Browns outside linebacker Barkevious Mingo isn’t happy about his playing time. Neither is his agent, Jeff Guerriero.
"[Mingo] is an impact player,” Guerriero told Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com Thursday. “[He] needs to be on the field. It’s that simple.”
His definition of “impact player” is interesting. So, too, is the the No. 6 overall pick in the 2013 draft speaking up this week.
Mingo played four snaps last week in the Browns’ overtime win at Baltimore.
“I try to be a team player,” Mingo said. “I do what they ask me to do to the best of my ability.”
Asked if he would consider asking for a trade before next month’s trade deadline, Mingo said “I don’t think it’s there yet, but I’m a team player and I’m here to do whatever I can do to help the team win. That is the role I’m playing right now.”
Mingo has no sacks this season. He had five as a rookie and two last season.
It’s hard to imagine there would be much of a trade market for Mingo. It’s harder to imagine the Browns, who are already thin at the position, wanting to move him. With former practice squad player turned starter Scott Solomon out for the year, we’ll see over the next few weeks if Mingo gets more of a chance to show what kind of impact he can make.