Phillip Gaines didn’t have to wait long (or move too far) to find his newest home in the National Football League. One day after being released by the Buffalo Bills, Gaines will now head just a bit south and west to his new home with the Cleveland Browns.
Gaines was claimed by the Browns on waivers on Wednesday along with safety Jermaine Whitehead by general manager John Dorsey as part of a bit of rehab work on the team’s ailing secondary. Just days after playing the Kansas City Chiefs, the Browns were trying to make do with a number of injuries, short- and long-term, including the loss of E.