NFL Notes: Browns, Buccaneers, Cardinals, Cowboys, & Packers

Browns

Peter King of MMQB.com writes that the it’s unlikely the Browns would be willing to trade something of value for QB Sam Bradford and still pay him $14 million next year when he could reach free agency after the season.

Even so, King offers an idea of what a Bradford trade to Cleveland could look like:

The trade could look something like this: The Browns send St. Louis a 2016 draft choice or choices that would be based on how durable Bradford is or how well he plays in 2015, or both. For example, the Browns could trade a third-round pick that would become a second-round pick if Bradford had 14 starts or more, and would become a first-round pick if Bradford reached certain performance benchmarks. The Rams are almost certainly taking a quarterback high in this draft anyway and could be looking at the last year of Bradford as a Ram. Given all that, however, Bradford does represent St. Louis’ best chance to win in 2015, so Cleveland would have to pony up a very serious offer for the Rams to even think of it.

Buccaneers

• After hearing Buccaneers GM Jason Licht and HC Lovie Smith talk at the Combine, Pat Yasinskas is getting the impression that they are “leaning strongly” towards taking Jameis Winston at No. 1 overall.

Cardinals

• Cardinals GM Steve Keim said he wants RB Andre Ellington to get “bigger and stronger” in the weight room this offseason. (ArizonaSports.com)

Cowboys

• Jerry Jones is operating under the assumption QB Tony Romo has a five-year window left.

“I feel very comfortable, to the main part of your question, with a five-year timeframe. I feel very comfortable with that,” Jones said this past weekend, via DallasCowboys.com. “When I say comfortable: I’m ready to make decisions based on him being our quarterback that far into the future.”

Packers

• Pete Dougherty of the Green Bay Press Gazette lists Seahawks GM John Schneider, packers VP of football operations Russ Ball, Chiefs GM John Dorsey, Packers director of player personnel Eliot Wolf, and Packers senior personnel executive Alonzo Highsmith as potential replacements for Ted Thompson when he’s ready to retire.
• Dougherty points out that Schneider has a clause in his contract that allows him to leave Seattle to become the Packers’ GM.