Kenny Pickett Traded
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Believe it or not, he had an OC at Colorado that had success in the NFL as an OC (not to be confused his HC gig in Cleveland) - Pat Shurmur. They also had a guy on their offensive staff that Dick Vermeil once said had one of the highest football IQs he ever coached (Marshall Faulk). What I'm getting at here is he was learning from NFL guys. However, what is unfolding is the big question - is he capable of breaking bad habits like the pocket panic retreats backwards?
In the back of my head, I was thinking the Browns were getting tempted to trade Shedeur to Dallas until I saw how good Joe Milton looked in his last outing.
Playing behind a horrible OLine at Colorado probably hardwired those bad habits.
And there's a big difference between how complicated and in-depth a NFL coach is in college vs the pros. I would bet Matt Patricia's defense this year at Ohio State will be a somewhat simpler version of what he ran in New England.
Playing behind a horrible OLine at Colorado probably hardwired those bad habits.
And there's a big difference between how complicated and in-depth a NFL coach is in college vs the pros. I would bet Matt Patricia's defense this year at Ohio State will be a somewhat simpler version of what he ran in New England.
All true. Not to change the subject but when you do your questions for us this year - can you break out some of that epic smartass I saw from you back when you first started encountering Ghoolie in here? I can't tell you how many times I hit the deck LMAO! Come to think of it - it was still pretty freakin funny the last few times you encountered him. Let's borrow some of that when you kick us off into our predictions.
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Wasn’t a fan and shocked we got a 5th round pick for him. Great deal.
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With either Pickett or Flacco as the week 1 starter, and the other traded.
There were a lot of people who followed the Browns who really thought Pickett was going to win that battle.
I'm cool they ended up with Joe.
IMO the QB who leads the Browns into Brookpark is playing college ball this fall.
There were a lot of people who followed the Browns who really thought Pickett was going to win that battle.
I'm cool they ended up with Joe.
IMO the QB who leads the Browns into Brookpark is playing college ball this fall.
You might be right. I also think the Browns will be responsible for keeping Arch Manning in college football for the 2026 season. There's no way on earth a smart football family like the Mannings wants Jimmy Haslam drafting Arch no matter how good he was to Peyton at UT.
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Wasn’t a fan and shocked we got a 5th round pick for him. Great deal.
Wasn’t a fan and shocked we got a 5th round pick for him. Great deal.
Not so fast my friend. We got him for a 5th rounder to Philly in 2025 draft and QB DT-R (since been waived 2 days ago).
So all we really did was get back a 5th rounder the year after we gave up a 5th rounder + 1.
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Flacco was available before, during and after they traded for Pickett very early in '25. They didn't sign Flacco until well after getting Pickett. I firmly believe that their plan was to start Pickett and hope that he turned out to be pretty good. They were going to draft somebody like Gabriel as a developmental backup QB to next year's draft pick. But two things happened. Pickett pulled his hammy and was unavailable all preseason. And Gabriel played well in his preseason opportunities such that they now felt comfortable having him as the backup.
BEING A BROWNS FAN IS A TEST TO SEE HOW MUCH YOU CAN TAKE -
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Flacco was available before, during and after they traded for Pickett very early in '25. They didn't sign Flacco until well after getting Pickett. I firmly believe that their plan was to start Pickett and hope that he turned out to be pretty good. They were going to draft somebody like Gabriel as a developmental backup QB to next year's draft pick. But two things happened. Pickett pulled his hammy and was unavailable all preseason. And Gabriel played well in his preseason opportunities such that they now felt comfortable having him as the backup.
Flacco was available before, during and after they traded for Pickett very early in '25. They didn't sign Flacco until well after getting Pickett. I firmly believe that their plan was to start Pickett and hope that he turned out to be pretty good. They were going to draft somebody like Gabriel as a developmental backup QB to next year's draft pick. But two things happened. Pickett pulled his hammy and was unavailable all preseason. And Gabriel played well in his preseason opportunities such that they now felt comfortable having him as the backup.
Makes sense for sure. A small part of me wanted Pickett to win the job so he could be the QB that helped sweep the dreaded Steelers.
I'm a little concerned about having rookies at #2 & #3, but maybe that's better than some retread veteran like Carson Wentz.
Go Browns.
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The Eagles released Kyle McCord
The Eagles released Kyle McCord
The guy with a throwing motion so flat it's like the Salt Lakes?
SHOCKED.
RE: Pickett vs Flacco. Joe might be a better distributor through the air, but he is historically a turnover machine.
With Kenny, the Browns had a QB who they could sort of bin-down in the passing game, who doesn't turn the ball over, but the trade off was that he had athletic ability you can use in the QB-centric running game.
Think like a slightly higher level Jacoby Brissett. Stefanski in the early games would design some runs that unblocked certain defenders, bluff QB read and help offset facing 8 and 9 man fronts.
Turnovers are killer. So if the trade is having to involve a young, 1 year rental QB in the running game more, the front office was willing to make that trade.
.... until Kenny got hurt. Then the rest played out as we're seeing.
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So long Kenny!,,, Now the next step is getting rid of Watson and his contract next season.. I think Sanders is in a good place. Now if they can just get the Colorado fans to pipe down.. But based on his last effort.. He's got a lot to clean up... And all of this dancing in the back field needs to end fast or the kid won't be around long...
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The Eagles released Kyle McCord
The Eagles released Kyle McCord
Ouch!
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The Eagles released Kyle McCord
Ouch!
Ouch!
Yikes!... I Thought the kid was pretty good...... I could see the Stools picking him up possibly..
Nickers...."There are no old running QB's in the NFL "~Sam Rutigliano~ -
Yikes!... I Thought the kid was pretty good...... I could see the Stools picking him up possibly..
Yeah, I thought he was much improved at Syracuse last year. When we get right down to it, a lot of guys coming out of college couldn't make Philly's roster right now. They're the defending Super Bowl Champions. That said, there's the other extreme in New Orleans that just announced 6' tall QB Spencer Rattler has won the starting job for the Saints. I'm guessing somewhere between the 2 extremes he can land a job as a 2nd or 3rd string QB in this league.
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The Kenny Picket Saga is over. Essentially we gave up our 5th to get him and we got a 5th from the Raiders for him. Pretty even. Done!
But is it really done?
Kenny Pickett is the reason that we traded for Watson. We did not want to draft him in the upcoming draft. So we traded for Watson, much like the Rams did in trading for Stafford. And we still have Watson.
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I still think the kid has a shot at being good though... But in this instance... I hope I'm wrong...
Me too.
Seems players from either OSU or Ohio help the Stealers more often than not.
Ohio won them their last Super Bowl. Didn’t need no help from the Refs.
That insane TD catch from Ben (Findlay, Oh.) to Antonio Holmes (OSU), and that long pick 6 run for a TD by Harrison before halftime. (Kent State)
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