{"id":553551,"date":"2026-03-30T04:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T04:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/553551\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T04:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T04:11:08","slug":"source-browns-opt-not-to-sign-aj-epenesa-after-physical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/553551\/","title":{"rendered":"Source: Browns opt not to sign AJ Epenesa after physical"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Daniel OyefusiMar 29, 2026, 09:27 PM 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

Multiple Authors<\/p>\n

PHOENIX — The Cleveland Browns<\/a> will not be signing AJ Epenesa<\/a>, with the team uncomfortable finalizing the deal after the veteran defensive end had his physical, a source told ESPN on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Browns had agreed to a one-year deal worth up to $5 million with Epenesa on March 18, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter at the time. Epenesa visited the Browns’ facility last Monday, per the NFL’s transaction wire, but the deal was not finalized.<\/p>\n

Epenesa was expected to add depth to the Browns’ defensive line rotation after Cameron Thomas<\/a> signed with the Atlanta Falcons<\/a> earlier this offseason.<\/p>\n

Epenesa, 27, played all six of his NFL seasons with the Bills<\/a>. Originally a second-round pick by Buffalo in the 2020 NFL draft, he was a reliable member of the team’s defensive line rotation over the years and a strong backup, playing 91 games (19 starts).<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Alaina Getzenberg contributed to this report. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Daniel OyefusiMar 29, 2026, 09:27 PM ET CloseDaniel Oyefusi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN. Prior to ESPN,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":532186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-553551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-nfl","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553551","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=553551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/532186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}