The Browns had actively shopped Taylor at the draft in hopes of trading him before they would release him in June before the new cap season and apparently the sixth-rounder two years down the road was the best they could receive for the soon to be 28-year-old cornerback.
Taylor was acquired from Miami before the 2016 season and started for the Browns at corner in both seasons that he spent in Cleveland after being a disappointment in his three seasons in Miami after being drafted from Boise State.
Taylor played well for the Browns in his first season with three interceptions and earned a new contract which runs through the 2019 season, but his play took a step back last season and when John Dorsey began to make several moves to improve the secondary, it became clear that Taylor wasn't going to be part of that process.
With the trade of Taylor, the Browns will enter training camp having traded both of their starting corners from 2017 (Jason McCourty was traded earlier) and means that the Browns will have three new starters in the secondary for the upcoming season with only Jabrill Peppers returning as a secondary starter.
