By Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Dez Bryant's visit with the Browns ended late Friday morning, but the two sides will continue to talk, a league source told cleveland.com.
Bryant and his agent, Kim Miale of Roc Nation arrived in Cleveland on Thursday afternoon and stayed through Friday morning. A league source told cleveland.com that Miale and Browns GM John Dorsey spoke again on Friday morning and the two sides will continue their discussions.
Bryant was excited about the visit, which included time spent at the Browns facility on Thursday and dinner that night. Likewise, the Browns were impressed with him, but it was more a chance for the two sides to get acquainted and see if it was a fit.
One league source told cleveland.com early Friday morning that a deal was not expected today.
The Browns host the Bills tonight at FirstEnergy Stadium.
During the visit to the Browns' facility, Bryant stopped by the Browns' in-house radio studio and made a surprise appearance on Cleveland Browns Daily.
"I'm happy to be here, you know excited, you know just trying to work out some things,'' Bryant said.
Bryant added that "it's a lovely place.''
When host Nathan Zegura observed that Bryant looked good in orange at Oklahoma State, he said, "yeah, I did. I'd still look good in the brown. We'll see."
Bryant became intrigued by the Browns during the premiere episode of Hard Knocks, which may have helped inspire him to make the visit. He tweeted that Jarvis Landry's speech about toughness and no days off gave him chills, and it provides a peek behind the Browns' curtain.
Bryant has also had Browns player such as Tyrod Taylor and Baker Mayfield saying how much they'd love to have him.
"That would be awesome,'' Taylor said last week. "I've said this before. We know what type of talent Dez brings to the football field. He's been a very, very good player in his time throughout this league and he adds talent to the wide receiver room.
"I hope it can get done, but like I said that's up to management. I definitely think he could help this team."
Mayfield, a Texas native, also said early in camp that he'd love to add the three-time Pro Bowler.
"We have talent in that room so we're expecting somebody to step up, but obviously any time you talk about bringing in a guy like that from Texas, that's pretty exciting,'' Mayfield said. "He's a good player and so we'll see what happens but for now, we're good with what we have."
Dorsey has also praised Bryant.
"I look at Dez as a very competitive, passionate person,'' he said. "That's how I look at a Dez Bryant."
If things continue to progress, he could be looking at him a lot more.
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