Tag: Jerry Jeudy

Courtland Sutton reacts to Broncos teammates being cut this offseason

The Broncos cut Russell Wilson and Justin Simmons and traded Jerry Jeudy this spring. “They’re always going to say it’s just business.”

Denver Broncos head coach Sean Payton retooled the team’s roster this offseason.

The Broncos lost several key starters on both sides of the ball this spring, some by choice and some for financial reasons. Denver released quarterback Russell Wilson in a coach’s decision, cut safety Justin Simmons to save salary cap space, traded wide receiver Jerry Jeudy to the Cleveland Browns and lost linebacker Josey Jewell and center Lloyd Cushenberry during free agency.

After seeing the team part ways with so many key teammates, receiver Courtland Sutton had a perfect reaction on social media. Sutton shared a famous GIF of Wil Smith standing in an empty house in the final scene of “The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air.”

That was back in March and Sutton was not available to speak to the media until he reported for mandatory minicamp earlier this month. During his media availability, Sutton was asked about his reaction to teammates being let go this offseason.

“That’s above my pay grade,” Sutton said on June 11. “I know that the guys upstairs — the people upstairs that make those decisions — they have a rhyme and a reason for why they do it. It’s not for us to understand, we probably will never understand.

“The thing that I have come to understand with this business that we’re in is they’re always going to say it’s just business never personal, so we’ve got to move accordingly.”

Sutton skipped the voluntary part of the team’s offseason program in protest of his contract situation. He was noncommittal when asked if he would report to training camp without a new contract. Wilson, Simmons, Jeudy, Jewell and Cushenberry won’t be on the field when camp begins next month. We’ll see if Sutton shows up.

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New wide receiver Jerry Jeudy will be the Browns’ 2024 breakout player

Jeudy should thrive in Cleveland this year

Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry finally brought Jerry Jeudy to Northeast Ohio, a player he has been linked to for a couple of off-seasons now. Jeudy hasn’t had the best quarterback play during his career in Denver, yet he has shown he can be a dynamic playmaker at times.

His speed and explosiveness help him create extra yardage after the catch something the Browns didn’t get much of in 2024 outside of David Njoku. Jeudy is the only player on the roster who does the majority of his damage from the slot, and having a true threat in the slot will open things up for Njoku, Amari Cooper, and even Elijah Moore.

Of course, the Browns need Deshaun Watson to step up and be significantly better this year, and Jeudy’s skillset could help him gain confidence. You can never have enough players who can create explosive plays and extra yardage the way Jeudy can.

The combination of Kevin Stefanski’s and Ken Dorsey’s offenses should work well for Jeudy and Moore to create more big plays. Jeudy is also a great route runner with great body and control to create separation and make the quarterback’s job a little easier.

My bold prediction with Jeudy is that he will set a career-high with his first 1,000-yard season in 2024.

New Orleans Saints game previews: Week 7 vs. Denver Broncos

New Orleans Saints game previews: All eyes in Week 7 will be on Sean Payton’s return to the Caesars Superdome, now leading the Denver Broncos

We’re continuing our series for New Orleans Saints game previews now that the 2024 schedule has been out for a few weeks; there will be plenty of time to go into more depth on each matchup later this summer, but for now it’s worth taking a glance at how each opponent compares to the Saints.

And the Denver Broncos are in a fascinating situation. All eyes will be on Sean Payton when he and his new team visit the Caesars Superdome in Week 7. For the first time in his career as a head coach, Payton must prepare a rookie quarterback to start for him after drafting Bo Nix. Payton can’t afford to slip up after his plans for Russell Wilson went up in smoke.

Denver is in a tough spot. They lack talent on a defense that was gashed on the ground and outpaced through the air last season. Nix doesn’t have a strong supporting cast on offense, either. The Broncos did get him another receiver by signing Josh Reynolds in free agency, but they also traded away star wideout Jerry Jeudy. Payton has never put much of a premium on wideouts, trusting his scheme and quarterback play to help guide receivers open, but that’s grown increasingly difficult.

This is a game the Saints should win, even though Denver leads the all-time series history 9-3. New Orleans won in a landslide last time, 31-3, but it’s hard to take that result seriously when the Broncos were hamstrung by COVID-19-related absences during the 2020 season. Before that, Denver had won five in a row, and three times in New Orleans. Expect Payton to pull out all the stops and all the trick plays in his playbook to get one over on his old team.

