{"id":8586,"date":"2014-01-21T09:47:12","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T14:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=8586"},"modified":"2014-01-21T09:47:12","modified_gmt":"2014-01-21T14:47:12","slug":"browns-expected-to-release-jason-campbell-brandon-weeden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2014\/01\/21\/browns-expected-to-release-jason-campbell-brandon-weeden\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns expected to release Jason Campbell, Brandon Weeden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/11\/hi-res-186884592-quarterback-brandon-weeden-of-the-cleveland-browns_crop_north.jpg\" alt=\"hi-res-186884592-quarterback-brandon-weeden-of-the-cleveland-browns_crop_north\" width=\"650\" height=\"440\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6955\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/11\/hi-res-186884592-quarterback-brandon-weeden-of-the-cleveland-browns_crop_north.jpg 650w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/11\/hi-res-186884592-quarterback-brandon-weeden-of-the-cleveland-browns_crop_north-300x203.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2013\/11\/hi-res-186884592-quarterback-brandon-weeden-of-the-cleveland-browns_crop_north-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Cleveland Browns are expected to cut ties with quarterbacks Jason Campbell and Brandon Weeden this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Weeden has been a failed attempt by the Browns to draft a strong armed quarterback and jump back into competing for the AFC North title. Instead he&#8217;s struggled and even with a $940,000 salary next season theres little reason to keep him around.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old Campbell played 45 percent of the Browns snaps this season and triggered a $3.25 million salary in 2014. That&#8217;s a lot of money for a guy who was 1-7 as a starter. <a href=\"SPN Cleveland fully expects the Browns to release Jason Campbell. Campbell, 32, triggered an escalator in his contract because he played 45 percent of the snaps this past season and is now due $3.25 million in 2014. Beat writer Tony Grossi believes that's far too high a price to pay for a guy who was 1-7 as a starter and complained about the cold weather. Campbell and Brandon Weeden are expected to get pink slips this offseason, while Brian Hoyer (ACL surgery) should return to join an early-round draft pick at quarterback.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ESPN Cleveland<\/a>&#8216;s Tony Grossi has him leaving the Browns along with Weeden.<\/p>\n<p>Brian Hoyer should be back with the Browns last season after undergoing ACL surgery. The Browns also have Alex Tanney signed to a contract. Expect the team to draft after quarterback in the first round and hope for better results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Cleveland Browns are expected to cut ties with quarterbacks Jason Campbell and Brandon Weeden this offseason. Weeden has been a failed attempt by the Browns to draft a strong armed quarterback and jump back into competing for the AFC North title. Instead he&#8217;s struggled and even with a $940,000 salary next season theres little [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6955,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":["post-8586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8586"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=8586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}