{"id":519430,"date":"2026-03-12T16:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/519430\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T16:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T16:28:09","slug":"browns-releasing-starting-ot-jack-conklin-source-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/519430\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns releasing starting OT Jack Conklin, source says"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Daniel OyefusiMar 12, 2026, 08:30 AM ET<\/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

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The Cleveland Browns<\/a> are releasing offensive tackle Jack Conklin<\/a>, a source told ESPN on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Conklin, 31, made 57 of his 114 career starts in Cleveland over the past six seasons, but injuries frequently sidelined him. He missed 44 of a possible 101 games during his time with the Browns, including 30 since the start of the 2023 season.<\/p>\n

He missed nine games in the 2025 season, including the final two, after sustaining a pair of concussions.<\/p>\n

Cleveland has spent the first part of free agency overhauling its offensive line, including a trade for Houston Texans<\/a> offensive tackle Tytus Howard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A first-round pick (18th overall) by the Tennessee Titans<\/a> in the 2016 NFL draft, Conklin joined the Browns as a free agent on a one-year deal before the 2020 season. He signed a four-year, $60 million extension in December 2022 and agreed to a reworked contract last offseason that made him a free agent after the 2025 season.<\/p>\n

The Browns on Thursday also released offensive lineman Wyatt Teller<\/a> and tight end David Njoku<\/a> with post-June 1 designations. Both players announced<\/a> in February<\/a> that they would not be returning to Cleveland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel OyefusiMar 12, 2026, 08:30 AM ET CloseDaniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":519431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-519430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}