Josh Cribbs tells Browns he wants a new deal

CLEVELAND (AP) — Browns wide receiver and return specialist Josh Cribbs is not attending Cleveland’s voluntary minicamp as he tries to get the team to renegotiate his contract.

Cribbs, who has four years remaining on a six-year, $6.7 million contract he signed in 2006, wants a new deal. and his agent said the club’s previous management team made promises to renegotiate with the former Pro Bowler.

The Browns said in a statement that “no one from the current Browns organization, including owner Randy Lerner, has ever made any promises to Josh Cribbs with regard to his contract status.”

Browns coach Eric Mangini is expected to comment on Cribbs’ situation Thursday, the final day of the minicamp and the only one open to media.