NFL Trade Rumors: Latest Buzz on Terrelle Pryor, Joe Haden and More

The NFL trade market tends to go quiet once the regular season begins. With little left to play for this season, the Cleveland Browns may change that.

The Browns are 0-5 following their Week 5 defeat to the New England Patriots. While the team still has a mathematical chance of reaching the postseason, this is basically another lost year for the franchise.

There’s seemingly no end to Cleveland’s rebuilding phase, so cashing in on some of its veteran assets might be a wise strategy for the team ahead of the Nov. 1 trade deadline.

Below are updates on Terrelle Pryor, Joe Haden and Joe Thomas—three players who have been the subject of trade speculation in recent days.

Terrelle Pryor

Pryor is one of the few good things that has happened to the Browns in 2016. After making the switch from quarterback to wide receiver, he appeared in three games last year, making one reception for 42 yards.

Through five games this year, Pryor 24 catches, 338 yards and a touchdown. If Cleveland made the 27-year-old available through trade, then it would almost certainly field a number of offers.

However, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Sunday that Pryor is one of the few players the Browns consider to be untouchable.

Keeping Pryor is in the Browns’ best interest.

Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot wrote Josh Gordon is likely done with the Browns following his voluntary trip to rehab. Corey Coleman remains out of action after breaking his hand.

Cleveland has to maintain some semblance of a passing attack, and given its continued issues at quarterback, dealing one of the team’s few playmakers would be a terrible strategy. Assuming the Browns ever find a competent, healthy QB, a wideout duo of Coleman and Pryor could be a dynamic …

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