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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
Nope, it happened as I described. You can find the story on NFL.com and on Geoff Schwartz Twitter feed if you're so inclined.
Browns fans were dissing Schwartz and his agent on Geoff's Twitter feed because he turned down more money to leave the Browns, lol.
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https://www.cleveland.com/browns/201...tchell_sc.html
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1. Mitchell Schwartz: The Browns made Schwartz an offer shortly before the NFL Combine that was far below what he felt he could get on the open market. Sources said it was somewhere in the $7 million-a-year range. His agent, Deryk Gilmore, told the Browns that the former second-round pick would test free agency. Schwartz' goal was about $8 million to $10 million a year, taking into account the growing importance of the position against the Von Millers of the world. When Schwartz opted to test the market, the Browns assumed he was gone and turned their attention to other players.
But Gilmore told cleveland.com Thursday that Schwartz wanted to return to Cleveland and wishes he could've stayed. His fiancee is from here, he purchased a house here and he's entrenched in the community. After testing the market, which wasn't good for right tackles, Schwartz went back to the Browns in the hours before free agency and ultimately planned to accept their pre-combine offer. But they were informed by Cleveland that the offer no longer stood, at least not at $7 million a year. It may have been posturing on the Browns' part, but any hopes of reaching a deal were apparently dashed when NFL Network reported Wednesday morning that the Browns had pulled their offer.
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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
Martinas Rankin looked very solid last year in limited duty and he should be a very solid piece moving forward.
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Maybe
I'm not making the case that going Guard is the best move, which isn't the case. I'm just preparing myself for it happening because I just won't be surprised if they take a lineman of some sort is all.