{"id":218777,"date":"2025-07-19T06:19:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T06:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/218777\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T06:19:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T06:19:11","slug":"schefter-explains-browns-dilemma-with-quinshon-judkins-following-his-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/218777\/","title":{"rendered":"Schefter Explains Browns’ Dilemma With Quinshon Judkins Following His Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Second-round draft picks are entering a new era in the NFL, where many of them look for fully guaranteed rookie deals. While teams warm up to the new reality, many second-round picks have been holding off on signing their rookie contracts. The dominoes finally started to fall this week. Pick No. 33\u2014the first selection of the second round\u2014received a fully guaranteed deal with the Cleveland Browns. So did pick Nos. 34 and 35 with their respective teams. But Browns RB Quinshon Judkins was pick No. 36, and he was arrested last weekend<\/a> on domestic violence and battery charges.<\/p>\n

Even though he hasn\u2019t signed his contract, Judkins is still subject to the NFL\u2019s personal conduct policy, and the charges brought against him are very serious. Adam Schefter joined Rothman & Ice on 97.1 the Fan<\/a> in Columbus, Ohio, and outlined the dilemma facing Judkins and the Browns.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe hasn\u2019t signed a deal yet, and all these second-round draft picks are fighting to get their deals fully guaranteed,\u201d Schefter said. \u201cI\u2019ll make a prediction right now. The Browns will not fully guarantee Quinshon Judkins\u2019 contract. Now, maybe they wouldn\u2019t have anyways, but this I think just clinched it. There\u2019s no way they\u2019re guaranteeing that money now. No way!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

There are obviously other issues in this situation that go beyond football, but inevitably decisions will have to be made in Cleveland in regard to its unsigned draft pick. The legal process will work itself out and the NFL will get involved. That could very well include Judkins being placed on the commissioner\u2019s exempt list while the NFL investigates and ultimately hands down whatever form of punishment it deems appropriate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you have to sign him, but now you gotta protect yourself,\u201d Schefter said. \u201cThere\u2019s language in the contracts, like what if he\u2019s found guilty? What if the charges\u2026what if he goes to jail? There\u2019s language in the contracts that protects the team. They\u2019re not gonna guarantee the money.\u201d<\/p>\n

Simply getting Judkins signed and cleared to play by the league already seems like an uphill battle. This comes as the Browns moved on from Nick Chubb in the offseason. Notably for them, they also drafted RB Dylan Sampson. But it\u2019s a significant and unwanted distraction right before the start of training camp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Second-round draft picks are entering a new era in the NFL, where many of them look for fully…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[7821,4191,12,7,586,30198],"class_list":{"0":"post-218777","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-97-1-the-fan","9":"tag-adam-schefter","10":"tag-espn","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-quinshon-judkins","13":"tag-rothman-ice"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114878452006561355","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218777","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=218777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}