The Cleveland Browns would certainly match a reported three-year, $22 million offer sheet that Alex Mack is considering signing with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Signing for $22 million over three years would be the equivalent of the Browns giving Mack a total of $12 million guaranteed for 2015 and 2016, since they’re already on the hook for $10 million guaranteed in 2014 via the transition tag.

The source added that Mack would be better off signing the transition tender to collect $10 million in 2014 and then hit the open market next season.

“The Browns will match almost anything, that’s why [the Browns didn't use the] franchise tag,” the source said. “They hope some dumb team can sign him, they match and have him long term. . . . The only way to keep him long term is match someone else’s deal.”