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Cleveland Browns aren't willing to give Rams their No. 22 at this point

CLEVELAND -- The Browns aren't willing to surrender their No. 22 pick at this point as part of a trade package to move up to No. 2 with the Rams to draft Robert Griffin III, league sources told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

The paper reported that Rams would like to have an agreement in principle before the big-name free agent quarterbacks such as Peyton Manning and Matt Flynn hit the market March 13. A trade can't be executed until that day.

Although the Browns (No.4) and Redskins (No. 6) are still considered the front-runners, the Browns are unwilling to part with their second first-round pick along with the No. 4 overall, the sources said. The Browns acquired the No. 22 in last year's draft day trade with the Falcons.

The league source cautioned that any trade information leaking out at this time of year must be taken with a grain of salt.

Jim Thomas of The Post-Dispatch reported that in addition to the Browns being unwilling to give up their No. 22 right now:

• The Redskins would give up their No. 6 this year and their first-rounder next year, but aren't willing to surrender a second-round pick this year.

• The Dolphins (No. 8) aren't eager to deal with the Rams after losing Jeff Fisher to them in the head coach sweepstakes. Sources told Thomas this option is currently dead in the water.

• The Seahawks (No. 12) aren't a viable option because the Rams don't want to ship RG3 to a division rival. Same for Arizona, which picks 13th.

The Rams know that the value of the pick could decrease if interested teams sign a veteran quarterback. In addition to Manning, who's been linked to the Redskins, and Flynn, linked to the Dolphins, Raiders quarterback Jason Campbell is expected to hit the open market.

Browns coach Pat Shurmur re-iterated at the Greater Cleveland Auto Show at the I-X Center Thursday night that anything is possible with the first-round picks.

"We have some flexibility," he said. "We have a lot of picks, and a lot of the experts think that they might be valuable, so we'll see. I think we need to approach this thing from a position of strength and do what we can to make our roster better."

He said the Browns are still gathering information on RG3, but that the team was impressed with him during their 15-minute interview at the NFL Combine. With the new rookie wage scale, the Browns would only have to pay Griffin about $22 million over four years, a far cry from the five-year, $68 million deal former No. 2 pick Ndamukong Suh signed with Detroit under the old CBA.

"I thought the meeting [with RG3] went well," said Shurmur. "A very sharp, very well-spoken young man. Everybody knows how accomplished he was on the field. Again, it was a 15-minute meeting, so you had a chance to interact with him. You try to get a lot out of that, and I think we learned a lot -- just like we did with all the other players. But we've still got to do more work."

If the Browns decide they don't want to sacrifice multiple high picks, they'll consider Texas A&M quarterback Ryan Tannehill, who may now go in the top 10, according to NFL Network's Mike Mayock.

"I was equally impressed with Ryan," Shurmur said. "Very intelligent young man. Did a nice job in the interview. It's important in the interview that they're able to talk about what they did when we watch their film, and I thought he did a very nice job of that. He was very productive this year after being a receiver. He played receiver for 30 games and quarterback for 21. That's not always easy to do."

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