The writing has been on the wall for Cleveland Browns veteran running back Jerome Ford well before the 2025 NFL campaign began. Since late April, when the team double-dipped at his position and drafted Ohio State's Quinshon Judkins and Tennessee's Dylan Sampson, to be exact.
Cleveland placed Ford on injured reserve with a shoulder issue on Dec. 9, effectively ending his season — and presumably his time with the Browns.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see Ford has been falling out of favor in Cleveland for a while. He took a backseat to Judkins and Sampson and was mentioned as a potential trade candidate ahead of this year's deadline before getting shut down.