CLEVELAND, Ohio — Gerald McCoy took the weekend to mull offers from the Browns, Ravens and Panthers, and his goal is to make a decision early this week, a league source told cleveland.com.

In a perfect world, McCoy would also like to attend his new team’s minicamp, and if the Browns are his choice, he could be on the field for all or part of their mandatory minicamp Tuesday through Thursday. Players report today and take their physicals.

Of the three teams, the Browns have the most cap space to sign the free-agent defensive lineman. They’re fourth in the NFL with about $32.7 million, the Panthers are No. 17 at about $16.4 million and the Ravens are No. 18 at $13.7 million, according to overthecap.com. McCoy is hoping to make $10 million a year, same as what Ndamukong Suh got to replace him in Tampa, according to NFL Network, and already turned down $11 million from a non-contender, a source told cleveland.com.

If Baker Mayfield has his way, his fellow former Sooner will opt for the Browns, and coach Freddie Kitchens said last week that he’s optimistic the Browns will land the six-time Pro Bowler. But the other teams are also putting on the full-court press, and are equally as optimistic, including the Panthers, who hosted him on Friday.

“It was received very well,’’ Panthers coach Ron Rivera said Monday at OTAs of his meeting with McCoy. “Gerald is a solid football player and he’s a guy that we’re most certainly interested in, would love to have here be part of what we’re doing but he’s going through the process, so we’re just waiting patiently to see what the outcome’s going to be.’’

He thought the meeting “went very, very well and I think we’ve got a good chance as do the other teams. I promise they’re going to tell you the same thing.’’

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Kitchens feels so good about the Browns’ chances, he wanted McCoy to make his other visits.

“We want Gerald to go out and look at other places because when he makes the commitment here, we want him to be all in because everybody that’s going to be here is gonna be all in and that’s what we need to get to where we’re going," Kitchens said last week. “So we’re fine with him taking a look at everybody else, all right? Because we’ve told him who we were and if that’s who he wants, he’ll end up here and he knows the direction we’re headed.”

He cited McCoy’s leadership as a strong suit.

“He’s been in the league a long time,’’ he said. “He’s played 10 years. He’s been to the fire. He would offer all those things. We’re still young up front, in a lot of areas even with the guys we signed this year, we’re still young relatively speaking.’’

But the Ravens have plenty of selling points too. McCoy is intrigued by quarterback Lamar Jackson, whom he compared last year to Michael Vick. He’s also close with their defensive line coach Joe Cullen, who coached him in Tampa. And the Ravens, of course, are the defending AFC North champs and boast the No. 1 defense in the NFL.

“I think that everybody out there has seen what he can do,” Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti said during a conference call with season ticket holders Wednesday evening. “I think he’s a bit of a game-wrecker, and I think in this day and age, you need that kind of pressure on the inside. We’ve got some guys on the edge that are going to have to prove themselves. He’s clearly a three technique. He brings something to the table that we don’t have.”

He added, “I’m pretty excited to have a guy like Gerald McCoy potentially adding to our defense. He came in, I had a nice opportunity to meet him in the hallway before we started our press conference today. Wonderful, well-mannered young man. Good family man, five children, was very excited about our facility, very excited about our defense. I hope McCoy wants us. That need goes both ways. I hope Gerald McCoy goes home and tells his wife that he needs to play for the Ravens. I think we could welcome him with open arms, and I think he could do some damage in the backfield this year.”

McCoy attended the retirement press conference of former Ravens defensive tackle Haloti Ngata when he was visiting Baltimore last week.

“We definitely got together and talked and did our little thing,” Ngata said. “He’d be an amazing, amazing, amazing player to have here, and as you guys know he’s done a lot of amazing things in Tampa. I just wished him the best in wherever he decides to go, and if it’s here, that’s even better.”

The Browns feel the same way, and hope to get some good news soon.