Emmanuel Ogbah’s days appeared to be numbered when the Cleveland Browns acquired Olivier Vernon from the New York Giants as part of the blockbuster trade involving Odell Beckham.
BREAKING NEWS: Chiefs announce they have acquired DE Emmanuel Ogbah in a trade with the Cleveland Browns in exchange for S Eric Murray.
— Full Press Chiefs (@FPC_Chiefs) April 1, 2019
Ogbah is now a member of the reigning AFC West champion Kansas City Chiefs. No joke on this April Fools’ Day. In return for Ogbah, the Chiefs send safety Eric Murray to Cleveland. Murray will replace Jabrill Peppers who was also apart of the big blockbuster trade between the Browns and Giants.
The trade of Ogbah comes as no surprise. The Browns second round pick in 2016 did not report for the teams first day of voluntary off season workouts. In his three seasons for Cleveland, Ogbah amassed 12.5 sacks and 122 tackles.
Murray enters his fourth season in the National Football League. In 2018, Murray started nine games. He finished with 54 tackles, two passes defensed and an interception. A 2016 fourth-round pick out of Minnesota, Murray has appeared in 45 games over the course of his career. He had a career-best five passes defensed in 2017 and has 94 tackles in three seasons.
Only six players left from Sashi Brown's 24 picks as Browns General Manager John Dorsey has traded 12 inherited players https://t.co/6qkTJupZZ8
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) April 1, 2019
The trade of Ogbah means that only six players drafted by Sashi Brown remain in a Browns uniform.
In other transaction news, the Browns signed DB Juston Burris, DL Trevon Coley, WR Rashard Higgins and DB Jermaine Whitehead. In addition, the club has waived defensive backs Derrick Kindred and Howard Wilson along with wide receiver Ricardo Louis.
Scott Piker is the Cleveland Browns, Cleveland Cavaliers and Cleveland Indians Managing Editor for Full Press Coverage.com. So follow him on twitter @ScottPikerSport
