Former Cleveland Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry spent four seasons with the team and was a fan favorite when Hard Knocks followed the Browns around for training camp in 2018. A clip of Landry getting up and preaching about culture and how it needs to change was shown on the show, and every fan fell in love with him that second.
The Cleveland Browns cut Landry in the 2022 offseason, but the former wide receiver never wanted to leave. He went to the social media platform X to express his frustration with the NFL’s current situation.
The 31-year-old receiver was out of football last season and hasn’t played since he suited up for the New Orleans Saints in 2022. he tweeted Thursday night, “I would never believe some of these guys are better than me. I just can’t see it !!.” Landry was talking about other receivers getting signed to huge contracts this week during the start of the NFL free agency period. Landry knows in his heart that some of these guys who are getting signed are not better than him, and he is still sitting at home with no offer.
I would never believe some of these guy are better than me. I just can’t see it !!
— Jarvis Juice Landry (@God_Son80) March 14, 2024
Landry then responded to a tweet that said you should have stayed in Cleveland, tweeting, “I tried to. I asked to restructure and was told, “Hold up.” Then, the next thing you know, another WR was signed, and I got my walking papers.”
I tried to my G, I asked to restructure and I was told “hold up” then next thing you know another Wr was signed and I got my walking papers. https://t.co/2OSOGK2pPP
— Jarvis Juice Landry (@God_Son80) March 15, 2024
Cleary Landry was not ready to leave Cleveland. The Browns had other plans and wanted no part of bringing him back. Cleveland made a trade for Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper that March, so I’m assuming that was the wide receiver Landry was referring to taking his spot.
The last thing that caught my eye was Landry talking about staying quiet in Cleveland because he didn’t like what was happening. He said, “I stayed quiet in CLE because I didn’t like what was happening and was hoping for a better resolution. We had a team that was one play away from playing for the AFC championship, and having the team we started with together would have played a big role in it, and I saw that bigger.”
I stayed quite in CLE because I didn’t like what was going on and I was hoping for a better resolution, we had a team that was one play away from playing for the AFC championship, and having the team we started with together would have played a big role in it nd I saw that bigger
— Jarvis Juice Landry (@God_Son80) March 15, 2024
The only thing I can think of that Landry didn’t like in Cleveland was the 2021 season when the Browns were coming off a loss in the divisional round to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC playoffs. Quarterback Baker Mayfield hurt his shoulder in Week Two and was never the same after that. The team released Landry’s buddy Odell Beckham Jr because Odell’s father put out a video of all the times his son was open, and Mayfield missed him, and there was tension in the locker room, and Beckham couldn’t be on the team.
Landry and Beckham played college football together at LSU and were excited to reunite with the Browns in 2019, but those two and Mayfield never worked together, and Mayfield had better success when Beckham wasn’t on the field.
After getting rid of Beckham, the Browns had to move off Landry, and the organization knew it would never be the same again after Landry saw his best friend get released.
When Landry came to the Browns in 2018, they were coming off a 0-16 season, and he played a massive part in changing the culture. He helped teach the younger guys like Myles Garrett, Nick Chubb, and Denzel Ward what it meant to be pros in the NFL, and he still has a significant effect on the locker room today.
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