CLEVELAND -- Let's say this again.

Unless the Browns looooove Marcus Mariota -- yes, five Os -- don't shotput three first-round picks all the way to Nashville for the rights to the No. 2 overall pick.

As colleague Pat McManamon reported the Browns have offered the 12th and 19th overall picks to Tennessee in exchange for 2, that's probably as far as they should go. Maybe throw in a mid-round pick. But anything more is too hefty a price tag for a quarterback that, though very good and incredibly enticing, isn't widely considered a can't-miss star. Or else the Titans wouldn't be shopping the pick.

In fact, I'm hearing the Browns simply aren't comfortable giving up three firsts right now. Perhaps the pressure-cooker of the draft's final hours can change that, and Tennessee will try to lure, but a king's ransom just doesn't seem to fit.

Why? Because I'm not convinced, after asking around, that the Browns love Mariota that much.

Like him a great deal? Sure. Let's say this: If GM Ray Farmer loves him, he isn't telling the entire building. He's keeping it tight, relying on his own behind-scenes scouting that resulted in no private visits or workouts with the Oregon star.

Give up two 1s and maybe a mid-to-late-round pick in 2016 but don't give them a Rams-RGIII deal.

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The case that a quarterback-starved franchise should do everything possible to solve the problem is a sensible one, to a point. You give up 3 1s for Andrew Luck. You do it for surefire Tier 1 or fringe Tier 1 NFL quarterbacks. Not for anything less. Of the 14 first-round quarterbacks that were involved in Day 1 trade-ups since 2000, Joe Flacco is the only one in the upper tier.

The Browns would be undercutting their entire plan to build through the draft through volume, even if Nos. 12 and 19 are awkward spots where the stars will likely be off the board.

They'd be undercutting the scouting process of selecting a quarterback in the first round and moving on after seven quarters. Johnny Manziel is a complicated case because of his 10 weeks spent in rehab. There are serious questions about whether he's an NFL quarterback. But the Browns have stood by him strongly off the field. It's clear they are giving him a chance to get right. The Browns have not made clear internally that they must move on from Manziel under any means necessary, even if they might eventually.

This week is Ray Farmer's chance to dim the light on the questionable decisions of the 2014 draft and show he's a good evaluator. So, if he thinks Mariota is game-changing good -- Andrew Luck good -- then make an aggressive play. But doing so because the team needs a quarterback and he's the best available and there's pressure to get this right would be the wrong move and would hinder the franchise further.

There's still a chance he falls to the Redskins, Jets, someone who will require a lighter haul to complete a deal.

If Farmer is all in with Mariota, this move better solve things for a while.