Quote:I don't see the "No Trade" affecting the Browns decision.  Mack and his agent knew the likelyhood of Browns matching were good and IF Mack wants nothing to do with the Browns, why would he care about a "No Trade"?    If he wanted out, he'd wouldn't care and can get out in year 3.   I think the clause was about stability and protection from the Jags trading him and not Browns.  Year 3 is what the Browns have to maul over for a bit. 

 

No, if the Browns decided next year that they wanted to trade him before his contract is up then now they cannot. It is there ONLY to force the Browns to give Mack all of his money. 26 million dollars. To a center. Interesting that you guys seem to value the center position so highly as Mack is going to be the highest paid center of all time. Think about that for a second. The Browns have no outs in this, they have no way of getting money back, and that is why it will be hard for them to match. 

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