The Browns are trading tight end Randall Telfer to the Chiefs for linebacker Dadi Nicolas, Field Yates of ESPN.com tweets. The Browns were said to be shopping Telfer in recent days.
The Browns are well set at tight end with holdovers David Njoku, Seth DeValve, and free agent addition Darren Fells, so Telfer became expendable this offseason. The 2016 sixth-round pick started in 14 games for the Browns last season, but he caught just three passes for 36 yards and finished a distant third amongst Cleveland TEs in catches. The new regime didn’t see a place on the roster for Telfer, which is understandable since he is a blocking specialist and Fells is viewed as a better one.
Nicolas, 26 in September, appeared in eleven games for the Chiefs in 2016. Unfortunately, a ruptured patellar tendon suffered in January of last year cost him his entire 2017 season.
Is this dudes name Daddy?
I was kind of intrigued by Nicolas in the late rounds of the draft a few years ago, and he probably won’t amount to anything if he’s getting traded for a blocking tight end but getting literally anything for Telfer is a good move.
One day you are announcing a draft pick for the team the next you are traded
I know, right!? I think he was a walter payton award winner and that was why he announced the selection. Still funny
Dorsey drafted Nicolas in 2016, so he’s familiar with him. Browns needed depth at LB/DE and all they gave up was a blocking TE.