Overview

• ESPN’s Seth Walder suggests sending Newsome II and a 2027 seventh-round pick to Las Vegas in exchange for a 2026 seventh-round pick.
• Cleveland, already $35.4 million over the projected 2026 cap, faces a shortfall despite $17.5 million in 2025 space.
• Newsome’s fifth-year option includes a fully guaranteed $13.4 million in 2025, and he posted career-worst metrics last season with 1.4 yards allowed per coverage snap and a plus-10 expected points added allowed.
• Las Vegas, with over $90 million in projected 2026 cap space, sees cornerback as its biggest weakness and can absorb Newsome’s salary under new coach Pete Carroll.
• A torn Achilles for Browns slot cornerback Martin Emerson Jr. has moved Newsome back to the boundary opposite Denzel Ward, shaping Cleveland’s roster plans.