Quote:This I can agree with.  I'm sure there are players who get drafted to places they didn't want to play.  There were also players, including Donovin Darius, who repeatedly got franchised when they wanted to test the open market.

That's always going to be the case where players wind up with teams they don't want to be on.  However, in this situation, I think there's a better than average chance that the economics of this coupled with his wishes to get out of Cleveland will have some bearing here, particularly if the team has previously indicated they would take that into consideration.  The fact that the player is directly involved in crafting this contract in a way to force the Browns to pass on matching it speaks volumes.  We'll see how they handle this soon enough (once there's actually an offer sheet on the table).

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