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The New York Giants are trading defensive end Olivier Vernon to the Cleveland Browns. The return is offensive guard Kevin Zeitler.The Giants and Browns also traded mid-round picks White Aldrick Rosas Jerseys , the Giants sending Cleveland pick No. 132, a fourth-rounder, in exchange for pick No. 155, a fifth-rounder.The Giants confirmed the trade just minutes after the initial reports on Twitter.Just Thursday, there had been reports that the Giants were “leaning towards keeping” Vernon. There had also been national reports that the Browns were looking to move Zeitler, who turned 30 today.The trade, basically, amounts to a swap of salaries.Vernon was entering the fourth year of a five-year, $85 million contract. He carries a cap hit of $19.5 million in 2019. Zeitler is in the third year of a five-year, $60 million contract he signed with the Browns. He carries what appears to be a $12.4 million cap hit in 2019, per Over The Cap’s contract database.Jason Fitzgerald of Over The Cap reports that once all the contract permutations are factored in Aldrick Rosas Jerseys 2019 , the Giants end up saving about $1.5 million. Fitzgerald explained the cap ramifications this way:“Zeitler’s salary and cap will be $10M. All the prorated stays with the Browns. they move Vernons $19.5M cap off the books but add on $8M of dead money. So $19.5-10-8= $1.5M.”Zeitler is a seven-year veteran who has started 103 of the 104 NFL games he has played in, all at right guard. His acquisition leaves the status of free agent guard Jamon Brown, who played eight games for the Giants after being claimed on waivers last season, unclear.Brown does have limited right tackle experience and could stick with the Giants as a swing man if he can’t find any starting offers. Big Blue View will continue trying to find out more as to whether or not the Giants have any plans to retain Brown.With Vernon gone, the Giants will likely be looking in free agency and the draft for help on the edge. The Giants also moved on from veteran edge rusher Connor Barwin this offseason. The draft is filled with talented edge players. On the free agent market, a player like Trey Flowers of the New England Patriots could be in play. There have also been reports that the Kansas City Chiefs would be willing to trade Dee Ford after using the franchise tag on him. TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Latest on the killing of a Washburn University football player and wounding of a New York Giants draft pick (all times local):5:30 p.m.The New York Giants say cornerback Corey Ballentine, who was shot Sunday in Topeka, Kansas, is recovering and will join the team for its minicamp this weekend.Ballentine was injured and his friend, Dwane Simmons White Andrew Adams Jerseys , was killed while attending a party hours after Ballentine was drafted Saturday by the Giants in the sixth round.Police have said people inside a car pulled up to the home and, after exchanging words, shot Ballentine and Simmons, who were teammates on the Washburn University football team.Giants general manager Dave Gettleman told SiriusXM NFL radio Monday that the team spoke to Ballentine Sunday and he was “coming along fine.” He said Ballentine is expected to join the Giants Thursday for the team minicamp this weekend._____4:15 p.m.Topeka police Chief Bill Cochran says Washburn University football teammates Dwane Simmons and Corey Ballentine were “in the wrong place at the wrong time” when they were shot at an off-campus house party.Simmons died in the early Sunday shooting. Ballentine, whom the New York Giants drafted hours before the shooting, suffered injuries that were not life-threatening.The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Simmons and Ballentine were among about 50 people at the party.The chief says many people, including Simmons and Ballentine, went outside after a disturbance occurred inside the home. A car pulled up and exchanged words with people before the shooting began. Cochran says the shooting and the earlier altercation don’t appear to have been linked.A candlelight vigil for Simmons is scheduled for Tuesday on the Washburn campus.____10 a.m.The father of a Washburn University football player who was killed in a weekend shooting in which a New York Giants draft pick was wounded says the crime “shattered a lot of people.”The Kansas City Star reports that Navarro Simmons described the death of his son, Dwane Simmons, as “senseless.” The 23-year-old defensive back from Lee’s Summit, Missouri Andrew Adams Jerseys 2019 , was killed early Sunday at an off-campus party in Topeka, Kansas, where the school is located.Navarro Simmons says the family learned from detectives that his son and his son’s friend and teammate, cornerback Corey Ballentine, were about to leave the party when a vehicle pulled up. He says the people inside asked a question and then started shooting.The university says Ballentine is expected to make a full recovery. The Giants drafted him in the sixth round on Saturday.____8:20 a.m.No arrests have been made in a Kansas shooting that killed a Washburn University football player and wounded a former player who was drafted by the New York Giants just hours earlier.Police in Topeka, where the university is located, say they have no new information to release early Monday, one day after officers found 23-year-old defensive back Dwane Simmons dead while investigating gunshots.Cornerback Corey Ballentine was wounded, but his injuries aren’t believed to be life-threatening. Ballentine was picked by the Giants on Saturday in the sixth round of the NFL draft.Police spokeswoman Gretchen Koenen said in an email that the shooting happened during a social gathering and that dozens of people were there at the time. Koenen says police are gathering witness statements.