Quote:You're welcome, but the question remains, why did we have to do this for you?   What did we do that you could not have done yourself?  

Browns Owner Jimmy Haslem Fired and Reorganized Front office getting rid of President and Asst GM

 

New GM, Owner, Coach Team President and a couple of ball boys I think <tic>went out to the west coast to visit Mack on a last minute push to get Mack to sign a long term deal.

 

Mack was determined to test free agency. Business is Business. He also was unsure aboutthe stability of the front office and coaching situations.

 

Browns GM Farmer applied Transition Tag instead of Franchise Tag which would have cost the Browns more and no other team would have paid the price for it.

 

It allowed Mack to go out and seek his own deal, set his price and the Browns could Match it. It was Risky to let some other team set the price but it was the only way to retain him.

 

Now they have 2 years to show him/ convince him to stay or Get another center here in the next year or 2 and groom him as the replacement.

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