Quote:Browns fan here just sharing my two cents. I think lots of Browns fans wish we would have franchised Mack to start with to avoid all this angst. That being said things will play it over the nex few days. The report someone posted about a 2 yr 18-20 million in first 2 yrs would be an easy match for the Browns I think. They are already committed for for 10 mil this year and another 10 mil would be cheaper than a franchise tag next yr. As to next yrs contracts etc, the Brown are already top 5 for cap situations in 2015 so I think 10 mil while not desirable isn't a prohibitive sum to make them balk. I think at least they would do the deal even if Mack opts out after 2 yrs(if the contract rumors are true) to at least give them some time to fine a suitable replacement. I don't fault Mack for looking for better deals either due to finding his value or wanting a more stable situation. But I think Haslam learned a lesson the hard way and the blood letting is over for the forseeable future and I think Haslam will match to show the players he is committed to winning and willing to pay his top players.

 

If the Browns match, will see if they convince him into a contract extension, winning cures a lot of ills and that remains to be seen. The only way I could have seen the Browns not matching is if the contract was something where it was say 7-10 mil in yr 1 and maybe 15 mil or something like that in yr 2 with 30 mil guaranteed over the lifetime of the contract. That would make the Browns think harder. We will just have to see the contract details to see how difficult match would be in the next day or two.