{"id":100081,"date":"2025-06-03T07:08:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T07:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/100081\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T07:08:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T07:08:11","slug":"former-browns-first-round-ol-makes-big-decision-on-2025-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/100081\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Browns first-round OL makes big decision on 2025 campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jedrick Wills’ days were numbered with the Cleveland Browns<\/a> when he made a business decision. But some observers felt he could make a comeback<\/a> with another organization. However, the Browns\u2019 former first-round offensive lineman made a big decision<\/a> about the 2025 NFL campaign, according to a post on X by Jordan Schultz.<\/p>\n

Sources: Free agent OT Jedrick Wills, who dealt with a lingering knee injury last season, is planning to sit out most \u2014 or possibly all \u2014 of the upcoming season to fully recover and get back to 100%.<\/p>\n

Wills, the former #Browns\u2019 top 10 pick, has drawn interest from multiple teams and is still just 26 years old \u2014 but he believes taking this time off is the best move for the long-term future of his career.<\/p>\n

Browns OL Jedrick Wills could return in 2026<\/p>\n

Things didn\u2019t seem to click for Wills during his time in Cleveland. Selected in the 2020 NFL Draft as the No. 10 overall pick, the Browns moved Wills, a right tackle in college, to the left side. He started 15 games as a rookie, and added 30 more starts over the next two seasons.<\/p>\n

However, he managed only 12 starts combined in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n

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Wills said his much-publicized decision not to play in a game last November was related to an injury<\/a>, according to brownszone.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a lot of fluid that I had to get drained,\u201d Wills said. \u201c I had some swelling, (and) I had some damage to my cartilage. (Also,) I have a bone bruise that I\u2019ve been dealing with since last year. My knee was really swollen and I couldn\u2019t really bend it. I wasn\u2019t ready for game time, so I didn\u2019t end up playing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt didn\u2019t feel good. You wouldn\u2019t want to go out there and put forth 70 percent of your effort while you\u2019re injured. And then you have somebody else who can go out there and give 100 percent. I don\u2019t want to be out there the whole time thinking about my knee. I got to focus on my assignment. In the past with my ankles, I played and I didn\u2019t play as good, so why would I do the same thing risking a worse knee injury?\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite his less than stellar play, Wells\u2019 potential and former high draft status have kept him relevant. Linemen hungry NFL teams have made inquiries, according to Sports Illustrated.<\/p>\n

\u201cWills has received interest from multiple teams this offseason, according to Schultz,\u201d Mike McDaniel wrote. \u201cBut Wills appears ready to take some time to get his body right. He could perhaps join a contender that needs an offensive tackle late in 2025, if he’s healthy. But Wills will take some time to heal before determining next steps.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jedrick Wills’ days were numbered with the Cleveland Browns when he made a business decision. But some observers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,2337,7,6,22213],"class_list":{"0":"post-100081","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-clevelandbrowns","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-nfl-stories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114618178446701284","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}