Browns on a Heater: Cleveland Trades Greg Newsome II to Jaguars for a Future Lockdown Corner

by | Oct 9, 2025 | Blog, Ohio

The Cleveland Browns are wheeling and dealing like a front office possessed.

Less than 24 hours after shipping quarterback Joe Flacco down I-71 South to the Bengals, they’ve pulled off another move—this time with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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Cleveland has traded cornerback Greg Newsome II and a sixth-round pick to Jacksonville in exchange for Tyson Campbell and a seventh-rounder. Campbell, just 25, is in the first year of a four-year deal signed under the Jaguars’ previous regime, and he’s now under team control in Cleveland through 2028.

Even better for the Browns’ books: most of Campbell’s 2026 salary is already paid in bonuses, leaving Cleveland on the hook for roughly $3 million next year and about $1 million for the remainder of 2025. He can earn up to $500k in per-game incentives, and Jacksonville already covered the first six weeks of his base salary.

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For a franchise juggling cap space and a battered secondary, this move checks every box — younger, cheaper, longer-term. Newsome’s fifth-year option expires after this season, but Campbell gives the Browns a ready-made starter locked in for years.

Cleveland just pulled off a pair of trades that could reshape its roster — one old vet out, one ascending talent in. The Browns may not be done yet, but right now, it looks like Andrew Berry is playing GM chess while the rest of the AFC North is still rolling dice.

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