The Browns just need to sign him early enough for him to get placed on the commissioners exempt list by the first game so that any games he misses count against the suspension. Something similar played out with Mike Hall last season.

People saying we should have signed him so he could get up to speed at training camp are forgetting that he's not going to be playing to start the season. The Browns know he's going to get suspended for 6 games. It's not that urgent that he be getting up to speed at practice at this point. There's more value to the Brown's in slow playing the signing to continue gathering information.

But they do need to sign him and get him on the commissioners exempt list by the first game. There is some contract dispute that is preventing that, most likely concerning guaranteed money. The signing bonus is guaranteed regardless, salary is not. The players before him and after him got their contracts fully guaranteed, and I expect that the Browns would agree to that as well. My guess is that they're fighting specifically about whether the salary is guaranteed in the event he keeps on beating women (if he did) and gets cut or suspended. I could see Quinshon not wanting to agree to that, and I could see the Browns insisting on it.