NFL teams aren’t waiting for the trade deadline to be wheelin’ and dealin’.
With still a month to go until the trade deadline, teams have continued to make serious trades each week, with the Browns and Jaguars swapping cornerbacks in a rather surprising trade Wednesday.
The Jaguars, whose defense already leads the league in takeaways, traded cornerback Tyson Campbell and a seventh-round pick to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for Greg Newsome and a sixth-round pick, the teams announced.
It is the second trade in as many days for Cleveland, which shipped veteran quarterback Joe Flacco to the rival Bengals for a sixth-round pick Tuesday.
The cornerback swap offloads tons of future salary considerations for the Jaguars, as Campbell is in year two of his massive four-year $76.5 million contract.
It also perhaps gives Jacksonville a better scheme fit for defensive coordinator Anthony Campanile.
These two are both highly regarded players at the position, as Campbell is the 12th-highest-paid cornerback in the NFL, averaging $19.1 million per year, ahead of the likes of Giants defensive back Paulson Adebo, who just signed a big contract this past offseason.
Newsome, who is in his final year of his rookie deal and is surely expecting a big contract extension this offseason, is rated the No. 40 cornerback by Pro Football Focus, while Campbell comes in at No. 71.
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“Love Cleveland, it’s been real,” Newsome said in an X post as he bid his team farewell.
“DUUUUUVALLLL,” he added in a separate post celebrating the move.
He now joins a team that is in first place in the AFC South after previously being on a last-place team.
The Jaguars just flexed their defensive muscle that helped lead them to a shocking defeat of the Chiefs on “Monday Night Football” — including Devin Lloyd’s 99-yard pick-six of Patrick Mahomes.
Team have generally been more active this year ahead of the deadline, as the Ravens recently dealt defensive star Odafe Oweh and a seventh-round pick to the Chargers for a fifth-round pick and safety Alohi Gilman.
The Browns, who just lost to the Vikings in London on Sunday, will face the Steelers in Week 6, while Jacksonville is set for a road date with the Seahawks.