{"id":784589,"date":"2026-03-01T15:29:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T15:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/784589\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T15:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T15:29:13","slug":"browns-nfl-free-agency-rumor-qb-option-unlikely-for-cleveland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/784589\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns NFL free agency rumor: QB option unlikely for Cleveland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">Expect at least two and possibly several teams to be involved on Willis. \u201cMiami is definitely in,\u201d a source said. Arizona is combing the market, too, but it doesn\u2019t seem likely that Willis will end up in Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As noted in the ESPN piece, many believe Willis\u2019 ability to run the ball could be a game-changer, but he\u2019s also only had 74 rushing attempts in his career, and a quarterback\u2019s value is primarily in their arm, with their rushing ability an added bonus.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Willis also has a chance to be picky in his process, with at least two teams likely to offer him over $20 million a year. After his struggles with the Tennessee Titans, Willis may not want to join another franchise mired in losing. Willis would have a higher level of comfort with the Dolphins (former Packers DC Jeff Hafley is now the head coach in Miami) and Cardinals (brother of Packers HC Matt LaFleur, Mike, is the new head coach there).<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Are you surprised that the Browns are not a landing spot for Willis? Should the team offer him closer to $30 million to come to Cleveland or stick with their current options?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Share your thoughts with us in the comment section below<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Expect at least two and possibly several teams to be involved on Willis. \u201cMiami is definitely in,\u201d a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":736485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,52261,3295,2337,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-784589","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-cleveland-browns-rumors","12":"tag-cleveland-browns-free-agency","13":"tag-clevelandbrowns","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116154634785791532","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/736485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}