The Facts: Jimmy Haslam had some harsh words for Hunt, who admitted to police he would’ve failed a drug test during a traffic stop on Jan. 21st in Rocky River. “It’s not good," Haslam said after GM Andrew Berry’s introductory press conference Wednesday. “Kareem knows he’s got to do better. Kevin and Andrew have talked to him about it and I’ll just leave it at that. What he did is not acceptable; he’s got to do better."
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Hunt wasn’t charged with possession because he had less than a gram of marijuana in three locations in the car, and wasn’t charged with open container because the unsealed bottle of vodka was in a backpack on the back seat. But Patrolman Michael Asbury smelled weed in the car when he approached it, and also told Hunt that he smelled like alcohol, according to the dash cam obtained by cleveland.com. He didn’t breathalyze, him whoever, because he wasn’t slurring his words or stumbling. Haslam was asked if the Browns still want Hunt, who was suspended by the NFL the first eight games of last season for two separate physical altercations, including one involving a woman. “If Kareem can lay out and follow the expectations we've laid out for him,’’ he said sternly. Kevin Stefanski agreed that Hunt will have to toe the line. "I think every situation is different but certainly with any player we're going to have standards by how we behave when we're not in this building, when we are in this building,’’ he said. “So I think Kareem understands that, and we're going to move forward with him understanding where I stand on all those matters." Hunt is a restricted free agent this offseason, meaning it's highly likely he returns with the Browns in 2020, even with his off-field issue in January.