Tom Hamilton on Jeff Passan suggesting the Guardians won’t be “straight-up” buyers at the MLB trade deadline:
“Jeff Passan writing about what teams may or may not be doing. Already looking at the deadline at the end of July. You gotta believe Cleveland is going to be one of those teams in the market to add some pieces. We’ll see.”
To me, Passan is flat-out guessing. This was not a sourced report on Cleveland’s plans.
If you’ve actually paid attention to how the Guardians are operating this season, compared to other years, you’d agree more with Hammy than Jeff on this topic.
Deshaun Watson’s Clemson coach, Dabo Swinney, watched OTA No. 9 at #Browns today with his staffers and talked to Todd Monken and assistants. Dabo and Watson won a nat’l championship together.
Ollie Connolly, who was plugged in with Jonathan Greenard trade to Eagles, says Josh Sweat will be traded today.
It will either be to the Packers or Eagles.
Other reports indicate Cowboys showed interest but were turned away.
#Eagles
Browns end up trading
Myles Garrett, Travis Hunter, Bayshul Tuten and Rayuan Lane for:
Jared Verse
Mason Graham
Quinshon Judkins
Dylan Sampson
KC Concepcion
2027 #1, 2028 #2 and 2029 #3
Mark Chichester of PFF reveals what Jared Verse brings to the Browns' defense, highlighting that Verse's 188 pressures over his first two seasons rank first among all NFL edge rushers since 2006.
"Among the 274 edge defenders who logged at least 250 pass-rushing snaps across their first two NFL seasons between 2006 and 2025, Verse ranks 10th in pass-rushing grade at 87.7 — one spot behind Garrett's 88.0. More impressively, Verse's 188 pressures across his first two seasons rank first among edge rushers in that group. Aidan Hutchinson ranks second with 174, while Von Miller sits third with 163."
(https://t.co/AcLcXo96rT)
I feel like people are way too low on Jared Verse all of a sudden.
He's not Myles Garrett - duh.
But Verse would be on a list of 5 names I wrote on a blank piece of paper of dream players I'd want back in a trade if I was trading away Myles Garrett.
He's an excellent EDGE entering year 3, so he isn't on blockbuster money yet.
Dude's racked up almost 160 total pressures in his first 2 regular seasons. He has 32 more across 5 playoff games.
He's got elite power. You want this guy on your team.
@thedawgspodcast They held him accountable for his play falling off and his wife can’t handle the truth 🤷🏻♂️ Supporing your spouse, I get. Continuing to go back and bad mouth a previous employer after you moved on and made more $ than they would have paid is wild.
Jared Verse was top-6 in stops, hurries, hits, total pressures, and run stop win rate among edges last season and he's 25 years old.
People who say "any team could have matched" that offer for Myles Garrett have no idea how good Verse is.
Good deal for both sides. 📈📈
#Browns young core is pretty impressive:
RB Judkins 22.5
RB Sampson 21.7
WR Concepcion 21.6
WR Boston 22.4
WR Bond 22.2
TE Fannin 21.8
T Fano 21.5
ED Verse 25.5
ED Wright 25.7
ED McGuire 24.8
DT Graham 22.7
DT Hall 22.9
LB Schwesinger 23.3
S McNeil-Warren 22.3
Just need the QB