Bills acquire QB Keenum from Browns for 7th round draft pick

Bills acquire QB Case Keenum from Browns for 7th round pick in upcoming draft

BY Spectrum News Staff and Associated Press Orchard Park

PUBLISHED 1:50 PM ET Mar. 20, 2022 PUBLISHED 1:50 PM EDT Mar. 20, 2022

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Former Cleveland Browns’ quarterback Case Keenum will be making the move to Buffalo.

The Bills announced the exchange for a seventh-round pick in the upcoming NFL Draft.

He spent the past two seasons behind Baker Mayfield in Cleveland.

🚨 TRADE ALERT 🚨

We’ve acquired QB Case Keenum from the @Browns for a 2022 7th round draft pick. #BillsMafia pic.twitter.com/I8LXmJo4Ev
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) March 20, 2022

The 34-year-old Keenum received a $1 million roster bonus Friday, and the Browns reworked his contract to complete the trade with Buffalo. Keenum was scheduled to make $6.6 million in 2022 — a steep price for a backup — and the team decided to ship him to the Bills instead.

Keenum has nine seasons under his belt, with 78 touchdowns and nearly 15,000 yards over 76 career games.

He is now expected to back up Josh Allen.

Buffalo was in the market for a No. 2 quarterback behind Allen after Mitchell Trubisky, who was the Bills’ backup last season, signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers last week.