if it was me, I would just pose an offer sheet of the maximum of what i thought he was worth, if you want to get mack you will have to overpay especially with the transition tag and i think fans understand that and also understand the reasons why extreme overpaying is not the answer in the long run

if mack is happy with that my sheet it is up to the browns to match it which they probably will.

 

Either way I come out smelling of roses

all the fans know I've gone after a star player, the player wanted to come here and that I did everything within reason to get him, The tag makes it very difficult to get value on a player and if the browns match it, it has an effect on their cap situation and costs me nothing

 

if they don't match it, i get a probowler at a price i was willing to pay

i feel thats win win

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