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  • Another good comparison would likely be Randall Cobb. He was taken as the 32nd pick of the second round but he has definately already turned out to be better than where he was drafted.

  • Trading down in the first round is for Homos. Take the top guy on your board. We did that.

    Z

  • A brief recap of this argument, as its being played out in multiple threads:

    Tim Couch Pulls Out: This draft sucked, we could have done better. Mingo is Vernon Gholston 2.0 and our best pick was a 3rd round CB who we could have gotten in the 4th or maybe even 5th. We could have traded back, still got Mingo, added a second round pick, and added a FS or G that would instantly start for us. Way to fuck up, Lombardi.

    Everyone else: YOU ARE WRONG AND SO ARE THE ANALYSTS. YOU'LL SEE, YOU'LL ALL SEE. MINGO PLAYED IN THE SEC, DUH. PEOPLE JUST HATE THE BROWNS BECAUSE THEY AREN'T THE STEELERS IT'S NOT FAIR

    Miktoxic: While this draft wasn't all bad, it could have been better. I think some of our draft picks have upside, but we'll see.

    Everyone else: FUCK YOU, WHO DID YOU WANT GENO SMITH?! YOU DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT DICK! SEC FOOTBALL RULZ AND MINGO HAS THE WORD BARK IN HIS NAME I ALREADY ORDERED HIS JERSEY

    BSipeBomber: Here is an article that explains how the Browns fumbled a trade back scenario that could have improved their draft.

    Everybody else: THE BROWNS ARE GENIUSES FUCK YOU WE HAD THE BEST DRAFT OF HISTORY

    PoeticG: Trent Richardson

    Gipper: I'm sorry but you are wrong and here is why- I don't agree with you.

    PoeticG: Honey Badger

    Everybody else: FUCK TYRANN MATHIEU PUR 7th ROUND PICK WILL BE AN ALL PRO

  • Trading down in the first round is for Homos. Take the top guy on your board. We did that.

    Z

    Zombo said:

    Trading down in the first round is for Homos. Take the top guy on your board. We did that.

    Z

    When you can trade down and still get the top guy on your board, you do that. We could have, we didn't.

    That is a failure.

  • Austin will be on IR by week 8.

    @mike-h said:

    @poeticg said:

    Austin will be tea-bagging me by week 8.

    I see what you did there.

    That's clever.

  • Zombo said:

    Trading down in the first round is for Homos. Take the top guy on your board. We did that.

    Z

    When you can trade down and still get the top guy on your board, you do that. We could have, we didn't.

    That is a failure.

    @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    When you can trade down and still get the top guy on your board, you do that. We could have, we didn't.

    That is a failure.

    Can't say that for sure, suppose we had traded down and Pittsburgh or Baltimore traded up to take Mingo? Then everyone would be mad and saying Mingo is the next great thing.

  • @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    When you can trade down and still get the top guy on your board, you do that. We could have, we didn't.

    That is a failure.

    Can't say that for sure, suppose we had traded down and Pittsburgh or Baltimore traded up to take Mingo? Then everyone would be mad and saying Mingo is the next great thing.

    @badnewsbrowns said:

    Can't say that for sure, suppose we had traded down and Pittsburgh or Baltimore traded up to take Mingo? Then everyone would be mad and saying Mingo is the next great thing.

    Then we would have weakened a division rivals draft spending potential and then gotten Jones, and most of you guys are already saying that about him anyway.

  • Zombo said:

    Trading down in the first round is for Homos. Take the top guy on your board. We did that.

    Z

    When you can trade down and still get the top guy on your board, you do that. We could have, we didn't.

    That is a failure.

    @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    When you can trade down and still get the top guy on your board, you do that. We could have, we didn't.

    That is a failure.

    There's no guarentee that if we had traded down that he would still be there. It's likely but no way of knowing for sure. I like and respect the fact that he was the guy our front office wanted and when he's still available when we're on the clock they mad the choice. Whether it was the right choice or not remains to be seen but until this front office proves to be incompetant, I'm going to trust that they know more about the players than I do.

  • @mike-h said:

    Jets (3-4, 2 picks) need a pass rusher, worked out Mingo.

    Saints need a pass rusher (3-4, pick 15)

    Either of those teams would have taken Mingo before 16.

    Jets (3-4, 2 picks, #1 starting CB- Cromartie, Kyle Wilson) wouldn't pass up Milliner after trading Revis. Especially when their recent experiences with undersized pass rushers haven't turned out favorably.

    Saints (3-4, pick 15) were equally high on both Jones and Mingo. Could have gone either way, but the point is that one of the two would have been available.

