He was already due somewhere around $14m per year. Word is that he was asking for at least 10. For that, you need to be a starter and a starter for awhile in the future. He was better than he is now, making some teams think he's going downhill. Speaking as a Browns fan (I know, have a drink for me), we wouldn't entertain him because he's older, we have been desperately searching for a career QB for so many years it's not funny (see here, and it's not even updated yet:
http://dailysnark.com/infamous-brown...s-gets-update/ ), and it's just too much money that it would hurt the rest of the team, as we need all the help we can get on other parts of the field. Just my $.02.