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The Wednesday night news dump that the Browns and Jaguars had swapped a pair of starting cornerbacks caused considerable head-scratching for fans of both teams.
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Browns get balance of Tyson Campbell contract for a bargain
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Published October 9, 2025 08:53 PM
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The Wednesday night news dump that the Browns and Jaguars had swapped a pair of starting cornerbacks caused considerable head-scratching for fans of both teams.
For Cleveland, it makes plenty of sense. They swapped the balance of Greg Newsome’s $13.377 million fifth-year option for Tyson Campbell, who is under contract through 2027. With much of the money already paid by Jacksonville.
The Browns will owe Campbell $1.08 million for the rest of the 2025 season, with three year and $45.6 million after that. It’s an average of $15.2 million per year, at a time when the market has reached $30 million in new money annually.
So what would Newsome want on a new deal? Assuming that the Browns had an inkling as to his coming demands — and given that the franchise tag for next year at the cornerback position will be well over $20 million — the Browns get certainty and affordability.
Undoubtedly, there’s a formula somewhere in the Cleveland front office that, when the numbers were run, pointed to doing the deal. Given the franchise’s decade-long obsession with analytics (which has resulted in the consumption of significant analgesics), every decision presumably flows from an effort to turn a subjective sport into an objective calculation.
Rating: 5