Free agency! Now the draft?

Babernakle

Free agency went great we picked up some major players on the d. Now we focus on the draft, so do we go with a qb, rb, wr, o line. I lean toward the later. From what I have seen most people want a wr Sammy Watkins. And I think that is very smart. But others want a qb. And that would make sense, but the qb's of this draft are not every ranked in the top 20 players in this draft. So do we get talent or fill the position and hope for the best.

bbedward

O-line would be my #1 priority if I was gm at this point.

miktoxic

well i think it depends on if we keep the #4 or if we trade down.

i would like to see our QB (whoever that is) get another major weapon across from gordon. yes, watkins is good but i prefer evans because of his height and size. then i would address the CB position. one of these years the FO is going to have to understand that haden can only protect one side of the field, so we need a legit CB playing across from him. then OL then LB then RB. after that i could care less. add depth. draft a later round QB. i don't care.

i have a better feeling about this draft than i have in a long time. i think farmer will make the right decisions. some people might hate some picks (including me) but i trust he knows more about what the team needs than i do.

Remarker

It seems the method to the FO's madness is to get seasoned performers at impact positions in FA (the O line and QB positions are yet to be addressed) and draft mostly for the future. One year wonders are hard to come by.

FA hasn't flushed itself completely out yet.

PoeticG

Brian Hoyer - QB

Ben Tate/Dion Lewis - RB

Jordan Cameron/Jim Dray - TE

Gordon/Little/Hawkins/Benjamin - WR

Thomas/Pinkston/Mack/Greco/Schwartz - OL

Taylor/Rubin/Winn/Hughes/Kitchen/Bryant - DL

Mingo/Sheard/Dansby/Robertson/Kruger/Grooves - LB

Haden/Skrine/McFadden/Trufant/Witner/Gipson/Badmamojammer - DB

JAFBF

@poeticg said:

Brian Hoyer - QB

Ben Tate/Dion Lewis - RB

Jordan Cameron/Jim Dray - TE

Gordon/Little/Hawkins/Benjamin - WR

Thomas/Pinkston/Mack/Greco/Schwartz - OL

Taylor/Rubin/Winn/Hughes/Kitchen/Bryant - DL

Mingo/Sheard/Dansby/Robertson/Kruger/Grooves - LB

Haden/Skrine/McFadden/Trufant/Witner/Gipson/Badmamojammer - DB

I think Moats is still in the works at LB as well.

We may even see a few more adds before we get to the Draft.

The Cysko Kid

Question: does anyone at this point NOT trust farmer in the draft?

bbedward

@the-cysko-kid said:
Question: does anyone at this point NOT trust farmer in the draft?

Everyone likes Farmer so far it seems like. Gotta wait til the season end before trust is finalized I think.

Giving him a chance over Lombardi and Banner was definitely a good move.

runyon27

I wonder if Faulk can kick inside and play guard, anybody know if thats a realistic option?

Flyin J

@runyon27 said:
I wonder if Faulk can kick inside and play guard, anybody know if thats a realistic option?

I dont think we know if he can play at all.

Flyin J

@the-cysko-kid said:
Question: does anyone at this point NOT trust farmer in the draft?

do we have a choice? No track record for us to have any opinion yet

The Cysko Kid

Based on his off season moves I'm putting faith in him

b86b

@poeticg said:

Brian Hoyer - QB

Ben Tate/Dion Lewis - RB

Jordan Cameron/Jim Dray - TE

Gordon/Little/Hawkins/Benjamin - WR

Thomas/Pinkston/Mack/Greco/Schwartz - OL

Taylor/Rubin/Winn/Hughes/Kitchen/Bryant - DL

Mingo/Sheard/Dansby/Robertson/Kruger/Grooves - LB

Haden/Skrine/McFadden/Trufant/Witner/Gipson/Badmamojammer - DB

That is such an awful WR corp,just awful...

The Cysko Kid

@b86b said:

That is such an awful WR corp,just awful...

Flyin J

@b86b said:

That is such an awful WR corp,just awful...

any WR corp that has a guy of Gordon's caliber is not awful.

GoBrowns 0

The only awful part of the receiving corp mentioned above is Little, but don't worry that will be addressed in the draft.

b86b

Outside of Gordon the WR are awful, Benjamin is a good returner. Hope Sammy is pick @4

bbedward

@b86b said:
Outside of Gordon the WR are awful, Benjamin is a good returner. Hope Sammy is pick @4

Most teams don't have anyone of Gordon's caliber though.

We also have Cameron. Finding an upgrade over little shouldn't be terribly hard though.

miktoxic

dude we will pick WR in this draft and address it twice.

the draft is so deep at that positon we could have pro-bowlers picked int he 3rd round..........but i expect the FO to go sooner than that.

and yes i trust farmer. kicking stones inHS football stadiums kicking at cans as a scout. either he is brilliant or just briiliant.

7moses7

XxDaBuckeyexX said:
do we have a choice? No track record for us to have any opinion yet

Ozzie Newsome player turned GM in his first Draft had two 1st. round picks. I think he did pretty good Johnathon Ogden and Ray Lewis.Lets hope the football gods are looking over Ray Farmer as well.