Thread: Osweiller traded to Cleveland

Adam Schefter‏Verified account @AdamSchefter 4m

NFL stunner: Texans trade QB Brock Osweiler AND a 2018 second-round pick to Cleveland for the Browns to take... http://fb.me/1dqEOM5rU

Frees up money for Romo. Just heard it on the radio.

Troy Renck‏Verified account @TroyRenck 6m

Damn... Well that clears a path, you know, if Houston wants a veteran QB. . Heard a guy in Dallas might be available

Lol, he belongs there

Good luck with that.

I honestly can't stop laughing! His wife is going to divorce him next. HA!

Hilarious.

From Adam Schefter

FL stunner: Texans trade QB Brock Osweiler AND a 2018 second-round pick to Cleveland for the Browns to take Osweiler’s $16M salary of Houston’s books, per league sources. The move clears out millions in salary-cap space for Houston to intensify efforts to sign former Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, per sources. To be exact, Houston saves $16 million in cash and $10 million against their cap this season. The Texans also will get the Browns’ fourth-round pick this year in exchange for their own 6th-round pick. So Cleveland gets Osweiler’s contract, a 2018 second-round pick and a 2017 sixth-round pick, and Houston gets Cleveland’s 2017 fourth-round pick, saves $10 million in salary-cap space and $16 million in cash. Cleveland is not committed to keeping Osweiler and is likely to try to trade him, per sources. If so, it would turn into a basketball-like trade in which NBA teams routinely trade contracts to get them off their books; only it rarely, if ever, happens in the NFL. It’s hard to remember in the salary-cap era another team when a team traded a contract to get it off its books. But Houston was so anxious to rid itself of Osweiler and move on to its next quarterbacking chapter that it is giving Cleveland extra picks to take him and his contract. The Browns headed into this free-agent signing period with over $100 million worth of salary-cap space and would struggle to spend it all. Now they can devote some of it to Osweiler’s contract and acquiring extra draft picks from Houston. But this is one of the most, if not the most, creative trade in NFL history.

Troy Renck‏Verified account @TroyRenck 5s

Nothing says Osweiler's complete failure in Houston than trading him to Cleveland as salary dump. Got his $. Nothing else worked out

Lmmfao! Poor Brent

Holy shit! I am AMAZED to see that happen. Wow... well.... I think the Texans will outspend us for Romo in that case. I don't think John is willing to take Romo's contract over, I think the Texans just might.

Originally Posted by Davii

Holy shit! I am AMAZED to see that happen. Wow... well.... I think the Texans will outspend us for Romo in that case. I don't think John is willing to take Romo's contract over, I think the Texans just might.

They just might - now!

Wow. It looks like Texans are getting Tony Romo.

Browns bought a 2nd round pick for $16,000,000. Wow.

How crushing is it for Brock's confidence that they got rid of a second round pick just to get his contract off the books? That dude is just about toast in the NFL.