When free agency opened up in mid-March the Browns moved quickly to sign ex- Buccaneers and Saints quarterback Jameis Winston for their backup quarterback position instead of Flacco. The Super Bowl 47 MVP then wound up signing with the Indianapolis Colts, marking the end of a memorable stint with Cleveland.

One of the more interesting decisions that the Cleveland Browns made this offseason was to bring Jameis Winston in over Joe Flacco. The Browns went with the younger Winston, who had a bigger market than Flacco,

Jameis Winston met up with Kay Adams at the Kentucky Derby and she asked him point blank, why Cleveland? Jameis Winston has given a number of answers when people have asked: "Why Cleveland." He's joked saying he was sick of the beaches and warm weather and that he loved the -20 degree Christmas Eve game.