The Buccaneers didn’t want to pay veteran defensive tackle Gerald McCoy $13 million

in 2019. More importantly https://www.brownsfanshop.com/Damarious-Randall-Jersey , no one else wanted to trade for McCoy’s contract.And that’s often the impetus for a trade. Yes, the new team wants the player. But the new team also prefers to surrender a draft pick or a player for the contract, in lieu of potentially having to pay even more in an open competition if/when the player is released.The fact that the Bucs couldn’t find a trade partner for McCoy means that no one wanted to give up anything of value for the privilege of getting McCoy at $13 million in compensation this season. Which suggests that McCoy, on the open market, will have a hard time getting to that number.The Browns are the only team that had been linked to McCoy before he was released; if another team had been considering a trade for McCoy, that news surely would have emerged, if for no reason other than to create a real market for McCoy’s services — and ultimately to spark a deal.That’s not to say there aren’t other interested teams, but if it were believed that McCoy would be a guy who commands significant dollars if available in free agency (, more than the $13 million he was due to make in 2019), the Bucs should have been able to trade him Darren Fells Jersey , somewhere.Spitballs regarding potentially interested teams already have emerged, likely pushed by the McCoy camp in order to spark a market for his services. Still, the Browns continue to be the only team that had been linked to McCoy. And without a second team to drive up the price, McCoy will have a hard time approaching the money he was due to make in 2019 from Tampa — especially with multiple other veteran defensive linemen still available to be signed.If McCoy somehow matches or surpasses it, the message will be that the Bucs bungled what should have been an ideal situation to trade not just the player but the contract. BALTIMORE (3-1) at CLEVELAND (1-2-1)Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBSOPENING LINE — Baltimore by 1 ½RECORD VS. SPREAD — Baltimore 3-1, Cleveland 3-1SERIES RECORD — Ravens lead 29-9LAST MEETING — Ravens beat Browns 17-10, Dec. 17, 2017LAST WEEK — Ravens beat Steelers 26-14; Browns lost to Raiders 45-42 T. J. Carrie Color Rush Jersey , OTAP PRO32 RANKING — Ravens No. 5, Browns No. 23RAVENS OFFENSE — OVERALL (10), RUSH (23), PASS (8).RAVENS DEFENSE — OVERALL (2), RUSH (4), PASS (4).BROWNS OFFENSE — OVERALL (19), RUSH (2), PASS (24).BROWNS DEFENSE — OVERALL (25), RUSH (23), PASS (24).STREAKS https://www.brownsfanshop.com , STATS AND NOTES — Ravens have allowed only nine points and no touchdowns in second half. … Baltimore has won five straight and 18 of past 20 meetings with Cleveland — all under coach John Harbaugh. … Baltimore hopes to have CB Jimmy Smith, who missed first four games serving NFL suspension for violating personal conduct policy. …. Smith’s return could end 164-game starting streak of CB Brandon Carr. … Ravens TE Hayden Hurst could make NFL debut Sunday. Top draft pick was out after foot surgery. … Baltimore WR John Brown ranks third in NFL with 22.5 yards per catch, has team-high three TD receptions. … Ravens QB Joe Flacco has eight TD passes, only two INTs. … Ravens have scored at least 20 points in 13 straight games, longest current run in NFL. … Baltimore allowing NFL-best 5.31 yards per passing attempt under first-year defensive coordinator Don Martindale. … Ravens allowing only 27.8 percent conversion rate on third downs, have stopped all three tries on fourth down. … Baltimore LB Terrell Suggs ranks 15th in NFL history with 128 sacks, 2½ his year. … Ravens K Justin Tucker owns 90.2 success rate on FGs, best in NFL history. Only miss this season was blocked. … Browns rookie QB Baker Mayfield makes second start, first at home. … Mayfield passed for 295 yards and two TDs last week, but had four turnovers (two picks Browns Customized Color Rush Jerseys , two fumbles). … QB Tyrod Taylor expected to back up Mayfield after being inactive last week with back injury. … Browns hope to get rookie RB Nick Chubb more touches. He had 105 yards on three carries last week, scoring on runs of 63, 41 yards. According to Elias, Chubb is first back out of 1,200 to rush for at least 100 yards and score twice on three carries or less. … Browns DE Myles Garrett has 4 1-2 sacks this season and 11 1-2 in 15 career games. He made career-best nine tackles last week. … Browns’ 13 takeaways lead league and match entire 2017 total. … Defense has also forced league-best 34 negative plays. … Browns last won consecutive home games in 2014. Fantasy tip: Browns RB Carlos Hyde has five TDs, is only back in league to score TD in each game. Hyde’s carries could be reduced if Chubb’s used more, but veteran still go-to guy inside red zone.