume he will be priced out of Minnesotas range
Bears?
They’ve been discarding the dead wood and are looking to get younger so it would be an unlikely signing unless Suh agreed to a one year deal at the vet minimum.
Browns should pour cold water on Deshaun Watson, help calm him down
They tried to pull the offer off the table after they realized Watson had just used it for a massage but the paper stuck.
Jimmy G leads Browns to playoffs… Deshaun Watson drinks saltpetre shakes. NFL = Not For Long. Rise and fall of a talented man. Maybe he can ask Tiger for a good sex addict therapist.