Adam Schefter of ESPN reports that the Browns are placing DE Alex Wright on season-ending injured reserve with a ruptured Achilles and they now signing DE Derek Barnett to a one-year contract.
Wright, unfortunately, suffered the injury during Thursday’s practice while taking part in a one-on-one drill. He was later carted off the field.
Barnett, 30, is a former first-round pick of the Eagles back in 2017. He was in the final year of his four-year, $12.85 million contract that includes $12.85 million guaranteed when the Eagles picked up his fifth-year option for the 2021 season.
Barnett was in line to be an unrestricted free agent when he signed a two-year contract with the Eagles. Barnett tore his ACL during the team’s season opener and didn’t record any statistics for the 2022 season.
He restructured his contract before the 2023 season and was scheduled to make $3.5 million guaranteed and a base salary of $1,125,000. The Eagles waived him after the trade deadline, however, and he was claimed by the Texans.
Houston re-signed Barnett to a one-year, $2 million deal for 2024, then brought him back on another one-year deal in 2025.
In 2025, Barnett appeared in all 17 games for the Texans and recorded 21 tackles and five sacks.
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