Instead of welcoming outside linebacker Armonty Bryant back from suspension, the Browns cut him.
Bryant's four-game ban for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs ended Monday, and the Browns announced they waived him at 9:26 a.m.
Bryant, a seventh-round draft pick in 2013, appeared in 31 games with four starts and compiled 71 tackles, including 8.5 sacks, two forced fumbles and one fumble recovery in his first three NFL seasons.
The league will likely discipline Bryant, 26, again because in July he pleaded guilty to attempted drug possession, a first-degree misdemeanor. The charge was amended after Bryant was indicted in February on two counts of felony drug possession stemming from a Christmas morning traffic stop and pleaded not guilty.