Another year, another former first-round pick flushed by the Cleveland Browns.
The team has announced that the contract of defensive lineman Phil Taylor has been terminated as part of the effort to get to 75 players.
A first-round pick in 2011, the Browns exercised the fifth-year option on Taylor in 2014. By not cutting him before March 10, his salary of $5.477 million is fully-guaranteed.
But the guarantee is subject to offset language, which gives Cleveland a dollar-for-dollar credit on money he earns elsewhere. With 2015 first-rounder Danny Shelton winning a starting job, the Browns opted to let Taylor walk, hopeful he’ll make at or about that much money elsewhere.