Pryor: 'I do love being with the Browns'

The Cleveland Browns' top offensive weapon is slated to hit the open market, and while one might assume such a desirable asset would relish the opportunity to leave the team after a 1-15 year, that assumption would be erroneous.

Impending free-agent receiver Terrelle Pryor isn't necessarily ready to leave after spending the past three seasons in Ohio.

"I do love being with the Browns and, like I said before, this thing isn't about joining a different team because a different team's good," Pryor told Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer last week.

Pryor may feel a certain amount of loyalty to the Browns organization.

A quarterback in college, Pryor had to wait to be selected in the supplemental draft in 2011 and has since been traded, waived, and released at different junctures of his career.

He was waived by the Browns in 2015, but re-signed with the team in December of that year. Since, he's transformed into their biggest playmaker. Pryor recorded a 1,000-yard season and four touchdowns in 2016.

His individual success didn't translate to team wins, but Pryor would like to see the rebuilding project to the end.

"I have no problem with, just because we were 1-15 or whatever this year, coming back," he said. "I don't mind starting fresh next year and continuing to grow, because I think it's more exciting when you're on the bottom. I'm always citing starting from the bottom and getting to the top, and I think it's a greater feeling and it would be great to give Cleveland what they're looking for."

Pryor could be a candidate for the Browns' franchise tag. The team has until March 1 to use the designation, if they choose to do so, though a source told Cabot that the Browns will only use the tag if they can't reach a long-term deal.