Jarvis Landry recently revealed that Adam Gase, the formerMiami Dolphins head coach, traded him as a form of punishment. Gase would tell players in team meetings, “If you don’t want to play for Miami, I’ll send you to Cleveland,” calling it a place where careers go to fail.
Then the Dolphins called Jarvis Landry and officially told him he was going to Cleveland.
“Cleveland? What happened to Tennessee? What happened to Baltimore?” Landry said on theDeebo & Joe podcast. “It was one of those symbolic things, you know, like hey, like you don’t want to be with us. F–k you.”
Jarvis Landry
Jacksonville Jaguars Head Coach Doug Pederson looks on as Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Jarvis Landry (6) pulls in a ball during Friday’s rookie minicamp session. The Jacksonville Jaguars held their first day of rookie minicamp inside the covered field at the Jaguars performance facility in Jacksonville, Florida Friday, May 10, 2024.
The Dolphins drafted Landry in the second round in 2014, 63rd overall. He developed into a five-time Pro Bowl receiver who played four seasons for Miami and left with 400 receptions, 4,038 yards, and 22 touchdowns, leading the NFL with 112 catches in 2017.
When the front office placed the non-exclusive franchise tag on him and Landry pushed for a longer deal, Tennessee and Baltimore emerged as potential trade partners. The Dolphins sent him to Cleveland anyway, taking the old threat literally.
Jarvis Landry showed the Dolphins loyalty instead of holding out and still got sent off to Cleveland 👀 @jharrison9292 | @joehaden23 | @God_Son80 | #DeeboAndJoe pic.twitter.com/H8cVK1nxHk
— Deebo & Joe (@deeboandjoe) April 10, 2026
The Browns had won one game in their previous 32. In Landry’s first season, they went 7-8-1. Over his four years with the club, Cleveland won 32 games, the most in any four-year stretch since 1986-89, and won a postseason game for the first time since the 1994 season.
The cultural shift started before the wins arrived. In August 2018, Hard Knocks filmed Landry delivering a profanity-filled speech in the receivers room that became the defining image of Cleveland’s rebuild. He explained his approach afterward.
“When I talk, it takes a lot before it comes out,” Landrytold NFL Films. “But at the same time, I try to talk with the best interest of the team, not just myself.”
This moment turned into one of the most memorable scenes in the history of HBO’s “Hard Knocks”.
Jarvis Landry still carries a grudge against Chad Henne
The postseason win Landry helped deliver in January 2021 ended the following week in Kansas City. Backup quarterback Chad Henne replaced an injured Patrick Mahomes in the third quarter and completed a fourth-and-1 pass to Tyreek Hill with just over a minute remaining to seal a 22-17 Chiefs victory.
“I got beef with this guy,” Landry said of Henne on his4th and South podcast. “Chad Henne really crushed my dreams.”
“I got beef with this guy. This man, Cold Chad Henne, came off the bench
bro, and crushed my dreams.”
Jarvis Landry breaks down his 22-17 playoff loss to the Chad Henne led Kansas City Chiefs.
Incredible watch via @God_Son80 and @_fournette on the @4thAndSouthPod pic.twitter.com/JZrzVY6FOD
— SleeperChiefs (@SleeperChiefsKC) March 21, 2026
The Dolphins sent Landry to Cleveland to bury his career. He spent four years there winning playoff games and reshaping a franchise that had been losing for a generation. He has not forgotten what they thought of him when they made the call.