With three stunning trades on the eve of free agency Kenny Golladay Jersey , Cleveland landed a proven starting quarterback, a game-breaking, three-time Pro Bowl wide receiver and a shut-down cornerback.After 16 straight losses on the field, victory.Two months after a winless season mercifully ended, new general manager John Dorsey addressed major roster needs Friday by acquiring mobile quarterback Tyrod
Taylor in a deal with Buffalo, wide receiver Jarvis Landry from Miami and
cornerback Damarious Randall from Green Bay, a person with direct knowledge of
the overhaul told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.Teams are not permitted to announce any trades until next week.In exchange, the Browns shipped quarterback DeShone Kizer and swapped late-round picks with the Packers, gave the Dolphins a fourth-round pick this
season and a seventh rounder in 2019 and sent the Bills the No. 65 overall pick
in this year's draft.All in a day's work for Dorsey, who brought in major talent without giving up any of the team's five picks in the first two rounds this year.And the makeover came as the team awaits word from Pro Bowl left tackle Joe Thomas on his future. Thomas, who played more than 10,000 straight snaps before
tearing his left triceps last season, is mulling retirement.The Browns gave him more to think about.Not long after Dorsey's trifecta, Thomas tweeted: "@Browns are en fuego!! Here's to John Dorsey tonight!!The acquisition of Taylor would seem to change Cleveland's plans to pursue a veteran quarterback in free agency, which begins Monday when teams are permitted
to contact agents. It was assumed the Browns would target Cincinnati's AJ
McCarron, whom they tried to land in a trade last season before the deal was
squelched when the teams failed to properly file paperwork to the league.McCarron wants to start and it's unlikely he would want to compete with Taylor Marcus Martin Jersey , who led the Bills to their first postseason appearance since 1999. The dynamic Taylor, who finished with a 23-21 record in
three seasons with Buffalo, can affect the game as a passer or runner and he's
the type of quarterback Browns coach Hue Jackson has sought since coming to
Cleveland.However, even with Taylor around, the Browns are still expected to select a quarterback with the No. 1 overall pick in this year's draft and Dorsey and his
staff are in the process of deciding if that's Southern Cal's Sam Darnold,
UCLA's Josh Rosen, Wyoming's Josh Allen or Oklahoma's Baker Mayfield, the
Heisman Trophy winner who scares some Cleveland fans because of his Johnny
Manziel-like showmanship.Cleveland's next starting quarterback will be the team's 29th since 1999.But unlike Kizer, who led the NFL with 22 interceptions, went 0-15 and went through numerous growing pains as a rookie starter, Taylor will have offensive
weapons around him.Landry is as good as they get.The 25-year-old, who caught a league-best 112 passes last season, immediately upgrades a Cleveland offense that finished last in scoring and didn't have any
player who threatened a defense until wide receiver Josh Gordon made his late
return from an indefinite NFL suspension. With Gordon on the outside, Landry in
the slot and Taylor behind center, the Browns have the makings of a potent
attack.Landry signed a $16 million, one-year franchise tag Thursday with Miami Brian Allen Jersey , clearing the path for his trade. The Dolphins began shopping him when the parties were unable to reach an agreement on a long-term
contract, which he's likely to get from the Browns.A big contract could help calm the sometimes volatile Landry, whose 400 receptions are the most by any player in his first four seasons."Y'all better understand (stuff) about to get SERIOUS... ON MY MAMA," Landry posted on Twitter shortly after news that he was Cleveland bound broke.The additions of Taylor and Landry certainly must have thrilled new Browns offensive coordinator Todd Haley, who was fired in Pittsburgh following the
Steelers' divisional-round playoff loss. Haley spent the past six seasons
working with Ben Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell. All Cleveland
needs is a breakaway running back and the Browns could get one with the No. 4
overall pick if Penn State's Saquon Barkley is still around.Dorsey also took care of defensive coordinator Gregg Williams by acquiring Randall, a former first-round pick who was inactive for the Packers' final two
games last season with a knee injury.Randall started 30 games in three years for the Packers, who drafted him with the No. 30 overall pick in 2015. He had some injuries issues ??and a visible
spat with the team ??in 2017, but finished the year as Green Bay's best cover
cornerback. He was benched in the second half of a Sept. 28 game against Chicago
by coach Mike McCarthy, who sent him to the locker room.Cleveland's secondary was a mess last season after the club decided to waive veteran cornerback Joe Haden.Dorsey's remodeling of the Browns is far from finished. Before the trades, Cleveland was $113 million under the salary cap and the team figures to remain
busy next week.But after an historic losing season, the wins don't feel as far away.While the Chicago Bears addressed one need at linebacker early in the NFL draft, their problem at outside pass rusher had to wait.