  • Wilson was drafted 1st round and Antonio is a great qb, something has to give there. My bet is they are expecting Antonio to leave, so they drafted Millner. However Millner is no where near the DB we missed last year in Claiborne.Millner way be really good, but Revis and Haden good, we will see.

    http://www.nfl.com/combine/profiles/kyle-wilson?id=79527

    Wilson looks like the DB Mcfadden we drafted, and Wilson was a 1st rounder.

  • Zombo said:

    Trading down in the first round is for Homos. Take the top guy on your board. We did that.

    Z

    When you can trade down and still get the top guy on your board, you do that. We could have, we didn't.

    That is a failure.

    @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    When you can trade down and still get the top guy on your board, you do that. We could have, we didn't.

    That is a failure.

    Speculation.

    They said if he's there, were taking him. No guarantee he was there later. Now we sit back and see if he was worth it.

    Z

  • @mike-h said:

    The Jets had two picks and picked a DL because they didn't like Jones. Mingo would have more than likely been the pick at 13 if he was still there.

    It's not because they lost both Devito and Pouha and have a depleted defensive line. Not is it because Sheldon Richardson can play in any of the defensive fronts that Ryan uses.

    It's because they didn't like Jarvis Jones. That's the reason. The Jets have a bad history with pass rushing tweeners and roster of pass rushing specialists taken in the last couple years, I doubt they were going to add another.

  • The Jets were going to select Barkevious Mingo w/the 13th pick. If you would've traded down you'd probably have Jarvis Jones.

  • The Jets were going to select Barkevious Mingo w/the 13th pick. If you would've traded down you'd probably have Jarvis Jones.

    Endymion said:

    The Jets were going to select Barkevious Mingo w/the 13th pick. If you would've traded down you'd probably have Jarvis Jones.

    So as a Steeler fan, what's the take over there on getting Jarvis Jones? BTW, I'm shocked we actually traded with you guys.

  • Endymion said:

    The Jets were going to select Barkevious Mingo w/the 13th pick. If you would've traded down you'd probably have Jarvis Jones.

    So as a Steeler fan, what's the take over there on getting Jarvis Jones? BTW, I'm shocked we actually traded with you guys.

    @hoorta said:

    So as a Steeler fan, what's the take over there on getting Jarvis Jones? BTW, I'm shocked we actually traded with you guys.

    Most of the fanbase really likes Jarvis Jones, as he fills a supposedly huge need. I'm not so crazy about him, but I hope he works out. A slow guy with back problems sounds like a guy we just cut. Linebackers typically don't start in their first year of LeBeau's system and taking a linebacker first overall to sit a year is silly. I really like Arthur Brown and they could've had him in the second round, instead. Pittsburgh needs offensive talent, Eifert, Patterson or Hunter would've been a better first round pickup and we could've got another pick trading back. I'm not shocked you traded with us. We gave up a third round pick on the expectation we would get a 3rd rounder for Mike Wallace next year. If 2013 is a down year as I kinda fear, you'll have a high third round pick for a 4th rounder this year...there's no way your franchise could've turned down an offer like that. I don't know if we really got value out of that trade pick as I don't know much about the safety they picked up. Our safety is kinda short and we've been burned by safety's labeled as "hard hitters" previously under Corbert. If he works out and eventually starts then the trade would've been worth it.

  • @mike-h said:

    The Jets had two picks and picked a DL because they didn't like Jones. Mingo would have more than likely been the pick at 13 if he was still there.

    It's not because they lost both Devito and Pouha and have a depleted defensive line. Not is it because Sheldon Richardson can play in any of the defensive fronts that Ryan uses.

    It's because they didn't like Jarvis Jones. That's the reason. The Jets have a bad history with pass rushing tweeners and roster of pass rushing specialists taken in the last couple years, I doubt they were going to add another.

    @tim-couch-pulls-out said:

    It's not because they lost both Devito and Pouha and have a depleted defensive line. Not is it because Sheldon Richardson can play in any of the defensive fronts that Ryan uses.

    It's because they didn't like Jarvis Jones. That's the reason. The Jets have a bad history with pass rushing tweeners and roster of pass rushing specialists taken in the last couple years, I doubt they were going to add another.

    I saw enough of Jarvis Jones in college to believe he is going to be a semi-flop in the NFL. When you look at Jones you ask, "Where's the beef?" Kinda like Barky Mingo.

  • @hoorta said:

    So as a Steeler fan, what's the take over there on getting Jarvis Jones? BTW, I'm shocked we actually traded with you guys.

