Cleveland Browns QB Case Keenum is on the transfer. Introduced Saturday, Keenum has been despatched to the Buffalo Payments, by way of commerce, with a 2022 seventh-round decide now heading to the Browns.
NFL Community’s Tom Pelissero confirmed the newest transaction amid a busy offseason for quarterbacks.
Keenum has been a journeyman within the NFL however has produced strong appearances as a starter for groups in QB limbo.
Total, Keenum has been an adept bridge quarterback.
As a starter for the 2017 Minnesota Vikings, Keenum helped the workforce attain a 13-3 regular-season document; although the workforce’s successes had been largely constructed upon Mike Zimmer’s defenses.
After a miraculous throw to Stefon Diggs for a walk-off Divisional win towards the Saints, Keenum was one recreation away from Tremendous Bowl 52 however misplaced to the Philadelphia Eagles within the 2017-2018 NFC Championship Sport.
Keenum heads to Buffalo as a projected backup for starter Josh Allen.
Payments common supervisor Brandon Beane made certain to fortify the depth of the Payments’ QB place after dropping Mitchell Trubisky.
The previous Bears starter in Trubisky was considered as one of many league’s most precious backup QBs — a lot in order that he was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers to be their presumed starter.
Cleveland adopted up their transaction with one other transfer on Saturday: signing Jacoby Brissett to a one-year deal, in response to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.
Brissett joins Baker Mayfield and the newly acquired Deshaun Watson on the Browns’ depth chart.
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