CLEVELAND, Ohio -- For all of those who wonder what Hue Jackson, noted quarterback whisperer, will get out of his new $16 million quarterback Brock Osweiler, the answer is nothing.

Osweiler, 26, is not in the Browns' quarterback plans and he'll be gone before long, either in a trade or release, sources tell cleveland.com.

The Browns have been shopping Osweiler since almost the minute they acquired him Thursday in a trade with the Texans, along with a 2018 second-round pick and a 2017 sixth-rounder (188). In exchange, the Browns gave up their fourth-round compensatory pick in 2017, No. 142 overall, and took Osweiler's $16 million guaranteed contract off the Texans' books.

It was always all about the pick, and never about the quarterback.

The Browns have been offering Osweiler to teams for about a third-round pick, and are willing to give back a fifth-rounder, multiple league sources tell cleveland.com. The Browns would also eat a portion of Osweiler's $16 million contract, as much as half, sources say.

If the Browns can pull off such a deal -- a second-round pick for $8 million -- it will have been a smart Moneyball move. As it is, they've spent $16 million to move up from a late fourth-rounder to a mid- to late-second rounder, a hefty sum for such a climb.

The Texans, who are looking to upgrade their quarterback position this year, went 9-7 last year and have the No. 57 overall pick in the second round. The pick next year will likely be somewhere in that neighborhood.

Several NFL personnel executives say they doubt anyone will give the Browns a third-round pick for Osweiler and pay him $8 million a year. If that could've been done, the Texans would've done it, they say.

The more likely scenario for the Browns is that they cut Osweiler and someone signs him for about $4 million a year. With offset language in his contract, that would reduce the price of the move up to somewhere between 33 and 64 to about $12 million.

The Browns also cut Robert Griffin III in the aftermath of the trade to offset the cost of the pick. The move saved them $6 million in base salary and almost $7 million in cap space for 2017.

The Browns planned to keep Griffin until they acquired another veteran quarterback, but the pricetag of the pick precluded that.

While the Browns were willing to pay $16 million for an unknown commodity, they let their homegrown receiver Terrelle Pryor walk out the door instead of overpaying to keep him. The jury will be out until the second-round pick becomes a player.

The Browns will still make a run at Patriots backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, league sources say, and they might use this 2018 second-rounder, or one of their other two second-rounders next year, as a part of a package to try to get the Patriots to part with their backup.

But they'll have to knock the Patriots' socks off, and I doubt they'll be willing to surrender what it would take. I've been told New England, who keeps insisting they won't trade him, would want the Browns' No. 1 pick and more -- as much as a first-rounder next year.

Not only would the Browns not give up two first-rounders, they won't part with this year's top pick, which will be used on Myles Garrett, unless something drastic happens between now and the draft.

The Browns can also use one of the second-rounders to move up from No. 12 if their favorite quarterback is on the board in the top 10. To this point, the Browns have favored Mitchell Trubisky over Deshaun Watson, but Watson closed the gap some with a sensational combine, and still has two more chances to impress the Browns in a private workout and a visit to Cleveland.

One or both might fall to the Browns at No. 12, but if one goes off the board in the top six, the Browns have the ammunition to move up and grab the other.

As for Osweiler, he doesn't fit Jackson's criteria for his franchise quarterback: arm talent, processing speed and face-of-the-franchise ability. He finished 27th in completion percentage last season and was tied for 25th with 16 interceptions. He was benched for the final two games despite the fact the Texans signed him to a four-year, $72 million contract, including $37 million guaranteed.

The Browns currently have Osweiler, Cody Kessler and Kevin Hogan on their roster. Soon, Osweiler will be gone, and one or two new names will be added to the list.