What It Means:

Cousins would fill an obvious need for Cleveland, but Cabot still considers the Browns an unlikely match for Cousins since he wants to "win right away." The Browns own the first and fourth overall picks in the 2018 Draft and are almost certain to target a quarterback with one of them. Cousins should command up to $30 million annually on the open market, so the Browns could make an offer – given their more than $110 million in available cap room – if Cousins was amenable to the idea.

Cousins turned in the 20th-most Passing Net Expected Points (NEP) per drop back among the 35 quarterbacks to top 200 drop backs in 2017. His 0.06 Passing NEP per drop back was the lowest mark of his career since 2013.