NFL Notes: Browns, Jaguars, & Jets

Browns

• Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com mentions that new Browns HC Hue Jackson came away impressed with Ohio State WR Braxton Miller at the Senior Bowl.
• Cabot isn’t ruling out the Browns considering him in this year’s draft, possibly at No. 32 overall, should he be available to them at that point.
• According to Cabot, there’s a good chance veteran WR Dwayne Bowe isn’t back with the team in 2016.
• Cabot isn’t sure if they’ll consider moving on from former first-round pick CB Justin Gilbert, considering that he’d count $7,583,433 against the cap next season if they were to release him.
• In regards to free agent targets, Cabot suggests Bengals WRs Marvin Jones and Mohamed Sanu, who played for Jackson in Cincinnati.
• Cabot thinks the Browns should focus on re-signing their own free agents like RT Mitchell Schwartz, WR Travis Benjamin, and S Tashaun Gipson before considering quarterback options such as Sam Bradford or Brock Osweiler.

Jaguars

• According to Ryan O’Halloran, the Jaguars are committed to RT Jermey Parnell and LT Luke Joeckel being their starting tackles.
• With this in mind, O’Halloran doesn’t see them landing a “starter-quality” free agent at the position.

Jets

Seth Walder of the New York Daily News ranks the Jets’ impending free agents by priority for the team to re-sign.

• No. 1 on the list is QB Ryan Fitzpatick, whom Walder expects to be back with the Jets next year. Walder suggests Nick Foles‘ Nick Foles, who received about $13.8 million in guarantees on a two-year extension that included $13.8 million in guarantees.
• Walder has DE Muhammad Wilkerson No. 2 on the list, and expects him to be franchised in the coming weeks.
• According to Walder, DT Damon Harrison appears to be a personal favorite of HC Todd Bowles‘. Walder believes Harrison could be retained at around $4.5 million per year.
• Walder has RB Chris Ivory as the highest-priority free agent likely to be playing elsewhere in 2016.
• Conversely, Walder expects RB Bilal Powell to be the most likely of their current running backs to return.