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  • If we really must take a QB, I'd take Brock Osweiler in the late third possibly fourth round range... I haven't seen him in many mocks and I think that he'll do okay as insurance for Colt. I could think of 32 ways to improve our roster without adding RG3 at all. I would prefer to use our early three picks to take players that we could scratch off our needs list next season.

  • If we really must take a QB, I'd take Brock Osweiler in the late third possibly fourth round range... I haven't seen him in many mocks and I think that he'll do okay as insurance for Colt. I could think of 32 ways to improve our roster without adding RG3 at all. I would prefer to use our early three picks to take players that we could scratch off our needs list next season.

    @poeticg said:

    If we really must take a QB, I'd take Brock Osweiler in the late third possibly fourth round range... I haven't seen him in many mocks and I think that he'll do okay as insurance for Colt. I could think of 32 ways to improve our roster without adding RG3 at all. I would prefer to use our early three picks to take players that we could scratch off our needs list next season.

    me too. mcshay (and i don't believe in what a lot of draft pundits say) says he has the most upside.

    weird delivery, tall and lanky but accurate and manages the game with a great arm.

    sounds like a bernie kosar to me.

  • @poeticg said:

    If we really must take a QB, I'd take Brock Osweiler in the late third possibly fourth round range... I haven't seen him in many mocks and I think that he'll do okay as insurance for Colt. I could think of 32 ways to improve our roster without adding RG3 at all. I would prefer to use our early three picks to take players that we could scratch off our needs list next season.

    me too. mcshay (and i don't believe in what a lot of draft pundits say) says he has the most upside.

    weird delivery, tall and lanky but accurate and manages the game with a great arm.

    sounds like a bernie kosar to me.

    @miktoxic said:

    me too. mcshay (and i don't believe in what a lot of draft pundits say) says he has the most upside.

    weird delivery, tall and lanky but accurate and manages the game with a great arm.

    sounds like a bernie kosar to me.

    Yep... and he can make plays with his feet when he needs to... he's deceptively agile for a GIANT...

  • @jason-j said:

    Yeah, but how good is 100% more of what you've got?

    -jj

    do we really have to do this dance?

    put RG3 in mccoy's shoes from the get go. started his rookie year after injuries to others and looked pretty good at times. i recall posts diring that time from guys now that are calling for his head "hey i like this kid's moxy", "this kid's showin me something" and on and on and on. starts the next year with no off-season, new coach, new system and the same squad on the field. you really think he would do any better?

    i'll ask you this with or without a new qb next year are we making the playoffs? the answer is no. so why not NOT waste a pick on a position we already have filled on the roster? if i were H&H i'd pick cb, de, lb then wr rt and rb. hey maybe the next tom brady will be sitting there in the 6th round for us.

    @miktoxic said:

    do we really have to do this dance?

    put RG3 in mccoy's shoes from the get go. started his rookie year after injuries to others and looked pretty good at times. i recall posts diring that time from guys now that are calling for his head "hey i like this kid's moxy", "this kid's showin me something" and on and on and on. starts the next year with no off-season, new coach, new system and the same squad on the field. you really think he would do any better?

    i'll ask you this with or without a new qb next year are we making the playoffs? the answer is no. so why not NOT waste a pick on a position we already have filled on the roster? if i were H&H i'd pick cb, de, lb then wr rt and rb. hey maybe the next tom brady will be sitting there in the 6th round for us.

    I rarely dance.

    Would RGIII have done better? Probably.

    Moxie just means you can take a beating.

    The Browns almost won 6 games last season... And were totally ill-equipped to do so. Why couldn't they make the playoffs next season?

    Give yourself a couple of playmakers at key positions - quarterback for instance... And who knows?

    -jj

  • @miktoxic said:

    do we really have to do this dance?

    put RG3 in mccoy's shoes from the get go. started his rookie year after injuries to others and looked pretty good at times. i recall posts diring that time from guys now that are calling for his head "hey i like this kid's moxy", "this kid's showin me something" and on and on and on. starts the next year with no off-season, new coach, new system and the same squad on the field. you really think he would do any better?

    i'll ask you this with or without a new qb next year are we making the playoffs? the answer is no. so why not NOT waste a pick on a position we already have filled on the roster? if i were H&H i'd pick cb, de, lb then wr rt and rb. hey maybe the next tom brady will be sitting there in the 6th round for us.

    I rarely dance.