  • Game information: New Orleans Saints vs. Denver Broncos
  • Location: Caesars Superdome, New Orleans, La.
  • Date: Oct. 17
  • Time: 7:15 p.m. CT / 8:15 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: Amazon Prime Video

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Sean Payton excited for Jerry Jeudy’s new opportunity with Browns

“I’m excited for him and his opportunity,” Broncos coach Sean Payton said of Jerry Jeudy getting a fresh start with the Browns.

Jerry Jeudy never quite lived up to the hype after the Denver Broncos picked him in the first round of the 2020 NFL draft.

Limited by injuries and hindered by inconsistent quarterback play, Jeudy failed to post a single 1,000-yard season during his four years in Denver. So the Broncos traded him to the Cleveland Browns earlier this month in exchange for a pair of late-round draft picks.

Speaking at the NFL’s annual meeting in Orlando on Monday, Denver coach Sean Payton wished the receiver well in Cleveland.

“I’m excited for him and his opportunity,” Payton said, via KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis. “He and I, I think had a pretty close relationship. Obviously, he was able to get a new contract, so as coaches you want to see that for your players.”

Jeudy signed a three-year extension with the Browns worth up to $58 million. The Broncos could not afford that kind of contract, but Payton was happy to see his former receiver get paid.

Back in Denver, Marvin Mims is now poised to fill Jeudy’s old role.

“Marvin certainly will be a candidate to play more snaps because of that and there will be some competition, I’m sure,” Payton said.

And with that, the Jeudy era has come to an end for the Broncos.

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Ex-Broncos WR Jerry Jeudy signs big contract with Browns

There’s no way the Broncos would have given this contract to Jerry Jeudy, so trading him made sense.

The Denver Broncos trading wide receiver Jerry Jeudy to the Cleveland Browns for a pair of late-round picks makes even more sense after seeing the contract extension Jeudy just received.

In addition to improving their draft capital, the Broncos also freed up $12.987 million in 2024 salary cap space when they traded Jeudy to the Browns last week. Cleveland promptly gave the receiver a three-year extension through the 2027 season, the team announced Tuesday.

The three-year extension is worth “up to” $58 million, according to NFL Netowrk’s Ian Rapoport, and it includes $41 million fully guaranteed. Knowing that was the kind of contract Jeudy was seeking, it’s no surprise that Denver traded the receiver instead of attempting an extension.

If Jeudy managed to max out the full $58 million through incentives, he would average about $19.33 million per year in Cleveland. The Broncos were never going to give him that kind of deal.

Jeudy gets a fresh start in Cleveland with a big payday and Denver gets more salary cap space for 2025 and beyond.

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More clarity on the Browns’ three-year extension of Jerry Jeudy

The details of Jeudy’s contract are starting to come to light.

The Cleveland Browns signed wide receiver Jerry Jeudy to a three-year extension after trading away a fifth and sixth round pick last week to acquire him.

The extension has people in an uproar as it was reported that he signed a three-year deal worth $58 million in total with $41 million guaranteed. Those numbers are a bit fluky on the surface.

According to PFF’s contract expert Brad Spielberger, the true nature of Jeudy’s extension is actually $17.5 million in base salary with the ability to earn another $1.75 million per year in incentives. Spielberger also stated that he is 99 percent sure that Jeudy’s $12.9 million the Browns are set to pay him in 2024 is rounded into that $41 million guaranteed figure.

So, when taking the incentives out (and if he earns the incentives then that means he’s living up to the contract!), Jeudy’s contract extension is essentially a three-year deal worth $52.5 million, with just around $28 million in guaranteed money.

This is much easier to digest than the initially reported $41 million in guaranteed money.

However, both the Pittsburgh Steelers and Jacksonville Jaguars did it two years ago, committing even more money to Diontae Johnson and Christian Kirk respectively.

Johnson was given a two-year extension in August of 2022, paying him over $18 million per year with $27 million of that guaranteed money. The Jaguars opened 2022 free agency with a bang that year, signing Kirk to a massive four-year deal at $18 million per year with $37 million guaranteed.

So yes, committing $17.5 million per year to a wideout who has never had a 1,000-yard receiving season is risky. But the move is not an unprecedented one by the Browns.

Browns release statement after Jerry Jeudy three-year extension

Cleveland Browns manager Andrew Berry expresses support for Jerry Jeudy after announcing their extension.

