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Nick Foles Never Heard About Browns Trade Offer

May 30, 2018 9:27 AM

The Cleveland Browns reportedly offered the 35th pick in this year's draft to the Philadelphia Eagles for Nick Foles earlier this offseason.

The Eagles rejected the offer, according to the report, in part because Foles had no desire to leave Philadelphia.

Foles said Tuesday that he heard of the offer when he received text messages about the report.

"I haven't turned down anything," Foles said. "We haven't talked about anything. ... At the end of the day, I'm not the G.M. of the team. I have a great relationship with Howie [Roseman] to where if something did happen, we could have a discussion. But at the end of the day, he gets to decide."

Zach Berman/Philadelphia Inquirer

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Eagles Rejected Browns' Offer For Nick Foles

May 24, 2018 10:11 AM

The Cleveland Browns attempted to trade for Nick Foles this offseason but the Philadelphia Eagles declined their overtures.

The Browns would have sent the 35th overall pick to the Eagles for Foles, but Foles preferred to remain with the Eagles.

Foles and the Eagles agreed upon a reworked contract that gave him a $2 million bonus for 2018.

The Browns pivoted to trading for Tyrod Taylor.

Michael Silver/NFL.com

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Raiders Acquire Christian Hackenberg From Jets

May 22, 2018 5:35 PM

The New York Jets have traded Christian Hackenberg to the Oakland Raiders for a conditional draft pick.

The move came hours after Hackenberg made critical comments about the coaching staff to reporters. He said the past two seasons were "frustrating" because he didn't "get any information from anybody on how to fix that and how to address" mechanical flaws.

Hackeberg was a second round pick in 2016 out of Penn State. The Jets have since traded up to select Sam Darnold with the third overall pick.

Hackenberg served as the fourth-string quarterback in 2016 and the third-stringer last season. 

Rich Cimini/ESPN

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Cardinals Acquire Jamar Taylor From Browns

May 18, 2018 5:37 PM

The Arizona Cardinals have agreed to trade a 2020 sixth round pick to the Cleveland Browns for cornerback Jamar Taylor.

Taylor was originally set to make $4.5 million in 2018, but he has since restructured his contract in order to make a trade more palpable for the Cardinals.

The Cardinals used a sixth-round pick (182nd overall) on cornerback Chris Campbell, but have kept options open. The Cardinals hosted free-agent cornerback Baushad Breeland on Thursday, but Breeland could land with the Colts.

Herbie Teope/NFL.com

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Bills Tried To Trade Up To No. 4 For Josh Allen

May 6, 2018 10:48 AM

The Buffalo Bills attempted to trade up as high as No. 4 to ensure they could select Josh Allen.

“I probably talked to John Dorsey more than anybody through the process, but we could not come to an agreement on what was fair,” Brandon Beane told the Buffalo News.

Beane also had a deal in advance with John Elway that would have seen the Bills send the 12th overall pick, the 22nd overall pick and a second-round pick to Denver in exchange for the fifth overall pick. Elway, however, said he would only agree upon the trade if the player he sought wasn't available. The Broncos wanted to select Bradley Chubb, who fell to No. 4 and they used the pick.

Michael David Smith/Pro Football Talk

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Lions Trade DT Akeem Spence To Dolphins

May 4, 2018 8:05 AM

The Detroit Lions have traded Akeem Spence to the Miami Dolphins in exchange for a conditional seventh-round draft pick in 2019.

The defensive tackle started 11 games for the Lions last season.

Spence will be reunited with former Detroit defensive line coach Kris Kocurek, who was hired by the Dolphins after former Detroit head coach Jim Caldwell was fired last season.

Michael Rothstein/ESPN

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Patriots Were Prepared To Trade Up To No. 2 For Baker Mayfield

May 2, 2018 10:19 PM

The New England Patriots had interest in trading up to No. 2 to select Baker Mayfield, according to Mayfield's agent Jack Mills.

The New York Giants owned the No. 2 pick and selected Saquon Barkley.

“We had another team which is going to surprise you. Another team had said, ‘You may get a big surprise on draft day, at No. 2, if he’s available.’ And it was the Patriots,” Mills said. “They had 23 and they had 31 and they had two seconds. We thought, ‘That’s gonna be a heck of a move, to get up that high from where they are.’ And of course he wasn’t available so we never knew if that was reality or not.”

The Patriots owned a pair of first round picks and many believed they had some level of interest in selecting a potential replacement for Tom Brady in this draft.

Mills also said that the Jets would have taken Mayfield over Sam Darnold at No. 3.

Michael David Smith/Pro Football Talk

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