It waited until the sixth round on Saturday.Bears general manager Ryan Pace turned largely to the defensive side in the final day with three selections, including sixth-round defensive end Kylie Fitts
from Utah.Before Fitts, the Bears selected Western Kentucky inside linebacker Joel Iyiegbuniwe in Round 4, and Delaware defensive tackle Bilal Nichols in Round 5.
They closed out the draft in the seventh round by taking another target for
quarterback Mitchell Trubisky C.J. Uzomah Jersey , Georgia wide receiver Javon Wims.After grabbing Georgia standout inside linebacker Roquan Smith with the No. 8 overall pick on Thursday, the Bears drafted Iowa center James Daniels with the
39th pick on Friday, then traded up to select Memphis receiver Anthony Miller at
No. 51.Yet there was no outside pass rush help until they took Fitts as the Bears stuck to their draft board instead of moving up or reaching for a player at a
position of need."You've just got to be careful that you don't force these things," Pace said. "I'm glad we attacked needs, but we also took best players on the board."Now they'll be left to rely on free agent acquisition Aaron Lynch and third-year linebacker Leonard Floyd for an outside pass rush, while considering
remaining unrestricted free agents or undrafted free agents.Overall, productive safe picks replaced potential and risky selections for Chicago, as Pace made only one trade in his first draft since Matt Nagy became
coach.Last year, Pace traded up to select Trubisky with the second pick of the draft after Trubisky had just 13 college starts. He picked fast, undersized pass
rusher Floyd in the first round in 2016, and in 2015 drafted inexperienced wide
receiver Kevin White. White has played in five NFL games due to injuries.The Bears finished last in the NFC North for the fourth straight year and have missed the playoffs every season since 2010, leading to the firing of coach
John Fox. They haven't posted a winning record since 2012, Lovie Smith's final
year.INJURY QUESTIONSA defensive end in Utah's 4-3 formation, Fitts has more than his inexperience in the Bears' 3-4 scheme to overcome. He had a Lisfranc ligament tear in his
foot in 2016 and played in only two games, then had shoulder and ankle sprains
last year.Fitts called the injuries the reason he dropped from a projected pick in the third or fifth rounds to the sixth."It was just a run of bad luck and I think I got it all out of the way," Fitts said. "I think it definitely made me into a stronger man and I'm healthy
now and I'm excited to play for the Bears."OVERLOOKED AGAINGoing undrafted until the final round gave Georgia's Wims a familiar overlooked feeling.When the Bears' seventh-round pick came out of high school Logan Cooke Jersey , he had to go to NAIA Belhaven after only one year of high school football and because of poor grades. Wims left Belhaven for Hinds
Junior College, earned a scholarship to Georgia, and helped lead the Bulldogs to
the national title game last year with team highs of 45 catches, 720 yards and
nine touchdowns.INSIDE CONNECTIONDelaware's Nichols has a real inside Bears connection. Nagy is a Delaware grad, as is Bears offensive assistant Brian Ginn, who played quarterback and was
an assistant for the Blue Hens."Coach Ginn, he's an awesome guy," Nichols said. "He was one of the guys that helped recruit me at Delaware. Unbelievable guy, great guy."STILL NEEDAdditional outside pass rushers are needed because the Bears like to use a rotation of three or four outside rushers. Fitts joins Howard Jones, Isaiah
Irving and Sam Acho as potential outside pass rushers behind Lynch and
Floyd.Veterans Lamarr Houston, Pernell McPhee and Willie Young accounted for 10 Bears sacks last year but are no longer with the team. Womens Kemoko Turay Jersey
