Braylon Leaving Cleveland On a Jet Plane

Edwards headed to Jets
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The Cleveland Browns have traded troubled wide receiver Braylon Edwards to the New York Jets.

In the deal, first reported by ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, the Jets sent key special teams player Jason Trusnik, wide receiver Chansi Stuckey and a pair of draft picks to Cleveland.



"It's the right thing for us and for Braylon," Browns coach Eric Mangini said Wednesday.

In Edwards, the Jets obtained a receiver who gives rookie quarterback Mark Sanchez the legitimate deep threat they have lacked -- but who also faces an NFL investigation for off-the-field trouble.

"It's just another piece that we wanted to add," Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum said. "We're excited to get Braylon. We think he's going to help us. It was a position that we liked, but it was also a position we felt that if there was an opportunity to improve, we were going to go ahead and try to do that."

The league is probing whether Edwards violated the league's conduct policy following accusations he assaulted a friend of NBA star LeBron James' outside a Cleveland nightclub Monday night.

Cleveland police are also looking into the incident.

Although Edwards hasn't been charged with a crime, the league's conduct policy states that discipline may be imposed for "the use or threat of violence."

I guess Cleveland really is serious about keeping Lebron in Ohio. I bet the mayor, Danny Ferry and Eric Mangini have been meeting for 36 hours straight about this. If I were the Browns I would have made Lebron agree to play home games for the Browns at TE to make up for the loss in the passing game. Of course, I guess you can't make Lebron agree to anything.

You know what would be really funny? If Lebron decides to leave for the Knicks at the end of the year and Braylon is waiting for him at Kennedy Airport with a bat when he gets there. I love rivalries.