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Daniel OyefusiNov 6, 2025, 07:13 AM<\/p>\n
Close<\/a>Daniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN, he covered the Miami Dolphins for the Miami Herald, as well as the Baltimore Ravens for The Baltimore Sun.<\/p>\n BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns<\/a> tight end David Njoku<\/a> admitted that he was terrified in the lead-up to the NFL’s trade deadline Tuesday.<\/p>\n Njoku’s name had been floated as a possible trade candidate for several weeks. However, when the deadline passed and his future in Cleveland was solidified, relief and joy kicked in.<\/p>\n An impassioned Njoku said multiple times Wednesday that he was “happy” to remain with the team that he has played for the entirety of his nine-year career.<\/p>\n “Of course [a trade] is a possibility,” said Njoku, who raised a pendant featuring the Nigerian flag drawn into a map of Ohio. “But I’m in Cleveland, baby. I’m not going nowhere. I ain’t f—— leaving.”<\/p>\n ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported days before the trade deadline that the Browns did not sound inclined to deal Njoku, whom the Browns selected with the 29th pick of the 2017 Draft.<\/p>\n Despite sitting in last place in the AFC North with a 2-6 record, the Browns weren’t sellers at the trade deadline. Cleveland made one trade<\/a> Tuesday, sending defensive end Joe Tryon-Shoyinka<\/a> and a seventh-round pick to the Chicago Bears<\/a> for a sixth-round pick.<\/p>\n Njoku, who is in the final year of his contract, said “I hope so,” when asked if he believes he can reach an extension to keep him in Cleveland.<\/p>\n The 29-year-old Njoku ranks second on the Browns in receptions (27) and receiving yards (260), and his two touchdown catches are tied for the team lead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel OyefusiNov 6, 2025, 07:13 AM CloseDaniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN, he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[64,63,593,85],"class_list":["post-265074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}