Cleveland and NFL sources told NFP this week that a secondary factor in the decision to trade Richardson to the Colts was a concern that the second-year veteran, they felt, had some outside distractions that the Browns suggested needed addressed. Nothing sinister, mind you, just a need to perhaps rid himself of some hangers-on and family members who were perhaps a bit too close to him. Source: National Football Post 86WARD's Take: Combine this with the teams "new model" and Richardson just didn't fit in with the Cleveland Organization.
