NFL free agency does not begin until the middle of March. I repeat, NFL free agency does not begin until the middle of March. Ignore all the talk you will hear out of the NFL Combine, except the things posted here, about free agents. Teams would never ever ever break the NFL’s rules on tampering.
The Cleveland Browns have 26 free agents and can negotiate with their own to sign at any time, even before free agency.
The list is a big one with QB Joe Flacco and DE Za’Darius Smith at the top of it and a number of other long-term Browns littered throughout.