    Would RGIII have done better? Probably.

    Moxie just means you can take a beating.

    The Browns almost won 6 games last season... And were totally ill-equipped to do so. Why couldn't they make the playoffs next season?

    Give yourself a couple of playmakers at key positions - quarterback for instance... And who knows?

    -jj

    @jason-j said:

    Give yourself a couple of playmakers at key positions - quarterback for instance... And who knows?

    -jj

    well why not just WR and RB and give colt a chance in that situation?

    lord knows a RG3 is the 2nd coming of christ. oh no. it's the black version of tebow!!!!!

    hey that's it! we can call all the RG3ers a faction of some fanatical group even before he get's drafted. anyone got a name?

    RG3dreadheads?

  • I'm not sure what I've done to offend you so... But seriously, other than holding down roughly the same job, what in earth does Tim Tebow have to do with Robert Griffin?

    I feel like you have a point or two to make. But it's all clouded in this dismissive anti-argument. And I can't quite figure out what's driving it.

    Are you saying that you'd rather upgrade the WR corps and go forward with Colt McCoy than package say 2 picks to draft RGIII?

    That's ok. I'm not telling you your opinion is invalid. I'm just saying I disagree. And I'm pretty sure that's healthy.

    If I was going to "fix" the Browns, given where they are drafting, I'd be looking to package picks to make sure I could replace Colt McCoy with RGIII. Then I'd go to work looking for WR's & RT's in free agency. I'd be looking to fill the DE & RB positions through the draft, as well as adding depth to the DB & LB groups.

    But that's just me. I have genuine concerns about McCoy's ceiling. Now, if the Browns had won 3 more games and were drafting 13th, I wouldn't be at all interested in RGIII for the Browns.. Because getting from 13 to 2 would be possibly the two 1's and possibly 2 more picks - including next year's number 1 to get there.

    But thinking that they could get a guy with this kiIthaca talent with two picks , it makes for a very compelling argument.

    -jj

  • @dfwbear said:

    The Giants had subpar running backs, merely above average WRs, average linebackers, and the worst secondary in the league. They just won the Super Bowl. Conversely, look at Baltimore ( I know you guys see them constantly ). Quality receivers, good line play, dominant defense, consistent running game, and haven't made it back to the Super Bowl since they've won because of the QB play. Without an elite QB, your margin is so slim it is borderline impossible to win a Super Bowl.

    maybe when they played the cowboys they looked that way but you are way off base. living in NY and watching every flippin game they played this year: their OL is superior, bradshaw is better than any RB we have, their #4 wide receiver could beat out our number one, their secondary does suck but when you've got 4 DEs flushing you out of the pocket in 2 seconds you don't need a very good secondary. btw they play 2 DEs in LB positions at times.

    put colt mccoy on that team and they have at least 10 wins. hell even RG3.

    we've got none of that so you can't compare your hey the giants won the super bowl because of great qb play. they won because of defense. period.

    @miktoxic said:

    maybe when they played the cowboys they looked that way but you are way off base. living in NY and watching every flippin game they played this year: their OL is superior, bradshaw is better than any RB we have, their #4 wide receiver could beat out our number one, their secondary does suck but when you've got 4 DEs flushing you out of the pocket in 2 seconds you don't need a very good secondary. btw they play 2 DEs in LB positions at times.

    put colt mccoy on that team and they have at least 10 wins. hell even RG3.

    we've got none of that so you can't compare your hey the giants won the super bowl because of great qb play. they won because of defense. period.

    Colt would win 10 games on the Giants? So you're telling me Colt McCoy is better than Eli Manning now? The last time I checked Eli Manning only won 9 regular season games last year. If Colt was the QB last season the Giants would have had a losing record and missed the playoffs. And since you claim defense was the sole reason the Giants made the playoffs, the Browns should have went to the playoffs too since our defense is ranked much higher. Please do your research before posting.

  • @miktoxic said:

    maybe when they played the cowboys they looked that way but you are way off base. living in NY and watching every flippin game they played this year: their OL is superior, bradshaw is better than any RB we have, their #4 wide receiver could beat out our number one, their secondary does suck but when you've got 4 DEs flushing you out of the pocket in 2 seconds you don't need a very good secondary. btw they play 2 DEs in LB positions at times.

    put colt mccoy on that team and they have at least 10 wins. hell even RG3.

    we've got none of that so you can't compare your hey the giants won the super bowl because of great qb play. they won because of defense. period.

