Browns tender restricted free agents (ClevelandBrowns.com)

Surprising to see some of these so low.  In REALLY simple terms, when a team tenders restricted free agents, they have to make a "qualifying offer" of a contract to that player (there are minimums that they have to offer) and then they place a tag on that player regarding draft picks (it can range from a 1st and a 3rd round pick to the round in which the player was drafted depending upon various factors).  If the player receives an offer from another team, the original team (in this case the Browns) has seven days to match it or the player is signed with the new team and the Browns receive that team's draft picks (all of these guys would be second round picks).

In particular, D'Qwell Jackson and Jerome Harrison I would have thought would have been tendered higher, first round picks.  Jackson is coming off an injury, but he's been consistent and Harrison exploded as soon as he got a chance to play.

Cleveland Browns notify RFAs of reduced offers (Cleveland.com)

I meant to post this a while back but I'm lazy and forgetful. 

It's an interesting strategy.  As the article states, teams almost never do this because all it does is piss players off.  Apparently Mike Holmgren is letting people know that the good old days are over.  This is business, this is your job, now get to work.  On the one hand, there's little to be gained from antagonizing the talent that you have.  On the other hand, we've seen what happens when you let these things drag on and fester.

Not surprisingly, the "threat" worked: Jackson under contract for 2010 (ESPN.com) and pretty much all of the holdouts signed the next day.