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  • OconReconO OconRecon

    @clevelandfanforlife said:

    so what are we guessing here like a 6th round pick?

    I'm thinking the same thing. Gotta be.

    @oconrecon said:

    I'm thinking the same thing. Gotta be.

    I think for now it is a conditional 7th rounder. If Leonard hits some targets, it gets better...6th round....maybe even a 5th if he plays well.

    If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
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    @solon16 said:

    No Bowens? or he considered LB

    He's OLB

    Masters said:

    He's OLB

    I thought he played both end and Olb...or is it that he plays both OLB and MLB.... either way haven't seen him play a down of football yet...!

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    Masters said:

    He's OLB

    I thought he played both end and Olb...or is it that he plays both OLB and MLB.... either way haven't seen him play a down of football yet...!

    @solon16 said:

    I thought he played both end and Olb...or is it that he plays both OLB and MLB.... either way haven't seen him play a down of football yet...!

    He's all OLB as far as I know. Though he might be able to play some ILB.

    He hasn't played any preseason football. Been nursing an injury.

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  • undisclosed may be do to how much time he sees during the regular season.

    Head or Gut?
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    @solon16 said:

    I thought he played both end and Olb...or is it that he plays both OLB and MLB.... either way haven't seen him play a down of football yet...!

    He's all OLB as far as I know. Though he might be able to play some ILB.

    He hasn't played any preseason football. Been nursing an injury.

    Masters said:

    He's all OLB as far as I know. Though he might be able to play some ILB.

    He hasn't played any preseason football. Been nursing an injury.

    Bowens proved his versatility last year by starting five games inside, replacing the injured David Harris. He can also line up at DE on passing downs, much like David Veikune is currently doing.

    I think the Leonard trade makes a lot a sense. As weak as our pass rush looked against the Titans, it makes sense to keep Corey around at least one more year as an interior rusher. Hopefully, he and Rogers can get after the QB when we go to a four man line.

    And D'Qwimbley's right: in a 3-4, Leonard's a better fit at end than at the nose. He & Williams actually formed a decent LE rotation late in the year; I think the reduced snaps were part of the reason why Williams' play picked up slightly in the second half of '08.

    If the plan is to keep Williams around, the team might as well get value for Leonard. And as Russ said, there may be a "don't mess with Cox" message in there as well.

  • hoppel to the PS then?

  • from James Walker this morning:

    The Cleveland Browns traded defensive lineman Louis Leonard to the Carolina Panthers for an undisclosed draft pick.

    Morning take: This was a "sell high" situation for the Browns. Leonard was a raw project who was coming into his own this summer, and Carolina was willing to pay the right price to get him.

    http://espn.go.com/blog/afcnorth/post?id=2427

  • Wasnt there a Panthers Fan who started a thread about this possible trade ?

  • BrownIndianB BrownIndian

    Wasnt there a Panthers Fan who started a thread about this possible trade ?

    @brownindian said:

    Wasnt there a Panthers Fan who started a thread about this possible trade ?

    I think they were talking about trading for Corey Williams, not Leonard.

  • doh ! silly me !

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