    Most of the fanbase really likes Jarvis Jones, as he fills a supposedly huge need. I'm not so crazy about him, but I hope he works out. A slow guy with back problems sounds like a guy we just cut. Linebackers typically don't start in their first year of LeBeau's system and taking a linebacker first overall to sit a year is silly. I really like Arthur Brown and they could've had him in the second round, instead. Pittsburgh needs offensive talent, Eifert, Patterson or Hunter would've been a better first round pickup and we could've got another pick trading back. I'm not shocked you traded with us. We gave up a third round pick on the expectation we would get a 3rd rounder for Mike Wallace next year. If 2013 is a down year as I kinda fear, you'll have a high third round pick for a 4th rounder this year...there's no way your franchise could've turned down an offer like that. I don't know if we really got value out of that trade pick as I don't know much about the safety they picked up. Our safety is kinda short and we've been burned by safety's labeled as "hard hitters" previously under Corbert. If he works out and eventually starts then the trade would've been worth it.

    Endymion said:

    Most of the fanbase really likes Jarvis Jones, as he fills a supposedly huge need. I'm not so crazy about him, but I hope he works out. A slow guy with back problems sounds like a guy we just cut. Linebackers typically don't start in their first year of LeBeau's system and taking a linebacker first overall to sit a year is silly. I really like Arthur Brown and they could've had him in the second round, instead. Pittsburgh needs offensive talent, Eifert, Patterson or Hunter would've been a better first round pickup and we could've got another pick trading back. I'm not shocked you traded with us. We gave up a third round pick on the expectation we would get a 3rd rounder for Mike Wallace next year. If 2013 is a down year as I kinda fear, you'll have a high third round pick for a 4th rounder this year...there's no way your franchise could've turned down an offer like that. I don't know if we really got value out of that trade pick as I don't know much about the safety they picked up. Our safety is kinda short and we've been burned by safety's labeled as "hard hitters" previously under Corbert. If he works out and eventually starts then the trade would've been worth it.

    If you watch Jones on the field he is anything but slow. Ignore that 40 time at the combine. What's bad about Jones is that he was AWOL in a number of Georgia games and he's not going to be able to block effectively due to his build.

  • With a little wheeling and dealing we could have had a first five rounds that looked like this

    Guarantee you we would be a better team with this draft class than the one Lombanner did.

    I'll dig this up in a year when these guys all have great rookie seasons.

    1.Jarvis Jones

    2.Travis Kelce

    3.Tyrann Mathieu

    4. Barrett Jones

    5. Sanders Commings

  • With a little wheeling and dealing we could have had a first five rounds that looked like this

    Guarantee you we would be a better team with this draft class than the one Lombanner did.

    I'll dig this up in a year when these guys all have great rookie seasons.

    1.Jarvis Jones

    2.Travis Kelce

    3.Tyrann Mathieu

    4. Barrett Jones

    5. Sanders Commings

    @badnewsbrowns said:

    With a little wheeling and dealing we could have had a first five rounds that looked like this

    Guarantee you we would be a better team with this draft class than the one Lombanner did.

    I'll dig this up in a year when these guys all have great rookie seasons.

    1.Jarvis Jones

    2.Travis Kelce

    3.Tyrann Mathieu

    4. Barrett Jones

    5. Sanders Commings

    We didn't have to wheel & deal to get Tyrann Mathieu ... we just needed to be stupid.

    Zombo

  • With a little wheeling and dealing we could have had a first five rounds that looked like this

    Guarantee you we would be a better team with this draft class than the one Lombanner did.

    I'll dig this up in a year when these guys all have great rookie seasons.

    1.Jarvis Jones

    2.Travis Kelce

    3.Tyrann Mathieu

    4. Barrett Jones

    5. Sanders Commings

    @badnewsbrowns said:

    With a little wheeling and dealing we could have had a first five rounds that looked like this

    Guarantee you we would be a better team with this draft class than the one Lombanner did.

    I'll dig this up in a year when these guys all have great rookie seasons.

    1.Jarvis Jones

    2.Travis Kelce

    3.Tyrann Mathieu

    4. Barrett Jones

    5. Sanders Commings

    I was on board with taking Barret Jones when it was the Browns turn....but, they traded the pick. Again, why these trades? So that Lombardi could have his own hand picked staff work on these and not the guys he inherited?

    (If that is the case, that simply tells me that he himself is NOT up to par on the talent that was out there available in this draft....that he didn't trust his current scouting staff with any picks other than 6th/7th rounders and that he did NO work beyond the first round or three to acquaint himself with the available talent.

    Then WTF has he been doing since he was hired....and the years before that when his media job was to evaluate talent? Sipping Maitais on a beach? Likely.