Wright leaves Cleveland for Detroit

Eric Wright is now a former Brown.
The cornerback will sign with the Lions, FOXSportsOhio.com learned late Thursday. Details of the deal are still unknown.
Wright said on his active and popular Twitter account @ithinkurwright earlier this week that he was signing off Twitter until he reached an agreement with a team. Though he didn't initially discuss it, he reappeared on Twitter early Friday morning wearing a Lions cap.
It's unclear how hard the Browns tried to re-sign Wright, who turned 26 last weekend and achieved unrestricted free agency as a four-year veteran through the new collective bargaining agreement. Wright struggled last season, especially against Anquan Boldin in an early loss at Baltimore, and was removed from the starting lineup late in the year following the emergence of rookie Joe Haden.
General manager Tom Heckert said after the season he didn't know why Wright struggled in his second year in Eric Mangini's defense. But he clearly wasn't the same player who had 7 interceptions in the previous two seasons combined and looked to be emerging as a top corner in a division that can't have enough of them.
The cornerback-needy Lions are hoping Wright can get back on track and make more plays like the 94-yard touchdown interception return that punctuated the Browns' Monday night upset of the then-defending Super Bowl champion Giants in 2008. His departure officially makes the Browns cornerback-needy as well. Besides Haden, they'll enter camp with 32-year old Sheldon Brown, fifth-round rookie Buster Skrine and a bunch of journeymen at the position.
The Browns did add Usama Young, formerly of the Saints, on Thursday. Young probably fits best at free safety in Cleveland, though both Young and returning safety Mike Adams have both corner and safety experience. Two-year starting safety Abe Elam will also go elsewhere via free agency.
Wright came to the Browns as part of what was, at the time, the most exciting draft day in the history of the "new" franchise in 2007. Joe Thomas was selected at No. 3 overall, and then-GM Phil Savage traded back into the first round to select Brady Quinn then traded up again in the second to get Wright.
He became an immediate starter and started 55 games in four years with the Browns, recording 9 interceptions.

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