Official Browns QB Prospect Discussion!

Shep

Abberderis reminds me a ton of Robert Woods in just about every way. He isn't a ton of anything (big, fast, quick) and had to walk on and earn everything he got. But he gets open and he makes catches. We could use an add like that.

Canton Mike

@shep said:

We've had mostly good drafts, which is why so much of our team is homegrown, including UDFAs: Thomas, Mack, Lauvao, Schwartz, Gordon, Little, Benjamin, Cameron, Kiki, Taylor, Ruben, DQJ, Robertson (kind of), Haden, Skrine, Gipson, Ward, McFadden, Bryant.

We just whiffed on the 2012 first round. Badly. But we've accumulated a lot of drafted or UDFA talent everywhere but QB and RB. This team is really built for the long haul, very much like the Steelers.

And that's prior to an offseason teed up to be epic, with 10 picks and tons of cash. I think the next 10 years will be a fun time to be a Browns fan, including stadium and uniform upgrades. I think we'll be relevant.

I agree & the Richardson trade has cemented Fan confidence in this Front Office, something that has long been missing.

Mike

Tour2ma

XxDaBuckeyexX said:
Jared Abberderis is the best wide reciever in college.

Been on his bandwagon for a while now. He certainly was the best 3rd round prospect in the draft, but the secret is out on Jered now. Not sure how high he will rise.

Tim Couch Pulls Out

Bortles had another solid day.

27/38 404 yards 4 TDs 0 INT

I'll take this love affair to the grave. I think he'll have a better NFL career than many of the top QB's in this draft.

miktoxic

@tim-couch-pulls-out said:

Bortles had another solid day.

27/38 404 yards 4 TDs 0 INT

I'll take this love affair to the grave. I think he'll have a better NFL career than many of the top QB's in this draft.

who?

koalabazooka

Bryce Petty is likely going to be the steal of the draft. He's like Mariota, but with the tradeoff of rushing ability for pocket presence and passing skills.

calfoxwc

That's why I put Bryce Petty in my draft mock, dumb as it is at this point.

I honestly think he may be the only qb in this draft that I would trade up for...

he's elite in qb smarts, and is mobile, and really, really accurate.

thenew23

I don't think many people are expecting Petty to enter this year's draft... but, you never know. He has been the best college QB this season and if he declares, his name will fire up draft boards...

Blake Bortles is the QB for UCF. He's 6'4" 240lbs. Really having a great season and is starting to turn some heads. The game against Louisville where he lead his team to 38 points against the now #1 ranked scoring defense was impressive. He is a junior and not many are expecting him to declare this year, but again you never know.

thenew23

There are a lot of underclassmen who will need to decide if they're coming out, or staying back another year:

Bryce Petty - BAY

Johnny Manziel - TA&M - pretty clear he'll be declaring

Teddy Twatwater - LSU - no brainer

Marcus Mariota - ORE

Blake Bortles - UCF

Brett Hundley - UCLA

Kevin Hogan - Stan

The seniors are:

Derek Carr - FresSt

Tajh Boyd - CLEM

Zach Mettenberger - LSU

AJ McCarron - ALA

Aaron Murray - UGA

Stephen Morris - MIA

miktoxic

@thenew23 said:

I don't think many people are expecting Petty to enter this year's draft... but, you never know. He has been the best college QB this season and if he declares, his name will fire up draft boards...

Blake Bortles is the QB for UCF. He's 6'4" 240lbs. Really having a great season and is starting to turn some heads. The game against Louisville where he lead his team to 38 points against the now #1 ranked scoring defense was impressive. He is a junior and not many are expecting him to declare this year, but again you never know.

hey you gotta make your money when you can, especially considering the injury threat and blowing all chances of being a first rounder.

actually saw clowney make some plays today. i guess his agent said you better show something.

Shep

I like Petty a lot... just wish I'd seen more of him.

Tour2ma

As many decent seniors as there are in the draft, I'd think many of the underclassmen will stay in school...

Watched David Fales (Sr. @ SJST) warm up last nite and then his first two series. First I'd seen of him and I was kinda intrigued by what I saw, but too tired (and disinterested in the game) to stay up.

Flyin J

@tour2ma said:

As many decent seniors as there are in the draft, I'd think many of the underclassmen will stay in school...

Watched David Fales (Sr. @ SJST) warm up last nite and then his first two series. First I'd seen of him and I was kinda intrigued by what I saw, but too tired (and disinterested in the game) to stay up.

He's lost a lot of the momentum he had built up with some shaky games. I watched a game of his a couple weeks ago and he never really impressed me.

Tour2ma

XxDaBuckeyexX said:
He's lost a lot of the momentum he had built up with some shaky games. I watched a game of his a couple weeks ago and he never really impressed me.

Mechanics looked strong... although they seemed tighter in warm up than in the series (reached back further in the game).

Shep

Fales has a light-ish arm. I bet he goes in the fifth, makes a team as a backup.

The more I think about it, the less I think there's anything Campbell can do to stop the Browns from taking their long-term guy very early, assuming they dig someone. I just don't think the Browns intend to have this many picks or win fewer games for quite some time and it's a really nice QB draft with five guys or so worth taking in the first round.

Could Campbell start for two more years? Sure. He'd be all of 33 in 2015 on a team likely to be loaded with talent. And Johnny Manziel or Brett Hundley would be 23. I think if we draft Carr at 10 or something (in a trade up), he's gonna start sooner than either of those two youngsters.

Unsympathetic

RG3 is not the answer in Washington.

We may have killed Walrus for not pulling the trigger.. but he was correct to not get RG3.

Washington is just above Cleveland in offensive QB rating over at ColdHardFootball. They're better in realQB rating bc of RG3's rushing.

Washington is #2 in rushing, just below AP.. but their passing is essentially no different from Cleveland this year.

So... all those picks sent to StL and washington is getting THE SAME passing performance from the QB position as Cleveland this year.

Flyin J

@unsympathetic said:

RG3 is not the answer in Washington.

We may have killed Walrus for not pulling the trigger.. but he was correct to not get RG3.

Washington is just above Cleveland in offensive QB rating over at ColdHardFootball. They're better in realQB rating bc of RG3's rushing.

Washington is #2 in rushing, just below AP.. but their passing is essentially no different from Cleveland this year.

So... all those picks sent to StL and washington is getting THE SAME passing performance from the QB position as Cleveland this year.

the walrus tried his damnest to get RG3 and there's no doubt in my mind that if we had him with this coaching staff wed be way better off....

miktoxic

XxDaBuckeyexX said:
the walrus tried his damnest to get RG3 and there's no doubt in my mind that if we had him with this coaching staff wed be way better off....

you watching him play today?

the guy looks like a piece of shit. the redskins are kicking themselves in the ass right now for picking him. no more confidence and is a total diva.

thenew23

Watching this game, no doubt we need to get our QB in the off-season...

miktoxic

@thenew23 said:
Watching this game, no doubt we need to get our QB in the off-season...

maybe the redskins will trade RG3 straight up for weeden?

HA!