3 Browns Playing Their Last Home Game in Cleveland on Sunday

These three Browns players are likely not coming back next season.
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2. QB Jameis Winston

Winston might not necessarily "play" on Sunday, but his inclusion makes sense for the purpose of this exercise. Not only is Winston dealing with a shoulder injury, but he was also recently benched in favor of second-year QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson. As things stand now, he is the third-string quarterback behind DTR and Bailey Zappe.

Winston likely doesn't want to be a third-string quarterback for a three-win team at this stage of his career. Considering that the Browns are likely keeping Deshaun Watson and Thompson-Robinson next season, it's hard to see the 30-year-old quarterback being anything other than a third-stringer.

The veteran QB is hitting free agency in the offseason, and it's hard to see why he would return to Cleveland. The team may be interested in re-signing him, as he has been nothing but a consummate professional and an exemplary locker-room presence. However, the rest of the league will probably have the same idea.

There are presumably better situations out there for Winston. The Browns are seemingly entering a rebuilding phase and Winston may prefer to be elsewhere where he could be a QB2 for a playoff team.