Kadarius Toney has been dismissed by a 3rd workforce.
The Cleveland Browns waived Toney on Tuesday after he dedicated a number of blunders in Sunday’s 27-14 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
A primary-round draft choose by the Giants in 2020, Toney has now been traded by the Giants and launched by the Chiefs and Browns in 4 NFL seasons. His newest dismissal arrives after two unforced errors towards the Steelers on particular groups.
During the fourth quarter, Toney honest caught a punt on the Cleveland 36-yard line. He then commenced in jawing with Steelers gamers earlier than throwing the ball at Steelers particular teamer Ben Skowronek after Skowronek turned his again to Toney.
That miscue earned Toney a 15-yard taunting penalty that set the Browns again to their 21-yard line.
Then, later within the fourth quarter, Toney did not corral one other Steelers punt. With Pittsburgh main, 27-14 and a pair of:57 remaining, Toney muffed a punt on the Cleveland 21-yard line. Skowronek — the man Toney threw the ball at simply moments earlier — recovered the muff for a Steelers takeaway.
The turnover allowed the Steelers to expire the clock, scuttling any long-shot hopes of a Browns rally.
Now, Toney is out of a job.
Toney’s wild NFL journey
Toney’s profession has been a curler coaster since he joined the NFL with the Giants because the No. 20 choose within the 2021 draft. The Giants used a first-round choose on Toney regardless of well-publicized on- and off-field points whereas he was in faculty at Florida.
Toney lasted 12 video games in New York earlier than the Giants traded him to the Chiefs two video games into his second NFL season. Toney then spent a season-plus with the Chiefs famous by exceptional highs and lows.
Toney was a key contributor in Kansas City’s Super Bowl win over the Philadelphia Eagles in 2023. He caught a fourth-quarter landing go from Patrick Mahomes that gave the Chiefs a 28-27 lead. He then returned a punt 65 yards to the Philadelphia 5-yard line that arrange one other Chiefs landing to go up 35-27 of their 38-35 win.
He was not a key contributor to Kansas City’s Super Bowl run the next season. Toney was inactive for the ultimate 4 weeks of the common season and through all the postseason together with Kansas City’s Super Bowl win over the San Francisco 49ers. During that inactive interval, Toney sparred with the Chiefs on social media with claims that the workforce lied about him being injured.
The Chiefs waived Toney within the offseason. The Browns then signed him to their follow squad in September, and he performed three video games for the workforce earlier than his launch Tuesday.
In elements of 4 NFL seasons, Toney has 82 catches for 760 yards with three touchdowns. He’s returned 21 punts for a median of seven.8 yards per return with no touchdowns.
