The Cleveland Browns kept one of their own Monday.
Linebacker Jamie Collins has agreed to a four-year contract extension, the team announced Monday.
Collins was acquired from New England in a trade midway through the 2016 season. The new contract will keep Collins off the free agent market, and is an important step for a team that lost four starters on the first day of free agency a year ago.
"We are going to be aggressive about acquiring talent, and when we had the opportunity to trade for Jamie back in October, it was done with the intent of him becoming a long-term part of our defense," executive vice president of football operations Sashi Brown said in a statement released by the team.