General manager Andrew Berry celebrated the Jerry Jeudy extension in a statement released to the media. The Cleveland Browns signed Jerry Jeudy to a three-year extension worth up to $58 million. Berry was emphatic about locking up a young receiver with a ton of potential. Berry was quoted as saying, 

“We felt that the ability to add a passionate and competitive player with his combination of strengths would be an important component of our offense now and into the future. At 24-years-old and just entering his prime, we are pleased to have Jerry as a member of the Browns for the next several seasons and believe the best is yet to come.”

Berry traded a fifth and sixth-round pick for Jeudy earlier in the offseason. The Browns spent little time making Jeudy part of the long-term future. The Browns have a lot of faith in the young receiver. The former first-round pick has yet to record more than 1,000 yards receiving in his four-year career. The Browns believe they’ve bought low on a talented receiver marred by horrible quarterbacks.

Jeudy and his mentor, Amari Cooper, are paired next to each other this season. The bond between them will help Jeudy evolve his game. Cooper is a craftsman; every movement he makes is precise and planned. If Jeudy can learn from Cooper, then this will become a sweetheart deal for the Browns.

Browns WR Jerry Jeudy thankful following three-year extension

Jeudy is thankful after signing big extension

The Cleveland Browns further proved their belief in new wide receiver Jerry Jeudy on Tuesday, signing him to a massive three-year extension. It is clear that Andrew Berry has been trying to get Jeudy to Cleveland for a while, and now that he is here, they don’t want to let him leave anytime soon.

This extension reminds you of the David Njoku contract in which the team isn’t paying Jeudy for what he’s done but what they think he will do moving forward. After the extension, the new Brown took to social media to express his gratitude and thankfulness.

Not all the contract details have been released yet, but the Browns wouldn’t have committed this much money to Jeudy without a plan for him on the field. Some are saying it’s a horrible contract and an overpay, and in the end, we have no clue if it is until he gets on the field. Remember, most people said the same thing about the David Njoku deal when it was first announced. Ultimately, if Jeudy plays up to his talent level, this contract will greatly benefit Cleveland.

Cleveland Browns, Jerry Jeudy agree to contract extension

Jerry Jeudy and the Cleveland Browns have agreed to a large contract extension following his trade from the Denver Broncos.

Former Alabama standout wide receiver was selected No. 15 overall in the 2020 NFL draft by the Denver Broncos. Though he was a star at the collegiate level, the former Biletnikoff Award recipient had been relatively quiet in his first four seasons.

His lackluster numbers could be credited to inconsistent quarterback play. However, many still believe the young receiver has what it takes to be an elite pass-catcher in the league.

The Cleveland Browns front office is a believer. Roughly a week ago, the Browns sent a 2024 fifth and six-round picks to the Broncos to acquire Jeudy. Now, Cleveland has him under contract for the next three years thanks to an agreed-to contract extension.

The extension, reported by NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, is for three years and is worth up to $58 million with $41 million being fully guaranteed.

Jeudy has yet to eclipse 1,000 yards in a single season, but came close in 2022. In that season, he reeled in 67 receptions for 972 yards and a career-high six touchdowns.

Now, he gets paired with quarterback Deshaun Watson, who Cleveland traded for ahead of the 2023 season, but had been sidelined for most of the season with an injury. The goal is to have Jeudy, and fellow former Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper, be a dangerous duo while catching passes from Watson.

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Browns give newly acquired WR Jerry Jeudy three-year extension

The new receiver has cashed in (but it may not be as hefty as it appears on the surface)

After acquiring wide receiver Jerry Jeudy from the Denver Broncos, the Cleveland Browns have now given him a new three-year extension.

According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the Browns have given Jeudy a three-year extension, worth “up to” around $19 million per year with $41 million guaranteed. However, the full contract details will be needed before making any bigger judgments.

With input from PFF’s contract expert Brad Spielberger, he seems to think that Jeudy’s $12.9 that the Browns are guaranteeing him this year may be wrapped up in that bigger $41 million number. If that is the case, then in reality the Browns are actually only guaranteeing Jeudy $28 million of new money.

It’s impossible to know what his base average per year is as well with this information as it could likely be just between $14-15 million. This would put him under the contracts of Christian Kirk and Diontae Johnson, and right around that of Tyler Lockett and Courtland Sutton. This would be just above what free agent receivers Gabe Davis and Darnell Mooney got on the open market.

The Browns acquired Jeudy for just the cost of a fifth and sixth round pick. While this move is a risk, the Browns could not afford to let all three of their top receivers hit the market next year, so they extended the 24-year-old.