The Facts: The Browns have offered Crowell a second-round tender worth $2.81 million, a league source has told cleveland.com. Talks between the Browns and Crowell's agents heated up during the season. In December, Browns coach Hue Jackson called Crowell "a key to our future."

Diehards Line: Crowell is a restricted free agent, meaning the Browns can tender him and will then have a chance to match any offer. He could have received a first-round tender, second-round tender or a low tender. The higher the tender, the more he'll be paid if he plays it out. In the case of a second-round tender, the Browns would receive a second-round pick from the new team if they don't match the offer. Crowell, an undrafted free agent in 2014, came just 48 yards shy of his first 1,000-yard season, and would've achieved the milestone easily had the Browns not fallen behind so much and scrapped the run. In six games, Crowell had 10 carries or fewer.