The Miami Dolphins upped the ante on wide receiver Jarvis Landry by placing the franchise tag on him Tuesday.
 It’s a curious move.

As the Miami Herald pointed out, Landry becomes the third-highest-paid receiver in the league behind Antonio Brown and DeAndre Hopkins, the measurement average per year. He’s a slot receiver who has averaged 100 catches and 10.1 yards per reception in his four seasons. In that time he’s scored 22 touchdowns.

Former Browns CEO Joe Banner opined on Twitter that the Dolphins may have made the franchise-tag move hoping to trade Landry. That trade got expensive for a team that acquires him.

Landry now would probably cost the Browns a second-round draft pick and a contract that starts at $16 million.

Is he worth the price?

The Browns are a receiver-needy team, but bringing back Terrell Pryor makes more sense.

It won’t cost as much money.

It will bring another tall receiver.

It will bring a receiver back who is familiar with Hue Jackson and the parts of the system that will stay with Todd Haley’s hire.

And, based on one Instagram comment in January, it would bring back a player who wants to be with the Browns.

Landry figures to be too expensive.

One other interesting player who may or may not be on the market is Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters. ProFootballTalk.com and CBSports.com reported the Chiefs are ready to listen to offers.

Peters is 25, talented and improving, and he was drafted in Kansas City by John Dorsey, who now runs the Browns.

The Browns' interest, if it exists, isn’t known. But talented corners are hard to find, and the Browns need a corner.

Which leads to the question: If he’s so talented, why would the Chiefs trade him? Two reasons: His rookie contract is up after this season, and he will demand a lot of money. If the Chiefs trade him, any team that acquires him would probably have to do an immediate renegotiation. The Browns can afford it, and he would fill a need. In essence, the Browns would be paying Joe Haden money to a younger version of Haden.

But Peters has had issues. In college he was suspended and dismissed from the team at Washington (Dorsey still took him 18th overall), he’s had several unsportsmanlike-conduct penalties with the Chiefs and he was suspended a game last season by the Chiefs after he threw a penalty flag into the stands when he did not agree with a holding call. ESPN’s Chiefs reporter Adam Teicher wrote in December that Peters was more distraction than positive force last season in Kansas City.

That’s a serious concern, especially when paying a player a lot of money.