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Agent: Northcutt will never play for Browns again
April 01, 2004
Cleveland (AP) — The agent who failed to file paperwork that would have made Dennis Northcutt a free agent says the wide receiver will never play for the Browns again. Frustrated by the Browns’ refusal to trade Northcutt to Baltimore, agent Jerome Stanley on Wednesday said the team was hurting his client’s career. “Dennis Northcutt will never play for the Cleveland Browns again, under any circumstances,” Stanley said from Palm Beach, Fla., at the NFL meetings. “If they trade him to any team other than Baltimore, he will not report.” Browns president Carmen Policy said Stanley is “covering up for his mistakes” and should be trying to persuade Northcutt to return to the Browns. He said if Northcutt wants to follow Stanley’s advice and abandon his career “that’s his decision to make.” The Browns contend Northcutt and Stanley failed to comply with the stipulation that they inform the club by certified mail of their intentions to void the remaining three years of his deal. Instead of signing a multimillion dollar deal elsewhere, Northcutt remains in Cleveland for the next three years, averaging about $700,000 a year. Since the mix-up last month, Northcutt has been trying to get traded to the Ravens, an AFC North rival. Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome declined comment. The Browns play the Ravens twice during the regular season. “Why would we trade him to the team in our division that we have to chase?” Policy said. “Why help them get better?”
April 01, 2004
Cleveland (AP) — The agent who failed to file paperwork that would have made Dennis Northcutt a free agent says the wide receiver will never play for the Browns again. Frustrated by the Browns’ refusal to trade Northcutt to Baltimore, agent Jerome Stanley on Wednesday said the team was hurting his client’s career. “Dennis Northcutt will never play for the Cleveland Browns again, under any circumstances,” Stanley said from Palm Beach, Fla., at the NFL meetings. “If they trade him to any team other than Baltimore, he will not report.” Browns president Carmen Policy said Stanley is “covering up for his mistakes” and should be trying to persuade Northcutt to return to the Browns. He said if Northcutt wants to follow Stanley’s advice and abandon his career “that’s his decision to make.” The Browns contend Northcutt and Stanley failed to comply with the stipulation that they inform the club by certified mail of their intentions to void the remaining three years of his deal. Instead of signing a multimillion dollar deal elsewhere, Northcutt remains in Cleveland for the next three years, averaging about $700,000 a year. Since the mix-up last month, Northcutt has been trying to get traded to the Ravens, an AFC North rival. Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome declined comment. The Browns play the Ravens twice during the regular season. “Why would we trade him to the team in our division that we have to chase?” Policy said. “Why help them get better?”
I'm keeping my fingers crossed. We could deal with him for $700,000 a year!
I know Some of you guys wanna see this happen!
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