Alex Mack’s Difficult Decision to Finally Leave Cleveland

March 22, 2016   ·   Brent Sobleski   ·   Jump to comments

Free agency is full of difficult decisions. 
The process is often viewed through two lenses: the team a player left and where he decided to play during the next phase of his career. The individual is often forgotten in these transactions. 
Pro Bowl center Alex Mack spent seven seasons with the Cleveland Browns before deciding to sign a five-year, $45 million contract with the Atlanta Falcons at the start of free agency. People shouldn't misconstrue Mack's intentions, however. He didn't take the money and run, as Steve Miller once sang. Leaving Cleveland became much harder to do than it's generally portrayed.  
While the overall story generally advances from point A to point B, there is a gray area found between these destinations. 
"It’s very tough," Mack said in a phone interview with Bleacher Report. "I spent seven years in Cleveland, knew a lot of great, great people in that building, and the city really grew on me. Finding a place ...

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