Veteran center entering final year of his contract

Ozzie Newsome Jersey , hopes to still be part of what the team is building." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesDawgs EDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:JC Tretter wants to remain with the BrownsTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailPhoto by Kirk Irwin/Getty ImagesThe Cleveland Browns closed out the 2018 NFL season with the second-best offensive line in the league, according to Pro Football Focus.That ranking was accomplished almost completely based off the work of guards Joel Bitonio and Kevin Zeitler, and center JC Tretter. Now, as the Browns start to work their way through training camp, Zeitler is with the New York Giants, traded for defensive end Olivier Vernon. And in a few months it could be Tretter who is spending training camp with another team as he is entering the final year of the contract he signed as a free agent in 2017. But if it was up to Tretter, he would be in orange and brown for at least a few more years as the five-year veteran is open to signing a new deal with the Browns, as he told Scott Petrak of Browns Zone:Tretter certainly seems like the kind of player that the Browns would want to keep Briean Boddy-Calhoun Jersey , especially given head coach Freddie Kitchens belief that the more good players a team has, the better they will be on the field. There is little doubt that Tretter falls into that category. He has yet to miss a game in his two years with the Browns, is only 28 years old, and was one of the best offensive lineman last season in pure pass sets, according to Pro Football Focus:General manager John Dorsey created a hole at right guard with the trade of Zeitler, but sometimes you have to give up something to get something. There is little reason to create another hole along the offensive line by letting a talented player who wants to remain with the team walk out the door just as the Browns are on the cusp of taking over the NFL. Harrison was the starting left tackle for the first eight games of 2018. Now he is gone." />Skip to main contentclockmenumore-arrownoyesDawgs EDTThe Cleveland Browns released left tackle Desmond Harrison on Wednesday.The team announced the transaction in a very short statement on their website.Harrison was not at the opening of mandatory minicamp on Tuesday after he missed his flight, according to head coach Freddie Kitchens. It was the latest in a series of problems with Harrison, according to NFL.com’s Ian Rapoport Joe Schobert Color Rush Jersey , and apparently the final straw for the Browns.Harrison signed with Cleveland as an undrafted free agent out of West Georgia, a Division II school, in 2018, following the retirement of Joe Thomas. Even though general manager John Dorsey knew the Browns needed a replacement for Thomas, he did not look to fill the position via the 2018 NFL Draft. Instead, the Browns first tried to move left guard Joel Bitonio to tackle, but once they realized that was a mistake, opened the season with Harrison as the starter. That experiment lasted eight games as Harrison lost the starter’s role to Greg Robinson beginning with the November 4 game against the Kansas City Chiefs. Harrison finished the year as the 67th-ranked tackle in the NFL with a grade of 57.1 https://www.brownsfanshop.com/Ricardo-Louis-Jersey , according to Pro Football Focus. With Harrison’s release, the Browns will continue to look for a backup to Robinson at left tackle from a group of players that include Kendall Lamm, a free agent who signed with the Browns after spending four years with the Houston Texans, and Brian Fineanganofo, an undrafted free agent from Idaho State.