    Colt would win 10 games on the Giants? So you're telling me Colt McCoy is better than Eli Manning now? The last time I checked Eli Manning only won 9 regular season games last year. If Colt was the QB last season the Giants would have had a losing record and missed the playoffs. And since you claim defense was the sole reason the Giants made the playoffs, the Browns should have went to the playoffs too since our defense is ranked much higher. Please do your research before posting.

    @websterslaughter said:

    Colt would win 10 games on the Giants? So you're telling me Colt McCoy is better than Eli Manning now? The last time I checked Eli Manning only won 9 regulations season games last year. If Colt was the QB last season the Giants would have had a losing record and missed the playoffs. And since you claim defense was the sole reason the Giants made the playoffs, the Browns should have went to the playoffs too since our defense is ranked much higher. Please do your research before posting.

    The Browns defense has some serious holes in it. Another quality DE is needed, plus at least one more DL decent backup. Our entire LB corps could us replacing....and that includes DQJ in my opinion. And we need another safety and another corner.

    So, upgrading 5 defensive positions are in order in my opinion. That is as much as the Offense needs.

    Offense needs upgrade at: WR, ROG, RT, maybe QB, maybe RB.

    I would think and hope the Browns TEs can make the grade. Retaining Hillis would help, but we also need a scatback. FB might need an upgrade, but maybe that will come with experience gained my Marecic, hopefully.

    Yes, it seems that it is the offense that needs the most work, but that is because we need those offensive playmakers, but in reality, strictly by the numbers, the Browns need as much help on defense as they do on offense.

  • @websterslaughter said:

    Colt would win 10 games on the Giants? So you're telling me Colt McCoy is better than Eli Manning now? The last time I checked Eli Manning only won 9 regulations season games last year. If Colt was the QB last season the Giants would have had a losing record and missed the playoffs. And since you claim defense was the sole reason the Giants made the playoffs, the Browns should have went to the playoffs too since our defense is ranked much higher. Please do your research before posting.

    The Browns defense has some serious holes in it. Another quality DE is needed, plus at least one more DL decent backup. Our entire LB corps could us replacing....and that includes DQJ in my opinion. And we need another safety and another corner.

    So, upgrading 5 defensive positions are in order in my opinion. That is as much as the Offense needs.

    Offense needs upgrade at: WR, ROG, RT, maybe QB, maybe RB.

    I would think and hope the Browns TEs can make the grade. Retaining Hillis would help, but we also need a scatback. FB might need an upgrade, but maybe that will come with experience gained my Marecic, hopefully.

    Yes, it seems that it is the offense that needs the most work, but that is because we need those offensive playmakers, but in reality, strictly by the numbers, the Browns need as much help on defense as they do on offense.

    @the-gipper said:

    The Browns defense has some serious holes in it. Another quality DE is needed, plus at least one more DL decent backup. Our entire LB corps could us replacing....and that includes DQJ in my opinion. And we need another safety and another corner.

    So, upgrading 5 defensive positions are in order in my opinion. That is as much as the Offense needs.

    Offense needs upgrade at: WR, ROG, RT, maybe QB, maybe RB.

    I would think and hope the Browns TEs can make the grade. Retaining Hillis would help, but we also need a scatback. FB might need an upgrade, but maybe that will come with experience gained my Marecic, hopefully.

    Yes, it seems that it is the offense that needs the most work, but that is because we need those offensive playmakers, but in reality, strictly by the numbers, the Browns need as much help on defense as they do on offense.

    By the numbers our defense was ranked #10 in total yards and #5 in scoring despite spending long periods of time on the field. Our offense was ranked #30 in scoring and #29 in yards per game. According to these rankings it appears that the Browns need a lot more help on offense than they do on defense. I'm really getting tired of people posting on here who haven't done any research. It kills your credibility. I love a good debate, but please back up your posts with some solid facts.

  • The defense shows promise but their rankings are misleading. Opposing offenses had no pressure to score high against us because our offense was so horrid. It only took 17 points to beat the Browns so they stayed conservative and ran it down our throats.

    If the Browns had anything close to something that resembled a competent NFL offense our pass defense numbers would not be so deceiving.

    The Giants and Pats have some pretty big holes on their defense as well.

    Ravens and 49ers have pretty solid defenses.

    Difference between them?

    QUARTERBACK!

