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Option 2 would be crazier by the day. Assuming Berry didn't offer something stupid low, Sheldon is going to be waiting until camps start, someone to get injured or completely be not what the team thought they were before they come knocking on his door. Then his chances narrow because in order to leverage that teams desperation for more $$ than what he was offered here the guy he's replacing would likely have to be a starter AND a team with enough cap room.

I'd still really like it if he chose Option 1.

Lol same here

I'm of the opinion that if a first-teamer goes down after the season starts, a team would just be looking for a body, not a high price tag.

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Yup.

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I don't see how you can get the Withers' conclusion from that list of moves. Not a single person on that list adds up to Richardson's impact for the Browns.

As opposed to another list of moves?

Whether or not the impact of signings is similar to Richardson is irrelevant. He wasn't coming back so they signed many guys to see who would stick.

-Clowney was brought in to play DE
-The prison guy hasn't played a down of football in years
-The Eagles guy started a whopping 1 game last year
-Marvin Wilson was a former late rounder, and we drafted a guy in the 4th

None of those things even comes close to replacing Richardson, and it jives with the reports earlier in the offseason that they wanted him back (at the right price). I'm bummed Richardson won't be back, but I applaud Berry and co. for sticking to their guns/system. I see a couple of people on that list as long-shots, so I'm hoping one pans out in a big way.

The disconnect is the above, I think. I don't think one signing replaces Richardson either, but that's not the point. It was to get $12M off the books and the Browns feel like they can get similar value with other players for cheaper. The bevy of signings I listed along with the other guys of Jackson, Billings, and Phillips on the interior tended to favor that direction.

Clowney possibly playing inside too lessened Richardson utility, maybe.

The question isn't really about what they're trying to do. I agree with what you're saying in that department and at this point that seems obvious.

The only real question is will it work? Considering who they've signed since Richardson left makes that a huge question.

So he took less than we offered? I thought we offered 4 mil?

He did, if the reports are correct. I think he saw our other signings (plus drafting Togiai) as a sign that he could possibly end up JAG in Cleveland. Besides the notion that he put his tail between his legs to come back. Now he's back in the NFC where there will be a whole new set of eyeballs on him as a FA next year.

Sounds like it based on previous reports. I guess Sheldon just wanted to move on.

I have to give our FO credit. They seem pretty dialed in when it comes to a players market worth.

We offered more than 4 million. So yes he took less to sign with the Vikings.

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Two predictions on Sheldon leaving:

The FO really likes Elliott and we will see why;

After he retires, Sheldon will say that his biggest regret was not re-signing with the Browns

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Stupid pride kept him from making more.

What a dipdong. Makes less money this year...leaves a playoff team...and will get cut again next year due to a stupid, unrealistic cap hit.

That may be true but feelings and ego can be big factors. I don't use these terms in anyway mean , just that everyone has feelings and ego.

Most people want to be wanted and the Browns cutting him and asking him back for less might be something many people would struggle with. Take football out of it, imagine you working for a company and they ask you to take a pay cut so they can hire your "replacement". Just saying that human feelings can factor and they don;t always make sense to others.

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You know, we've had discussions about whether you would work somewhere making less money where you feel happy or more money at a place you aren't happy. Many posters said if they could still make a decent living they would like to work somewhere they would be more happy because work takes up a large portion of your life.

Which sounds like a wonderful way of thinking. I guess, of course, that's until somebody else does it.

which makes me believe he'll come back here next year LOL

That 'model' is completely irrelevant to professional athletes.

Employees and business owners will likely work until they are 65+. If you are 40 and looking at another 25 years on the grind, you absolutely look to be happy...or happier...or not miserable...and money becomes less of a factor.

Professional athletes have 10 years - if they are lucky - to make their money that could/would/should last the rest of their lives...and maybe their children's lives. What happened to the 'ole..."I have to do the right thing for my family"..."I have to provide for my family"? The cliches we hear when a pro moves on from his team?

It's not like the situation where a vet is moving on due to age or salary cap and is looking for a shot with a playoff team. SR took less money...on a worse team...with the same nothingness guaranteed for 2022+

I'm sure his ego took a hit and that's perfectly normal. But where is the slight? The Browns offered him what appears to be 100% more than did any other team.

He needs/needed a friend to tell him that.

I don't know, I understand what you are saying, but people do come to a point where money isn't a driving factor.

Richardson has been paid a lot of money thus far in his career. If he is comfortable with whatever he already has in the way of "things" and has followed sound financial advice and has X $millions in savings, pride and principal could play a bigger role than you think.

Richardsons $3.5mil this season is about as much as a well paid board member will make in 30 years.