1:39pm: Pryor will also work out for the Seahawks and it’s possible that he’ll audition for Seattle before the Jets, according to Rand Getlin of NFL.com (Twitter links). The Seahawks will work Pryor out as a wide receiver.
10:26am: Terrelle Pryor is expected to work out for the Jets as a wide receiver, according to sources who spoke with ESPN.com’s Dianna Marie Russini (on Twitter). The converted quarterback auditioned for the rival Patriots, but he is leaving New England without a deal.
Pryor, making the transition from quarterback to wide receiver this summer, impressed Browns coaches in training camp. However, after the team set its 53-man roster prior to Week 1, Pryor was essentially the 53rd man, making him expendable when other holes needed to be filled.
When word of the Browns waiving Pryor broke, the former Raiders quarterback said that it would be “a mistake” by the team. Cleveland head coach Mike Pettine acknowledged that possibility, but explained last week that the fact that Pryor was slowed in camp by a hamstring injury also contributed to the Browns’ decision to cut him.
“The fact is that [Pryor] wasn’t [healthy] and that he was not prepared at this point to be a viable productive member,” Pettine said, according to Nate Ulrich of the Akron Beacon Journal. “I’m not saying that he never will be. I’m very confident that he will be knowing his work ethic. Knowing his skill set, he will be. Like I said, it’s timing and it’s circumstances.”