Report: Browns to Release Tight End Darren Fells

The Browns are making a roster move at the tight end spot, as reports say that the team is releasing tight end Darren Fells.

#Browns are releasing TE Darren Fells, source says. They were shopping him, as @ProFootballTalk said last night. Not a deep TE class in FA so should get some solid interest.

— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) March 10, 2019

The release of Fells is interesting from the standpoint he lasted just one season in Cleveland after the Browns inked him to a three-year contract as an unrestricted free agent last offseason.

While he is known mostly as a blocking tight end, he had a solid 2018 in the Browns offense, catching eight of nine passes that were thrown to him, and the highlight of his three touchdowns was a 49-yard TD in Baker Mayfield’s first NFL start against the Oakland Raiders in week four in Oakland.

This upcoming season Fells was due to make $2.65 million, and once the move is official, the Browns will have to carry $1.4 million in dead money from his contract.

The 32-year-old mostly blocking tight end and has 68 catches in his five-year NFL career.