  • @the-gipper said:

    The Browns defense has some serious holes in it. Another quality DE is needed, plus at least one more DL decent backup. Our entire LB corps could us replacing....and that includes DQJ in my opinion. And we need another safety and another corner.

    So, upgrading 5 defensive positions are in order in my opinion. That is as much as the Offense needs.

    Offense needs upgrade at: WR, ROG, RT, maybe QB, maybe RB.

    I would think and hope the Browns TEs can make the grade. Retaining Hillis would help, but we also need a scatback. FB might need an upgrade, but maybe that will come with experience gained my Marecic, hopefully.

    Yes, it seems that it is the offense that needs the most work, but that is because we need those offensive playmakers, but in reality, strictly by the numbers, the Browns need as much help on defense as they do on offense.

    By the numbers our defense was ranked #10 in total yards and #5 in scoring despite spending long periods of time on the field. Our offense was ranked #30 in scoring and #29 in yards per game. According to these rankings it appears that the Browns need a lot more help on offense than they do on defense. I'm really getting tired of people posting on here who haven't done any research. It kills your credibility. I love a good debate, but please back up your posts with some solid facts.

    @websterslaughter said:

    By the numbers our defense was ranked #10 in total yards and #5 in scoring despite spending long periods of time on the field. Our offense was ranked #30 in scoring and #29 in yards per game. According to these rankings it appears that the Browns need a lot more help on offense than they do on defense. I'm really getting tired of people posting on here who haven't done any research. It kills your credibility. I love a good debate, but please back up your posts with some solid facts.

    I have more credibility on the tip of my nipple than you can summon in your soul.

    I am saying that as far as numerical positions the Browns have as many deficiencies on defense as we do on offense. And that is an absolute fact, Jack.

    I also said that while the numbers are the same, the ones on offense are more glaring because they are at the offensive playmaker positions. Did you actually read that part? Appparently not. You just wanted to spew your crapola in order to fluff up your own opinion instead of actually comprehending what I said.

  • The defense shows promise but their rankings are misleading. Opposing offenses had no pressure to score high against us because our offense was so horrid. It only took 17 points to beat the Browns so they stayed conservative and ran it down our throats.

    If the Browns had anything close to something that resembled a competent NFL offense our pass defense numbers would not be so deceiving.

    The Giants and Pats have some pretty big holes on their defense as well.

    Ravens and 49ers have pretty solid defenses.

    Difference between them?

    QUARTERBACK!

    @badnewsbrowns said:

    The defense shows promise but their rankings are misleading. Opposing offenses had no pressure to score high against us because our offense was so horrid. It only took 17 points to beat the Browns so they stayed conservative and ran it down our throats.

    If the Browns had anything close to something that resembled a competent NFL offense our pass defense numbers would not be so deceiving.

    The Giants and Pats have some pretty big holes on their defense as well.

    Ravens and 49ers have pretty solid defenses.

    Difference between them?

    QUARTERBACK!

    See folks! Here's a fan who actually backs up his viewpoint with some facts. Yes the teams that scored the most points on offense usually surrendered the most passing yards on defense as teams were forced to throw the ball. Teams who had weak offenses like the Browns and Rams for example had the ball run down their throats as evidenced by the fact that opponents averaged the most rushing attempts per game against the lowest scoring teams. Good solid analysis by Bad News Browns.

    However, unlike the Rams, Bucs and Colts the Browns defense managed to keep opposing teams out of the end zone. Every team that surrendered fewer points than the Browns made the playoffs. So I think the Browns are definitely closer to turning things around than the Rams, Bucs and Colts because our defense should have been good enough for us to win. Even if we had the Steelers defense which allowed the fewest points (14.2) and YPG we still would have been outscored by our opponents! When our pathetic offense cannot even score 2 TD's a game you have to say that our offense is in a state of crisis. So unless we have a defense that is better than the Steelers defense next season it is imperative that we draft offensive playmakers if we want to win games. I happen to believe RG3 is the biggest playmaker realistically available. We need to get him.

  • I just hope if we get RG3 they'll be a little more flexible with the play calling and tailor it to his strengths a bit. From what we seen so far I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't.

    I think our crap offense goes deeper than just lack of talent. Hopefully with a full off season and an OC things will be better next year.

  • Thanks for those writeups DFW, that is awesome stuff to read for someone who knows little more than what they see on tv about the QB position.

