According to Charley Casserly of CBS Sports, both the Cleveland Browns and Tampa Bay Buccaneers have spoken to the Minnesota Vikings about potentially trading up to likely draft Alabama running back Trent Richardson.
The Browns have been thinking all along that Richardson would fall to them at the 4th spot, but with the Vikings willing to trade out of the 3rd spot, the Buccaneers could swoop in and snatch him up. So the Browns may need to trade up in order to make sure they land Richardson.
If this report isn’t a smoke screen and is legit, it will be interesting to see what happens.
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