Kurt Warner has some good advice for Browns QB Brock Osweiler

The Cleveland Browns are not planning to keep quarterback Brock Osweiler and former QB Kurt Warner has some advice for what comes next.

New Cleveland Browns quarterback Brock Osweiler may only be passing through town after the Browns acquired him in a trade from the Houston Texans as the Browns are expected to trade or release him as soon as possible.

It is quite a change for the five-year veteran, who at this time last year was the latest hot backup that teams needing a quarterback “had to sign” as a free agent.

Now he is temporarily facing an uncertain future. The Texans, who took the bait in 2016 and signed Osweiler to a free agent contract with $37 million in guaranteed money, grew tired of him after just one season. The Browns, who still need a starting quarterback, don’t seem inclined to let “quarterback whisperer” Hue Jackson work his magic on the former second-round pick.

Former quarterback Kurt Warner, whose own career hit the highs (three Super Bowl appearances and one win) and the lows (a failed stint with the New York Giants), offered some career advice to Osweiler in the event that the Browns can’t find a trade partner and simply release him.

Warner’s advice? Don’t be in a rush to sign with the first team that gives Osweiler a call. Warner spoke to ESPN during a charity event Saturday in Arizona:

"“You just have to step back and take a deep breath, and then find the best situation for you. I think that’s one of the hardest things when it comes to free agency or when you get released. It’s so easy to go, ‘I’m going to go here because it looks the best.’ We’ve been talking a lot. It really has to come down to settle in and have a good conversation with whatever organization, and make sure it fits you. I think that what you find out in this biz, you see a lot of free agents go to different places and they disappear because it looked like a great fit, but once they got there, they found out it wasn’t the right fit for them."

"“With Brock, it’s hard to do, because you want to find a home, you want to know where you’re going to play. It’s easy to panic and try to go and get it done quickly. We’ve been talking a lot about just being patient about the process and sitting down and making sure you’re 100 percent comfortable with where you go.”"

It may sound obvious on the surface, but Osweiler would be smart to listen to Warner.

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A year ago the Broncos were willing to pay Osweiler $45 million in a three-year deal. The Texans ended up giving him a big payday. But now, after going from a “must have” free agent to being the first player in NFL history to be part of a “salary dump” trade in just one year, Osweiler is damaged goods.

If Osweiler jumps at the first team that gives him a call, he could find himself in a situation where he can’t pull his career out of his current downward spiral.

And despite how things turned out in Houston, teams will call Osweiler. He is only 27 years old, spent four years learning from Peyton Manning in Denver (a key criteria, apparently, when judging the talent of backup quarterbacks), and the NFL remains a league starved for quarterbacks.

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The Browns happen to be one of those teams, and while Osweiler is the best quarterback currently on the roster, after the Robert Griffin III disaster of 2016 the Browns are not interested in spending time with another reclamation project.

Whatever comes next for Osweiler, he would be wise to listen to Warner’s advice.

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