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Cleveland Browns to complete trades for Jarvis Landry and Tyrod Taylor

Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jarvis Landry at Hard Rock Stadium on December 11, 2017 in Miami Gardens, Florida.
Image: Jarvis Landry is set to move to the Cleveland Browns

The Cleveland Browns are set to make a big splash in the trade market by acquiring Miami Dolphins wide receiver Jarvis Landry and Buffalo Bills quarterback Tyrod Taylor.

NFL Network insider Ian Rapoport reports Landry will cost the Browns an unspecified draft pick in each of the 2018 and 2019 drafts.

ESPN's Adam Schefter further reported neither of the draft picks being traded by the Browns are in the first or second round.

Schefter later confirmed the Browns had agreed to trade a mid-round pick to the Bills for Taylor.

The Browns are expected to try and agree a long-term contract with Landry, who signed a one-year $15.98m franchise tender with the Dolphins earlier this week.

Cleveland have plenty of salary cap space to sign Landry to the big-money deal he would expect after catching a career-high 112 passes last season.

They also own two of the top four picks in the 2018 NFL Draft, which takes place in Dallas next month.

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ORCHARD PARK, NY - NOVEMBER 12:  Tyrod Taylor #5 of the Buffalo Bills throws the ball before a game against the New Orleans Saints on November 12, 2017 at
Image: Tyrod Taylor #5 of the Buffalo Bills

Landry, 25, has been to three Pro Bowls in his first four seasons, since being selected by the Dolphins with the 63rd pick of the 2014 draft.

Taylor, according to Rapoport, has cost the Browns a third-round pick - No 65.

He is coming off his third season as a starter, throwing 14 touchdown passes and only four interceptions and is also a decent dual threat as a runner, picking up 14 touchdowns over the last three seasons.

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - DECEMBER 31: Kirk Cousins #8 of the Washington Redskins throws a pass during the first half of their game against the New York Giants
Image: Could Kirk Cousins be tempted by the Browns?

Cleveland were also expected to be one of the suitors for free agent quarterback Kirk Cousins, who might have been tempted by a receiving trio of Landry, Josh Gordon and Corey Coleman.

Landry has twice caught more than 100 passes in a season and twice passed 1,100 yards receiving, but the nine touchdowns he caught in 2017 were a clear career-best.

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