Quote:That doesn't make much sense at all.

 

They did not hesitate to match the Jaguars' offer.

 

If it's that bad to where they'd simply have to dump it a couple of months later-before even the regular season starts- they were fools to sign it in the first place.

 

They would have been better off letting him walk and letting the league award them draft choice compensation and addressing the position in the draft rather than signing a deal they knew would wreck their salary structure.

 

Right this doesn't make sense for them. If Cecil was an elite player, maybe. That Cecil has his own contract situation coming up further makes this a bad deal for the Browns.

 

They are basically going to eat Mack's signing bonus just so they can resign Cecil and eat his too.

 

I wonder if there's some provision in the NFL's CBA as well. In the case of the NBA, once a team matches an offer, that player cannot be traded to the team who gave the initial offer sheet.

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