Mychal Kendricks Signs Contract with Browns After Previously Denying Reports

Despite initially denying the reports, Mychal Kendricks will, in fact, be a member of the Cleveland Browns.

The linebacker's agent, Doug Hendrickson, took to Twitter on Monday night to announce the news, and the Browns also announced Kendricks' signing Tuesday morning:

Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com reported the deal is worth $5 million for one year.

On Sunday, NFL Network's Ian Rapoport tweeted that a deal was in replace. That report was vehemently denied by the free agent, via Chris Tomasson of the Pioneer Press: 

"No, it's not accurate. I don't know who the (expletive) said that. That (expletive) is (expletive). Whoever said that (expletive) is (expletive). That's all I have to say, man. I'm not really talking to anybody else about it. It's (expletive). I don't like people like that. I don't respect people like that. And that's all I have to say. Thank you."

Tomasson also noted that the veteran linebacker also hung up on him when asked about the situation.

Kendricks also told Derrick Gunn of NBC Philadelphia the report was "fake news":

To top it all off, he even went after Rapoport directly:

Well, as it turns out, Kendricks will be playing in The Land next season. Only the player (and his reps) and the team know when terms were agreed upon, but given Rapoport's track record, he isn't one to make things up or knowingly report "fake news."

A second-round pick in 2012, Kendricks spent the first six years of his career with the Philadelphia Eagles. He won a Super Bowl championship last season, when he piled up 77 combined tackles, two sacks and six passes defended. The 27-year-old was released by Philadelphia on May 22.

After becoming just the second 0-16 team in NFL history, the Browns have added Jarvis Landry, Carlos Hyde, Damarious Randall and T.J. Carrie, among other veterans. They also drafted Baker Mayfield, Denzel Ward and Nick Chubb in April's draft.