The Cleveland Browns selected 10 players in the 2017 NFL Draft and nine of them have signed their rookie contracts.
The first round of the draft saw 32 players selected in total, and 25 of those players have signed their rookie deals.
There is one unsigned player that falls in both categories, at least as far as the Browns are concerned, and that is safety Jabrill Peppers, one of three first-round selections by the Browns and the 25th overall pick on the draft.
It has been a slow grind for the Browns and Peppers’ representatives to reach a deal, and the hangup maybe over the amount of guaranteed money in the contract, according to Pro Football Talk’s Mike Florio, who cites unnamed sources in an attempt to unravel the mystery:
Per a league source with knowledge of the situation, the amount of the guaranteed money is one of the primary terms holding up the deal.