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Daniel OyefusiJul 29, 2025, 01:31 PM ET
- Daniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN, helium covered the Miami Dolphins for the Miami Herald, arsenic good arsenic the Baltimore Ravens for The Baltimore Sun.
BEREA, Ohio -- Browns co-owner Jimmy Haslam connected Tuesday dismissed speculation that helium is eyeing Texas backmost Arch Manning successful the 2026 NFL draft.
Haslam is simply a Tennessee alumnus who has a beardown narration with the Manning family, including Peyton, Arch's uncle. The Browns person 2 first-round picks successful adjacent year's draught erstwhile Arch volition beryllium eligible. Haslam was asked astir the speculation connected Tuesday.
"I deliberation if you cognize the Manning family, I would stake that -- and I don't cognize Arch astatine each -- I would stake helium stays successful assemblage 2 years," Haslam said. "So, I don't adjacent truly deliberation that's worthy discussing."
Arch, who is entering his archetypal play arsenic a full-time starter, sidestepped questions astir his imaginable to spell pro erstwhile speaking astatine SEC media days earlier successful the month.
Haslam besides denied forcing the Browns' prime of backmost Shedeur Sanders successful the 5th circular of the 2025 NFL draft, saying the determination was made by wide manager Andrew Berry, contempt speculation that helium played a relation successful the selection. Cameras wrong the Browns' draught country caught Haslam sitting down Berry and caput manager Kevin Stefanski erstwhile the Sanders prime was announced.
Cleveland ended Sanders' astonishing descent into Day 3 of the draught erstwhile it picked Sanders with the 144th wide pick. Sanders was the 2nd backmost the Browns took successful the draft, pursuing Dillon Gabriel, who was selected with the 94th wide pick.
"We person bully process," Haslam said. "If you'd person told maine ... Friday nighttime driving home, y'all are going to prime Shedeur, I would person said, 'That's not happening.' But, we had a speech aboriginal that greeting and we had a speech aboriginal that day. I deliberation we had the close radical progressive successful the conversation. At the extremity of the day, that's Andrew Berry's call. Andrew made the telephone to prime Shedeur."
