Jared Verse’s family is from Dayton, Ohio, and his older sister still lives there and will be relatively close by, so the trade that sent Verse to the Cleveland Browns comes with benefits. But let’s not kid ourselves, going from the Los Angeles Rams to the Browns wasn’t welcomed news for Verse.”I was upset for a good little bit of time,” Verse revealed when he met with local reporters at the Browns’ facility on Wednesday.Understandable.EX-RAMS STAR JARED GOFF SAYS HE WAS BLINDSIDED BY TRADE TO LIONS: ‘REAL TASTE OF TRUE ADVERSITY’That’s because going from the Rams, a Super Bowl contender, to the Browns, a team contending to finish last in the AFC North, is not going to immediately feel awesome. It’s the proverbial trip from the penthouse to the outhouse.”Yeah, it caught me by surprise,” Verse continued. “I loved L.A. I loved the coaches, the organization, my teammates, everybody a part of it, the staff, the fans. You know, I loved the whole vibe of LA, Los Angeles, the Rams, and it was upsetting.”This is a player who shows no weakness on the field being vulnerable in front of strangers.And there really should be no judgment here because we get it. We’ve seen it before.Jared Goff helped the Rams get to a Super Bowl in February of 2019. So he thought he was building a life with that team. But two years later, he was traded to the Detroit Lions for older, more accomplished Matthew Stafford.It’s a blow to the ego.And like the Goff-Stafford deal, we’re talking about going from Gucci leather belts to the Rust Belt. Because Cleveland is a nice town and all, but the weather doesn’t compare with Los Angeles. And the vibe for a 25-year-old with a lot of money obviously isn’t the same, either.RAMS ADDING MYLES GARRETT AS PART OF BLOCKBUSTER TRADE AND SUPER BOWL PUSH FOR 2026 SEASONThen there are the prospects for the coming season. Verse was mentally prepared to run it back with a good team until this trade. The Rams had a 12-5 record last season and reached the NFC Championship game. The Browns were 5-12 and reached for a coaching change.But a duty, one supposes, of being a professional athlete is understanding that your team is your workplace. It’s your business, not your family.Many teams tell players they’re in a family but when was the last time a family traded a son or brother?Verse gets that now.”When you’re an athlete, you understand the nature of the business,” he said. “Everybody does what they think is best for their business, and that’s the situation that I’m in. I’m happy to be a part of the Browns. I’m happy that they believed in me and they were able to make that trade and bring me here, be with my teammates, be with everybody here.”And I truly do believe in everybody in the locker room. But it was upsetting at first. But then you got two choices: You can either work or you can give up, and I ain’t never been a quitter.”AARON DONALD MULLING COMING OUT OF RETIREMENT TO PLAY WITH MYLES GARRETT ON RAMSAn intriguing aspect of the Br
Jared Verse admits he was initially unhappy after being traded from the Rams to the Browns
