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Browns acquire Beckham from New York

Odell Beckham is off to Cleveland
Odell Beckham is off to Cleveland

The New York Giants traded Odell Beckham Jr. to Cleveland on Tuesday night, giving Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield one of the best wide receivers in the league as his newest target.

According to multiple reports, the Giants will get in return the number 17 overall pick in the 2019 draft, a 2019 third-round pick and safety Jabrill Peppers.

The Giants now have picks number 6 and 17 in the first round of the draft.

Beckham, 26, finished with 77 catches for 1,052 yards and six touchdowns in 2018, the first of a five-year, $95 million contract he signed last off season.

The deal reunites Beckham with former Louisiana State University teammate and fellow wide receiver Jarvis Landry and gives Mayfield a potent 1-2 punch at receiver, to go along with a now-loaded backfield with Nick Chubb, Kareem Hunt and Duke Johnson.

Meanwhile the Browns also agreed to a three-year deal with defensive lineman Sheldon Richardson, who had 4.5 sacks in 16 games with Minnesota last season.

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