Terrelle Pryor, who was drafted as a quarterback out of Ohio State by the Raiders in the 2011 supplemental draft but is having a breakout season as a wide receiver, has engaged in preliminary discussions about a contract extension with the Browns, Cleveland.com reports.
Pryor’s current one-year deal worth $1.67 million is set to expire at season’s end, when he would become a free agent unless he is re-signed by the Browns. The team has nearly $50 million in salary cap space.
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His agent, Drew Rosenhaus, has been in Cleveland recently, the report notes.
Pryor, who leads the team with 33 catches, 413 receiving yards and four total touchdowns, said that last month he wants to remain a member of the Browns as long as Hue Jackson is coach.
"I respect him very highly and if Hue Jackson's here, I'd love to stay here,'' Pryor told the website. "I want to be here if Hue's going to be here for a while, because I know this is a building process — and it's not really. We're right there. We're competing with everybody, we've just got to put teams away and I'd like to be where Hue's at."
That’s about as positive an attitude as one could expect from a player on the NFL’s only winless team through six weeks of the season.