    I will say that I am slowly moving from the 'take him if he is there' camp, to the 'trade up for the guy' camp.

  • @poeticg said:

    If we really must take a QB, I'd take Brock Osweiler in the late third possibly fourth round range... I haven't seen him in many mocks and I think that he'll do okay as insurance for Colt. I could think of 32 ways to improve our roster without adding RG3 at all. I would prefer to use our early three picks to take players that we could scratch off our needs list next season.

    me too. mcshay (and i don't believe in what a lot of draft pundits say) says he has the most upside.

    weird delivery, tall and lanky but accurate and manages the game with a great arm.

    sounds like a bernie kosar to me.

    @miktoxic said:

    sounds like a bernie kosar to me.

    You mean the guy who we all loved, but consistently failed to win anything significant? Still id take failing big over failing pathetically, like the browns have done recently.

  • @miktoxic said:

    sounds like a bernie kosar to me.

    You mean the guy who we all loved, but consistently failed to win anything significant? Still id take failing big over failing pathetically, like the browns have done recently.

    @the-cysko-kid said:

    You mean the guy who we all loved, but consistently failed to win anything significant? Still id take failing big over failing pathetically, like the browns have done recently.

    yeah. that guy.

  • I think even if we don't make the biggest offer, that we have the best chance to trade with St. Louis. Lets say we offer then value and Washington offers them more than there value, I think we still make the trade. Fact is St. Louis wants either Kalil or Blackmon and at 6th neither will be there, but at 4 one of them still will. RGIII would only cost us our 22nd pick and if they think he can be the guy just pull the trigger.

  • If St. Louis wants to trade down with us, they'd still be getting a guy they covet.

    I'd give them our 4th and our third rounder this year and a third next year.

    But we are both young and trying to build- we can't give them our #22 pick(which will be our WR/LB/DE of the future) or our #37 pick(which I'm hoping is our boy Chase Minnifield).

    Take it our leave it but they should not be getting our top picks. We fleeced Atl last year for these picks, we could have used a good WR but we made a decision and we need those picks now. Trading all our extra picks is cutting your nose off to spite your face- to me anyways...

  • If St. Louis wants to trade down with us, they'd still be getting a guy they covet.

    I'd give them our 4th and our third rounder this year and a third next year.

    But we are both young and trying to build- we can't give them our #22 pick(which will be our WR/LB/DE of the future) or our #37 pick(which I'm hoping is our boy Chase Minnifield).

    Take it our leave it but they should not be getting our top picks. We fleeced Atl last year for these picks, we could have used a good WR but we made a decision and we need those picks now. Trading all our extra picks is cutting your nose off to spite your face- to me anyways...

    @poeticg said:

    If St. Louis wants to trade down with us, they'd still be getting a guy they covet.

    I'd give them our 4th and our third rounder this year and a third next year.

    But we are both young and trying to build- we can't give them our #22 pick(which will be our WR/LB/DE of the future) or our #37 pick(which I'm hoping is our boy Chase Minnifield).

    Take it our leave it but they should not be getting our top picks. We fleeced Atl last year for these picks, we could have used a good WR but we made a decision and we need those picks now. Trading all our extra picks is cutting your nose off to spite your face- to me anyways...

    They definitely won't make the trade if they don't get value and the trade last year would still be worth it cause it would essentially be trading a good WR for a franchise QB.

  • @king-ghoolie-lives said:

    He will NOT become the next Otto Graham. YOu already have Otto Graham in Colt McCoy.

    Otto was smalish, didn't have much of an arm, AND played at a time when microsecond anticipation wasn't required. It was a much slower game.

    Putting RG3 back into those days would be like taking a top 10 mens tennis player and having him play against women.

    Otto never had physical skills anywhere close to RG3. Nowhere close.

    Now, do we want RG3 to come here and have Otto-like success? Of course we do, but we don't want him to be a reincarnation of Otto. If that happened we would again need to draft a QB in 2013.

    Bottom line? The Browns don't have a QB. Wallace is the best we have and he is a fine back up, he is capable of 8 - 8. Colt on the other hand is shit...... pure shit.

    RG3 is available and the Browns need to sell moms pussy if that's what it takes to bring some excitement to CBS.

    Even if RG3 crashes and burns, the sports world will be tuned in to Cleveland again. THAT ALONE is worth drafting him.

    Greatest reply ever!!!!!!!! 😁