The Browns would be better off surrounding Weeden with more talent, not replacing Weeden with a mostly "pocket QB" and then expecting him to overcome all of their other weaknesses...

The Ravens will keep Flacco one way or another. If it takes the exclusive tag. You can probably bet the farm that the front office believes they can replace guys like Ellerbee, Kruger, even Reed at this point, at lower dollar values... than they'd be able to find a QB who can make the reads and throws that Flacco can. In his 5th year.

I'll yell this until I turn blue... Flacco's accomplishments through 5 years are almost jaw-dropping from a football standpoint. You can get all wrapped around the axle about 4500 yards or 35 TDs... but the goal is to lead a team and win. He's led the team to nearly unprecedented success through his first 5 years. And the guys we want to compare him to for contract / HoF consideration purposes... were for the most part NO BETTER than he was in their 4th and 5th years.