The Browns exercised the fifth-year option on defensive back Damarious Randall
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Cleveland traded quarterback DeShone Kizer and swapped draft picks on March 14 with the Packers for Randall. The 25-year-old is expected to play free safety for the Browns, allowing Jabrill Peppers to move to strong safety, where he played more at Michigan.
Randall was selected by Green Bay with the No. 30 overall pick in the 2015 draft.
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NFL teams have until May to exercise fifth-year options on players drafted in the first round in 2015. The option year is guaranteed for injury, but teams can still waive the player.
Some NFL owners will sit down with NFL Players Association representatives to discuss the ongoing issues surrounding protests during the national anthem.
Josina Anderson of ESPN reports that some NFLPA Executive Committee members will meet with select owners at the Giants’ facility. The league’s anthem policy is on the agenda.
Chargers offensive tackle Russell Okung wrote on Twitter that he will be at the meeting
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“I’m looking forward to today’s meeting in NYC,” Okung wrote. “I believe this face to face conversation is pivotal & will determine if meaningful progress will be made. Critically, I hope we can stop avoiding the conversation that @RepBetoORourke so eloquently encouraged us to have.”
The NFL announced this offseason that players would be required either to stand during the anthem or stay in the locker room. After that policy was criticized
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