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Cleveland Browns: Why Barkevious Mingo didn’t succeed

The Cleveland Browns are continuing the rebuilding process by letting go of a player who never panned out in Cleveland.

News broke early Thursday afternoon that the Browns traded Barkevious Mingo to the New England Patriots.

Browns are trading the sixth overall pick from the 2013 draft, LB Barkevious Mingo, to the New England Patriots, per source.

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) August 25, 2016

The initial terms were not clear, but the Browns got a draft pick in return, according to ESPN’s Adam Caplan.

The sixth overall pick in the 2013 NFL Draft spent his first three seasons with the Browns, all under eventually fired head coaches Rob Chudzinski and Mike Pettine.