Rumors Go Back and Forth on Browns' Interest in Trading for Colin Kaepernick

Saturday night, Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network reported that if the agents of QB Colin Kaepernick were able to receiver permission from the 49ers to seek out a trade, "the Cleveland Browns and Houston Texans would be among the teams that would have some interest in him."

A few hours later, though, Mary Kay Cabot of the Plain Dealer reported shot the report down, saying the Browns have no such interest in Kaepernick. A Texans reporter was also quick to shoot down the Texans' reported interest in Kaepernick.

Any team interested in acquiring Kaepernick would basically have the rights to a one-year deal and a cap hit of $13.425 million for him. It would also include a year-by-year option through 2020 on whether they'd want to continue with that deal (at an even higher cap hit), or cut him without any additional cost. If a trade is worked out, it seems more likely that a new contract would be negotiated along with it to ensure Kaepernick is more affordable under contract for a longer duration of time.