Joe Haden brings down Odell Beckham Jr. and figures to find a home with a new team soon.

A day after a report Tuesday that the Cleveland Browns were aggressively trying to trade cornerback Joe Haden, the team announced Wednesday morning that it had cut him, a “wow” move that has general managers around the league taking notice.

“We want to thank Joe for all he has done for this organization both on and off the field,” Sashi Brown, the team’s executive vice president of football operations, said in a statement .

So why is Haden, a two-time Pro Bowl selection who was a first-round draft pick (seventh overall) in 2010, suddenly unemployed, then?

The NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo reports that Haden had collected about half of the five-year, $68 million extension he signed in 2014.