It was a busy day in Berea, Ohio today.

The Cleveland Browns traded WR Donovan Peoples-Jones to the Detroit Lions, in exchange for a 2025 sixth round draft pick.

DPJ played his college football at the University of Michigan, so it a bit of a homecoming for the 24-year-old receiver.

Peoples-Jones was the 187th pick, in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL Draft.

The 6’2″, 204 lbs, WR leaves the Browns with 117 catches, for 1,837 yards and 8 TDs.

Peoples-Jones was in the final year of his contract and hadn’t been used all that much this season, because of the addition of WRs Elijah Moore and Marquise Goodwin, this past offseason.

The Detroit Lions get themselves a durable, big bodied, wide receiver, who has some speed and will go up and get the jump balls. With WR Marvin Jones, stepping away from the team for “personal reasons”, they needed a veteran to step in and replace him.

In other moves, the Browns have signed HB Kenyon Drake to the practice squad.

The 6’1″, 216 lbs, running back was taken with the 73rd pick, in the third round of the 2016 NFL Draft, by the Miami Dolphins.

The Cleveland Browns are his 5th team that he’ll be suiting up for since being drafted.

In his career Drake has 868 carries, for 3,866 yards, for 33 TDs, and 10 fumbles. He’s also added 218 catches, for 1,655 yards, and 8 TDs.

The injury to Browns superstar running back Nick Chubb, and injury to backup Jerome Ford, has the Cleveland backfield thin at that position on the depth chart.

Drake is a nice dual threat running back, that’ll keep opposing teams LBs honest and occupied coming out of the backfield when on the field. They’ll have to account for his ability to run routes.

He’s also, a fairly decent run blocking back, which is always a good thing to have on third downs.

– by Sean McKenzie

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Stats courtesy of ESPN and NFL