Agents to NFL Players: Avoid Browns Thursday, September 17, 2009

Mike Florio reports that agents are now telling their players not to sign with the Browns as free agents.

One agent went as far as to say that they'd put their players on another team's practice squad before putting them on the Browns roster.

This isn't surprising. A forced 10-hour bus ride for rookies, a jerk of a head coach, lots of losing, living in Cleveland, and a suspicious number of staph infections would cause me to steer players away from the Browns, too.

What's interesting is that this has leaked out. You don't often get these kinds of tidbits. I've always assumed NFL players will always follow the money. In fact it could be that a couple disgruntled agents contacted Florio about this, but most don't care.

All I can say is, it's good to be a Steeler fan, where players (James Harrison, Max Starks, Chris Kemoeatu) take less than market value to remain a Steeler. Mangini really needs the win this week in Denver.