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Longtime NFL reporter believes Browns and Steelers are behind Packers in J.J. Watt sweepstakes

Former ESPN TV personality John Clayton, now with ESPN radio in Seattle, says three teams (maybe four) have emerged at the forefront of the J.J. Watt sweepstakes, including the Green Bay Packers. Notably absent from his list are Pittsburgh, home to Watt's brothers Derek and T.J., and Cleveland, a destination to which he'd previously been linked.

Update: Clayton later clarified that his list wasn't a collection of finalists, just frontrunners.

Watt, the Wisconsin native released by the Houston Texans earlier this month, has been having fun with the free-agency process. His tweet about ... mitochondria?