CLEVELAND — As rookie wide receiver Isaiah Bond made his NFL preseason debut with the Browns on Aug. 23 in their 19-17 win over the Los Angeles Rams , general manager Andrew Berry spoke during the third quarter on News 5 Cleveland’s telecast and discussed why the franchise signed an undrafted free agent who had been accused of sexual assault.

“A big part of it is we have gotten to know Isaiah as a player, person over the past calendar year and then obviously done an enormous amount of work on his legal situation,” Berry said. “That’s something we never take lightly when a player is alleged to be involved in a situation like that.

“We got really comfortable doing our due diligence and our investigative work. We felt comfortable with the player just based on his time with [Brow

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