Browns Overnight Sign Mike Ford’s Replacing
The Cleveland Browns quickly signed a free agent to replace their star special teams standout.
Even though the initial frenzy surrounding NFL free agency has subsided, teams are still actively building their rosters with the best players still available. The Cleveland Browns have already made their major moves by re-signing their core players and adding Jameis Winston and Jerry Jeudy. On Wednesday, they also lost Mike Ford, a crucial member of the special team, but they wasted no time in adding his replacement.
Tony Brown, an elite special teams player and cornerback, is reportedly inked by the Browns to a one-year contract, according to NFL insider Aaron Wilson. Prior to joining the Browns, Brown played two seasons with the Indianapolis Colts, starting with Bubba Ventrone, the current special teams coordinator. The two will be getting back together in Cleveland following a fruitful time spent in Indianapolis.
Browns News: Tony Brown, a ST Ace and CB, joins Cleveland.
Before joining the Green Bay Packers in 2018, Alabama native Brown was an undrafted free agent. With his stature and quickness, he was always more of a special teams player, but in his early career, he played a lot of defensive snaps in the backfield.
He played just 65 defensive snaps with the Colts in the last two seasons, almost all of which were spent on special teams (he has over 500 ST snaps).
Even though Mike Ford was excellent for the Browns in the previous season, he inked a $4.5 million, two-year contract with the Houston Texans. That was a rather generous deal for a special teams player, especially for a team like the Browns that had minimal salary space. Seeking a less expensive alternative, as Cleveland did with Ford when they signed him as a free agent last season, made more sense.
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