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Great news. Clowney getting closer? Does this give us a better chance at him?

My guess is that they wouldnn't pay what Clowney wants and keep Vernon as a backup at $11M. But I could be wrong. My thinking is they decided to go this route with the restructuring and pencil Vernon as the starter for 2020.

I suppose in my mind was if they signed Clowney they would release Vernon and his non-quaranteed contract. Now that his revised one is fully guaranteed, it limits player moves to a degree.

I wonder if this means, however, getting someone even cheaper like Everson Griffin to then be in a rotation with the newly acquired Adrian Clayborn as well.

...was there much of a chance of us tagging him next year? Seems a strange thing to set off with "especially," to me.

Vernon's restructuring most likely means no Jadeveon Clowney for the #Browns. He wants more than they're willing to pay and is taking his time deciding what he wants. Vernon has been great all offseason and the #Browns rewarded him.

It's a good move for both sides. We need good players on D period. We have Lamar in our division and K.C. and Patrick to deal with. If we expect to make the playoffs and go deep these will be 2 of the toughest QB's we will have to face. We need to build our roster accordingly.

I’d sign Clooney myself, but I think this moves makes that more unlikely.

I’d say Vernon may have been cut if he wouldn’t have restructured ... and we get to keep him at a lower cost

I would still sign Clowney.

I don't think so. My belief is that if we signed Clowney then Vernon would be cut freeing up his $15 million to pay for him. Vernon and his agent say that coming and realized that on the free market he would likely not get what he agreed to in the guaranteed monies.

Vernon just locked up that roster spot. I think this closes the door on Clowney

Can we get him for lower than $11M guaranteed?

No. But I would still sign him. We have the cap space (although I don't expect the cap to go up exponentially like I thought it would before COVID-19).



I'd sign him as well, and I agree, COVID is going to change the cap for a while. If teams aren't bringing in money, the cap isn't going up.

If managed correctly we should be able to sign all of the guys we need to sign and still spend on guys like Clowney.

it seems like Vernon is betting on himself a lot with the no tag clause.

A good move for both parties. The Clowney discussion seems to be pretty much over now.

I think the fact Clowney is going on his third team might say a lot about what previous organizations think of him. I believe he might have a motivation problem.

I also think that he is a luxury we don’t need.