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went right. Decision to start rookie quarterback DeShone Kizer backfired as he
led NFL with 22 interceptions. Browns were better than their record but
consistently found way to lose. Team suffered huge blow when perennial Pro Bowl
offensive tackle Joe Thomas tore triceps in Week 7 and missed remainder of
season. General manager Sashi Brown was fired in December.
IMPORTANT ADDITIONS: GM John Dorsey, offensive coordinator Todd Haley, QB Tyrod Taylor, WR Jarvis Landry, rookie QB Baker Mayfield, LB Mychal Kendricks,
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IMPORTANT LOSSES: OT Joe Thomas, RB Isaiah Crowell, QB DeShone Kizer, DT Danny Shelton, CB James McCourty, CB Jamar Taylor.
CAMP NEEDS: Coach Hue Jackson has spent offseason touting Taylor, who led Buffalo to playoffs last year, as Week 1 starter. But things could change if No.
1 overall pick Mayfield shows he's ready. Plan is to bring him along slowly, but
when have things ever gone as planned for Browns? Loss of Thomas leaves enormous
hole that may take time to fill. RT Shon Coleman will get first crack, but there
are other options, including Greg Robinson, former No. 2 overall pick by Rams
who has been bust.
EXPECTATIONS: Owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam stuck with Jackson despite 1-31 record over two seasons. He's lightened his load by turning offense over to
Haley
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WR Josh Gordon has been on best behavior after years of suspensions. If he can
stay clean and play alongside Landry, Browns could have one of league's most
potent passing games. DE Myles Garrett had solid rookie season, looking to have
monster second year.
The Jets decided it was time for Mo to go.Defensive end Muhammad Wilkerson was released by New York on Wednesday, ending the one-time Pro Bowl selection's stint with the team that drafted him in
the first round in 2011.
The long-anticipated move clears $11 million in space under the salary cap, although there will still be a $9 million charge in dead money that will count
against the cap. Wilkerson was due to make $16.75 million next season ??which
would have become fully guaranteed if he remained on New York's roster by the
third day of the league's new year in March.
Coupled with running back Matt Forte's retirement announcement earlier Wednesday, the Jets now have about $90 million in cap space.
"I'm disappointed for the team, I'm disappointed for him," coach Todd Bowles told reporters at the NFL combine in Indianapolis. "Obviously, it didn't work
out. I have a lot of love for Mo. I still think he's got a lot of football ahead
of him."
But that won't be in New York with the Jets.
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It became increasingly clearer late in the season that the 28-year-old Wilkerson's time with the Jets was coming to an end. He was benched at New
Orleans on Dec. 17 for being late to a team meeting. Wilkerson then sat out the
final two games for what Bowles called a "coach's decision."
The $16.75 million was also fully guaranteed against a serious injury
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next season.
"It was a business decision," Bowles said about the move to release Wilkerson. "It wasn't disciplinary at all. It was good for both parties."
Wilkerson was the Jets' highest-paid player and was in the middle of a five-year deal worth $86 million. After vowing during training camp last summer
that he would be more of a leader for the Jets, he was disciplined for tardiness
twice this past season. He was also benched for one quarter of a game in each of
the past two seasons.
"I think when you sign a player, you think of the potential he has and you try to help him fulfill that," general manager Mike Maccagnan told reporters at
the combine. "When something doesn't work out, you wish it would have, but it
didn't."
The divorce caps what has been a stunning and disappointing fall from grace for Wilkerson, who was a homegrown kid from the Elizabeth and Linden areas of
New Jersey and made it big after a terrific college career at Temple.
He was the 30th overall pick in 2011 and steadily became one of the NFL's top young defensive ends. Wilkerson made his first Pro Bowl after the 2015 season,
but didn't play in it after breaking his right leg in the Jets' regular-season
finale.
Despite that, Wilkerson was rewarded by New York with the big contract. He returned in time to start in Week 1 in 2016, but was noticeably affected by
lingering issues in his right ankle.
Wilkerson then got off to a slow start in 2017 while dealing with shoulder and toe injuries. The off-field issues became magnified with the decline in
Wilkerson's play and the one-time fan favorite was knocked by many fans and
media for what was being perceived as a subpar work ethic.
He had just eight sacks in his last 28 games, dating to the start of the 2016 season
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career-high 12 sacks in 2015.
Wilkerson expressed remorse for his actions in December, saying that he "let the team down." But he was also defiant when asked if he deserved the $37
million he made during the last two years.
"I feel like I've earned everything I've gotten," he said. When asked why he felt that way, Wilkerson replied simply: "Because I feel like I've earned
it."
For his career, Wilkerson has 44 1/2 sacks, one safety, 10 forced fumbles and 405 combined tackles.
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