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Browns put DE Alex Wright on season-ending IR, sign Derek Barnett
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The Cleveland Browns put starting defensive end Alex Wright on season-ending injured reserve with a ruptured Achilles, and signed free-agent defensive end Derek Barnett.
Wright has played in 51 games over the past four seasons for the Browns. He had a career-best 5.5 sacks over 14 games last seasons.
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Wright, a third-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, was injured during a one-on-one drill with a Buffalo Bills offensive lineman during their joint practice Aug. 20.
Wright had a sack and two tackles for loss in the Browns' 31-14 loss to the Bengals in Jan. 2024.
Barnett, a first-round pick in 2017, has played for the Philadelphia Eagles and Houston Texans.
In June, the Browns traded star defensive end Myles Garrett, a two-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, to the Los Angeles Rams for linebacker Jared Verse, a 2027 first-round draft pick, a 2028 second-round pick and a 2029 third-round pick.
Cleveland Browns defensive end Alex Wright (91) takes in drill instruction during day 12 of training camp, Aug. 11, 2026, in Berea, Ohio.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Browns put DE Alex Wright on season-ending IR, sign Derek Barnett
