The writing might have been on the wall, but the news that he was being traded still came as a surprise to Mack Wilson. In fact, as he told Nicole Yang of the Boston Globe, he was woken up by them.
Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry called Wilson while he was asleep to inform him he was sent to the New England Patriots. The 24-year-old was part of a transaction that also saw fellow fourth-year linebacker Chase Winovich move the other way.
“All I heard was, ‘We’re trading you to the Patriots,’” Wilson said.