The Browns and quarterback Robert Griffin III will reboot together.
After hosting Griffin for a free-agent visit last weekend at team headquarters and publicly flirting with the idea of uniting with him this week during the NFL owners meetings, the Browns signed the second overall pick in the 2012 draft Thursday to a two-year contract reportedly worth $15 million with $6.75 million guaranteed, including a signing bonus of $3.5 million.
The marriage makes sense for at least one reason. The Browns are starting over in many ways — a new regime is attempting to overhaul the roster in the wake of a 3-13 season — and Griffin is doing the same after experiencing one of the most dramatic rises and falls in NFL history.