Browns Sign CB E.J. Gaines To One-Year Deal Worth Up To $5M

March 23, 2018

Update:

Mike Garafolo confirms that the Browns are, in fact, signing CB E.J. Gaines to a contract on Friday.

According to Ian Rapoport, Gaines gets a one-year deal worth $4 million and can increase up to $5 million with incentives.

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Mary Kay Cabot reports that the Browns are close to signing CB E.J. Gaines to a contract.

Gaines is meeting with the Browns on Friday after he left his visit with the Jets on Thursday without a deal and it appears as though he could be under contract with Cleveland at some point in the near future.

The Cardinals recently hosted Gaines for a visit, but he also left Arizona without a deal.

Gaines, 26, is a former sixth-round pick of the Rams back in 2014. The Rams traded him to the Bills last August as part of the Sammy Watkins deal.

Gaines played out the final year of his four-year, $2,327,672 contract and made a base salary of $690,000 for the 2017 season and is now testing the open market as an unrestricted free agent.

In 2017, Gaines appeared in 11 games for the Bills and recorded 59 tackles, one interception, three forced fumbles and nine pass defenses. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 13 cornerback out of 120 qualifying players.

We have him featured in our Top 50 Available 2018 NFL Free Agents list.