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  • The Cleveland FO strikes again

    No. 1: Browns pulling offer to Mitchell Schwartz

    The Browns could have kept right tackle Mitchell Schwartz. Instead, the Chiefs have him at a lower price per year.

    Schwartz wanted to stay in Cleveland, according to Cleveland.com. Before the NFL Scouting Combine, the Browns made an offer of about $7 million per year. Schwartz was ready to accept that offer just before the free-agency signing period, only to find out that the Browns pulled the offer because he dared to test his value on the open market.

    So the Chiefs signed Schwartz to a five-year, $33 million contract and the Browns lost Schwartz and center Alex Mack on the same day. Schwartz started all 64 games for the Browns at right tackle since he was drafted in the second round in 2012, and he didn’t allow a sack to eventual Super Bowl MVP Von Miller when the Browns faced the Broncos in 2015.
    "Hey Giants, who's your Daddy?"

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    Being a Browns fans would be real tough
    We're looking for people that are fundamentally different,” vice president of player personnel Andy Weidl said Saturday night. “The love and passion for football, it's non-negotiable. They're caring, their character, they do the right thing persistently, and they have a relentless playing style that you can see on tape. The motor, it burns hot. You see them finishing plays. They have a team-first mentality. They're selfless individuals.

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    • #3
      Did the Browns secretly bring back Joe Banner? This sounds like a move he would make!
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      • #4
        When a team is owned by a sleazy crook that shamelessly stole from his customers it kinda follows that that Front Office of the team will be sleazy as well.

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        • #5
          They sucked and could afford to loose anyone, yet they have lost, arguably, the most in FA. Nobody to run, catch, throw or block and no plan in place to close the gap. The owner will make millions sucking. That should not be allowed. How do they hit the minimum with no expensive QB, WR, OL, DL or DB?

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          • #6
            It's always an interesting game. Players want to test the market, but teams also want some certainty there. If they can sign their own before free agency starts, that helps -- so you do want there to be a risk for a player for not accepting a deal before then, to give the team some leverage. Pulling offers is one way to do that.

            Free agency can be rather frenetic that first day or so -- probably part of why we have the legal tampering period, to spread that out a bit. If the Browns don't think that a player wants to come back (as reports recently suggest that many Browns players simply want to get out after four years, no matter what) then you have to start focusing elsewhere on other targets, which means you may no longer have the budget for a guy.

            You'd hope though that you would keep a door open to a player, if you don't find a replacement right away. Especially one at a position like that.

            It's a hard situation -- you wonder, after what happened in Denver, if Bradford wishes he had ended up testing free agency. (His agent may have had marching orders to make a return to Philly happen, in which case he milked the Eagles as best he could, and did pretty well.)

            Nolan Carroll might be in a similar position -- the Eagles were reportedly negotiating with him, but he wanted to test free agency obviously. The Eagles then went and spent on a couple of other cornerbacks (one is more of a ST player I think). So, it's not clear the Eagles have the same cap room they did before, and Carroll may not have the same offer anymore if he does find there isn't much of a market for him.

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            • #7
              The Pirates did it for years too, right after the folks of Pa paid for their stadium
              We're looking for people that are fundamentally different,” vice president of player personnel Andy Weidl said Saturday night. “The love and passion for football, it's non-negotiable. They're caring, their character, they do the right thing persistently, and they have a relentless playing style that you can see on tape. The motor, it burns hot. You see them finishing plays. They have a team-first mentality. They're selfless individuals.

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