Cleveland Browns quarterback Case Keenum has been traded to the Bills, according to a report.
The Buffalo Bills have an agreement in place to acquire some more depth behind starting quarterback Josh Allen.
A league source confirmed to The Buffalo News on Saturday that the team has agreed to a trade with the Cleveland Browns in which it will acquire quarterback Case Keenum in exchange for a 2022 seventh-round draft pick. NFL Network was first to report the deal, which is expected to become official within the next day or two.
Keenum, 34, is entering the final year of a three-year contract and has a $6.1 million base salary for the 2022 season. A league source told The News the Browns will absorb at least some of that cost. Keenum had a $1 million roster bonus that was due Friday – according to a report from Cleveland.com beat writer Mary Kay Cabot, the Browns paid that out.
Keenum played in seven games last season for Cleveland, including going 2-0 in his two starts. For his career, he’s made 64 career starts in the regular season in 76 career appearances. The Bills will be his seventh team, following stints with Houston (2013-14), St. Louis/Los Angeles (2015-16), Minnesota (2017), Denver (2018), Washington (2019) and Cleveland (2020-21).
Keenum, a native of Abilene, Texas, is 6-foot-1 and 215 pounds. He has thrown for 14,876 yards, 78 touchdowns and 48 interceptions in his career. His best season came in 2017 with the Vikings, when he went 11-3 in 14 starts and completed 325-of-481 passes (67.6%) for 3,547 yards, 22 touchdowns and seven interceptions. Keenum led the Vikings into the playoffs that year, and in the divisional round against the New Orleans Saints, he threw a walk-off, 61-yard touchdown pass to current Bills receiver Stefon Diggs – a play that has come to be known as the “Minnesota Miracle.” In two postseason starts, Keenum has gone 53 of 88 for 589 yards, two touchdowns and three interceptions.