ESPN: Browns could pursue trade for Sam Bradford

by Dan Kadar on Apr 22, 2010 6:25 PM EDT in 2010 NFL Draft

Michael Smith of ESPN is reporting that the Cleveland Browns will make "one last push" to trade up for Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford.

Holmgren didn't give Smith specifics of what he would offer, but reports that Holmgren would be willing to part with most – but likely not all – of the Browns' picks in this year's draft and maybe a couple picks in the 2011 draft.

However, Holmgren isn't expecting the Rams to accept.

"They shouldn't do it," Holmgren told Smith. "They need a quarterback more than anyone in the world."

Holmgren followed that up with:

"It's not going to happen," Holmgren said. "I just got out of a meeting and I told everyone, let [the board] come to us. That said, I'm going to go make the call."

Brian Stull of ESPN radio in St. Louis refuted the claims on his Twitter page.

"Was just told by a very reliable Rams source, no truth to this rumored last ditch effort by CLE to trade up," Stull said.

As we reported earlier, Rams officials were overheard discussing travel plans for Bradford.

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ESPN mentioned Tebow within the first minute

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by FreeBradshaw on Apr 22, 2010 6:32 PM EDT reply actions

Doesn't everyone, especially a professional reporter

know by now that you can’t trust ONE SINGLE WORD out of an NFL GM/coach’s mouth at draft time? If anything, you can be more accurate by assuming they are lying. So I’m going with: “Browns won’t try to trade up. If anything, they’re trying to make sure St. Louis drafts Bradford (by pumping up his value with this rumor)”.

by SagehenMacGyver47 on Apr 22, 2010 7:00 PM EDT reply actions