Justin Gilbert

bbedward

Idk how we swindled buffalo for Sammy Watkins. Love the Gilbert pick though, I think hell make an immediate impact.

Harry Buffalo

Cool thing is there is a real good shit that the pick will be in the top 16 next season. How much better dies Watkins make them if EJ does progress or gets hurt again for an extended period of time.

Tour2ma

Not much better in 2014, HB... but Sammy was the WR in this draft and will be there for a long time.

Harry Buffalo

@tour2ma said:
Not much better in 2014, HB... but Sammy was the WR in this draft and will be there for a long time.

No I agree but a WR can only be as good as the QB giving him the ball and theirs is questionable with injury issues.

Flyin J

@tour2ma said:
Not much better in 2014, HB... but Sammy was the WR in this draft and will be there for a long time.

Theres still some really good ones available

miktoxic

@badnewsbrowns said:
fuckin Mik has been clamoring for a CB for the past 2 years now I figured you'd be on here celebrating by now

i was in the tavern with the rest of the droogs.

thanks for the mention. love the draft so far. farmer made me a believer.

we just upgraded our defense to a top 5 with the back end help of haden's fave CB coming out this year.

these guys will do us proud.

and as for JF..........roll on. roll on. who am i to step on the hands of a true believer unless thine becomes a true believer themselves.

PoeticG

I'm so excited about this pick. All the talk about QBs and LBs and WRs at the top, I never thought that we'd have a chance to get this kid. He's a fast CB with some sick skills.

Haden/Gilbert/Skrine = No Fly Zone. Oh yeah, don't forget Witner is the Anti-Aircraft Missile Defense System.

Tour2ma

Cool vid on the Browns site with a very stoic Farmer about the moves and then the Gilbert pick.

Last question was whether he thought about pairing Gilbert with Haden... and during his answer Farmer tries unsuccessfully to contain a smile... Check it out...

http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/media-center/videos/Ray-Farmer-Weve-Improved-Our-Defense/1a4e59f4-6d66-449b-9a32-e4bbaa402a3a

XxDaBuckeyexX said:
Theres still some really good ones available

Agree 100%...

D Bone

What a great day this is........... Bring on tomorrow.

miktoxic

@tour2ma said:

Cool vid on the Browns site with a very stoic Farmer about the moves and then the Gilbert pick.

Last question was whether he thought about pairing Gilbert with Haden... and during his answer Farmer tries unsuccessfully to contain a smile... Check it out...

http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/media-center/videos/Ray-Farmer-Weve-Improved-Our-Defense/1a4e59f4-6d66-449b-9a32-e4bbaa402a3a

Agree 100%...

thanks for that link tour. prob wouldn't have seen it without your post.

farmer is the shit. plain and simple. what gets me about that vid is how many times he says "plays like a brown" "hits like a brown" "covers like a brown" and goes on to say haden, gilbert and whiten...wouldn't want to go there (as in opposing offenses). we are now BADASS in the D backfield.

on a sour note..what's up with farmer's tie? i watched the vid and was mesmerized by both the tie and the brown's helmet pin.

reminds me of a bad acid trip i had back in the 70s.

slowburn

The Browns crushed it yesterday

tml1138

I was listening to this in the car on the AM radio...drove me nuts! I heard about the trade from #4, and then heard after the fact about the bump from #9 to #8 and picking Gilbert. Talk radio was bitching about the Browns failing again by trading away and not taking Watkins. I was immediately happy about Haden having a good CB opposite him, improving the D!

Still a top ten pick this year and the Bills #1 next year!!! Amazing job Farmer. I'll leave my thoughts for #22 pick for elsewhere. That one was more of a shocker to me.

Soju

He's not even the best lock down CB in the draft. He's physical but a shut down corner like Haden is...he's just not. Should have grabbed Watkins, then jumped up to get Johnny, take Evans somehow then get Manziel.

Just do not like this Gilbert kid.

Tiott

We don't know how they're gonna look like on the field. Let just support the picks and the organisation. Maybe Gilbert will be even better than Haden. We don't know and i think the Browns know better than us.

miktoxic

really?

who cares what you like.

now go home and grab your shine box bidatch.

The Cysko Kid

I don't like this soju character. We shoulda traded up and got ghoolie.

Flyin J

Gilbert is a Patrick Peterson type talent. I said back in January he was on the fringe of being in my group of elite players with the top 4.

Nuckin Futz

You don't like it?

miktoxic

rich4eagle and ghoolie for a 7th rounder?

price is too steep.

Harry Buffalo

I will admit he was more raw than Dennard, but more pro ready than Fuller. He also has the dimensions and athletic skill that you just can't teach. If you were looking for players with instant NFL talent that don't need hardly any coaching on their mechanics, then Dennard and Verrret would have been your choices, but they also went #24 and #25 overall for a reason (Dennard only as average athletic ability and below average speed, Verret is short with injury issues).

I like the pick. I think he can be even better than Haden in a few years, and Haden is an all pro talent. I think asking this guy to come in and have him strictly cover the #2 WR, instead of sticking him and Haden to specific sides of the field will help him be successful in his rookie year while he developed some of his finer mechanics more.

But at the same time he isn't all that raw in coverage. His biggest knock is that he isn't a great tackler. However Haden wasn't considered a good tackler either, and now he is considered one of the best tackling CB in the league.