PHOENIX, Arizona —The Cleveland Browns have withdrawn their proposal to extend the limit on the number of years out that NFL teams can trade draft picks, according to a report by NFL Network.
The Browns’ proposal, one of two submitted by teams for the 2026 NFL owners meetings taking place this week in Phoenix, would have extended the limit from the current maximum of three years out to five.
The measure did not enjoy much support among the league, with Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay saying on Monday that the NFL competition was 11-0 against it.
“There’s zero percent chance that’ll go through,” McVay said to Kay Adams on Monday. “I respect the courage for [Browns general manager] Andrew [Berry] to have a very sound reasoning of what’s behind it. … I’m not backing that. No.”
The lack of support of the Rams, who built a Super Bowl champion in 2021, largely by trading away draft picks is telling.
The other motion presented by a team that will be voted on was a 2025 proposal by the Pittsburgh Steelers to modify the way that teams can contact players during the free agent tampering period, making a change to allow teams to have direct contact via telephone or video call with up to five players.
That proposal passed on a one-year trial in 2025, with teams executing the protocol for the first time this spring.
The eight other proposals — five rule changes, three bylaw changes — were introduced by the competition committee.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now : Browns Withdrawal Rule Proposal, Ripped By League
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