Here is what I know for now-the
Browns asked Haden to take a paycut from 11 million this season to seven million.
Haden refused to take the lesser amount after which the Browns shopped his contract around yesterday and decided to release him today.
It didn't take Haden long to accept the seven million paycheck (actually Haden still gets his 11,just that seven comes from the Steelers and four million from the Browns) from Pittsburgh.
I'm not going to be one of "those" fans that now hates Haden because he signed with the Steelers.
Haden didn't leave as a free agent,the Browns released him,knowing he could go anywhere and I have no issue with his decision to sign with a playoff contender that is as close as any team in the league to his home in Cleveland.
Here's the part that I am interested to see play out.
The Browns have a big armed young quarterback and what they hope is a fast young receiver in Corey Coleman-perfect to attack Joe Haden in ten days in Cleveland.
The question is how well does Haden play in that short period of time?
Haden has always struggled in man to man coverage on the deep ball,which is why Antonio Brown and A.J. Green have regularly toasted him and that is the one thing that Coleman has shown that he can do in his short pro career.
That might be one of the few things that I wonder about entering that game.
The other question is this:Do you believe the Browns front office or Joe Haden and the Steelers on this-Did Pittsburgh sign "THE" old Joe Haden or just sign an old Joe Haden?
If the answer is the latter-that will be a huge indictment on the talent evaluating skills of Sashi Browns and his front office and might be the first domino of dissent on this front office...
Still have so much more to come later tonight as all the Browns news has shoved things back a bit!
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