Free agency will officially begin on March 10th at 4:00 PM ET. The players below will have their contracts expire if the Cleveland Browns do not do anything by March 10th:
Unrestricted Free Agent
- QB Brian Hoyer
- QB Tyler Thigpen
- WR Miles Austin
- WR Marlon Moore
- TE Jordan Cameron
- DL Ahtyba Rubin
- DL Sione Fua
- OLB Jabaal Sheard
- CB Buster Skrine
- S Jim Leonhard
Restricted Free Agent
These are for players who have at least three years of accrued service in the NFL (i.e. 6 games or more on the roster or IR). The Browns can choose to place a 1st round tender, 2nd round tender, or original round tender on each player. In 2014, the tenders were $3.113 million for the 1st round tender, $2.187 million for the 2nd round tender, and $1.431 million for original round tenders. These values will rise about 5-10%, per Over the Cap, once the 2015 salary cap is established. Another team can sign a player you place a tender on, but they would owe that team the corresponding draft pick. If these players are not tendered by the start of free agency, they revert to unrestricted free agents.
- TE Andre Smith
- NT Ishmaa'ily Kitchen
- ILB Craig Robertson
- S Tashaun Gipson
- S Johnson Bademosi
Exclusive-Rights Free Agent
The ERFA label applies to players who have less than three accrued seasons in the NFL (i.e. 6 games or more on the roster or IR). Under the ERFA rules, the Browns could offer these players a one-year tender worth $585,000, which is equivalent to the minimum salary for a player with two accrued seasons. If the Browns make an offer to an ERFA, no other team would be able to sign the player.
- RB Shaun Draughn
- LT Ryan Seymour
- P Spencer Lanning
Over the next several days, we will do a free agent review for each of these players, determining whether we feel they should be retained for the 2015 season. We will also conduct a poll on each player.