The New England Patriots have traded linebacker Jamie Collins to the Cleveland Browns for a draft pick.

The trade is for a third-round compensatory pick if the Browns are awarded one. If the Browns don't get that pick from the league, the trade is for a fourth-round pick, the source said.

"In the end, we did what we thought was best for the football team. There are a lot of things to take into consideration. I'm sure we could bring up a lot of points to talk about, but in the end, that's really the bottom line," Bill Belichick said on sports radio WEEI when asked about the trade.

Collins' four-year rookie contract will expire after the season, and he was at one point asking for what one league source described to ESPN's Adam Schefter as "Von Miller money."

Josh Gordon has been released from his rehab facility in New Hampshire where he spent the past 30 days.

It is said to be the most intensive treatment that he has gone through, and Gordon is doing "a lot better," one source said.

Gordon is now waiting for the NFL to determine whether he can rejoin the Cleveland Browns. For the time being, Gordon remains suspended, and it's unclear whether the league plans to reinstate him.

The Browns have moved on from Gordon and are looking to trade him.

The Philadelphia Eagles continue to explore a trade for a wide receiver, according to sources.

The Eagles have been linked to Torrey Smith of the San Francisco 49ers.

Don't expect Alshon Jeffery to be moved ahead of the Nov. 1 trade deadline.

There have been no talks between the Chicago Bears and Philadelphia Eagles on a trade for Jeffery and reporter Ian Rapoport pointed out that it's "essentially unprecedented" to trade a franchise player because the new team cannot sign the tagged star prior to the start of free agency.

The Cleveland Browns will not trade Joe Thomas, according to Hue Jackson.

With a week to go before the trade deadline, Thomas has been mentioned often in rumors. It was reported on Monday that the Browns were looking for a second-round pick for the offensive lineman.

"Joe Thomas has a lot to do with what we're trying to accomplish here in the future," Jackson said. "So like you said there's a lot of reports and that's just what they are."

The San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles have held trade talks centered upon Torrey Smith.

Smith has 13 catches so far in 2016 after catching 33 balls in his first season with the 49ers.

Smith is still just 27 and was one of the NFL's best vertical wide receivers during his tenure with the Baltimore Ravens.

The Cleveland Browns are insisting they won't trade Joe Thomas before the Nov. 1st deadline.

"We are not going to trade Joe Thomas," Hue Jackson said. "Joe Thomas has a lot to do with what we're trying to accomplish here in the future."

Thomas has played every snap at left tackle for the Browns since he was the third overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft.

The Browns are clearly in rebuilding mode but aren't interested in trading Thomas, who they almost dealt last season to the Denver Broncos.

"We. Are not. Going. To trade. Joe. Thomas," said Jackson.

If the Minnesota Vikings advance to the NFC Championship Game this season, they will receive an extra draft pick from the Philadelphia Eagles as part of the Sam Bradford trade.

The extra pick would be a seventh rounder.

The announced deal had the Eagles receiving the Vikings' first-round draft pick in 2017, as well as a conditional fourth-rounder in 2018 in exchange for Bradford. It also stipulated that if the Vikings reach the NFC Championship Game this season, the conditional fourth-round pick in 2018 would become a third-round pick.

The Green Bay Packers have acquired Knile Davis from the Kansas City Chiefs for a conditional late-round draft pick.

Green Bay was in need of backfield depth.

James Starks is out four weeks after undergoing knee surgery and Eddie Lacy is dealing with a nagging ankle injury.

DeMarco Murray was "95 percent sure" he was set to be traded back to the Dallas Cowboys by the Philadelphia Eagles before he was eventually moved to the Tennessee Titans.

"It was like 95 percent sure I was going to come back there," Murray told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram this week. "I have a lot of respect for those guys —€" the Jones family, Will [McClay], Coach [Jason] Garrett obviously and [Tony] Romo and Wit [Jason Witten], all those guys. I still consider them a great franchise, and they're great friends of mine.

"I was very close to going back there. There were some things that fell through and just didn't happen. I think everything happens for a reason. I'm here [in Tennessee], and I'm supposed to be here. They've got a pretty good young back over there as well."

The Eagles ultimately preferred trading Murray outside of the division.

Murray led the NFL with 1,845 yards and 13 TDs for the Cowboys in 2014 and has rebounded this season after a frustrating 2015 with the Eagles.

The Cowboys drafted Ezekiel Elliott after the trade for Murray fell through.