Terrelle Pryor, who was cut by the Browns before the team’s Week 1 loss to the Jets, worked out for the Patriots on Monday, according to Rand Getlin of the NFL Network, who tweets that no signing is imminent. Jason Cole of Bleacher Report first reported Pryor’s workout with the Pats (via Twitter).
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.”
It sounds like New England may not be the only stop this week for Pryor — a report over the weekend indicated that the ex-Brown would be auditioning for two teams in the coming days.