Have the Browns EVER had a worse 1st round than THIS???
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I have to go with 1988...
Drafting LB Clifford Charlton, who is only ignored when people mention "busts" because 1.) He was drafted 21st overall not top 10, and 2.) Most people think that Michael Dean Perry was the Brown's top pick that year. He wasn't.
Selecting Charlton at 21 left the following on the board for the Browns:
RB Lorenzo White
LB Chris Speilman
DB Erik Allen
LT John "Jumbo" Elliot
LB Ken Norton Jr
RB Thurman Thomas
DT Pierce Holt
OC Dermotti Dawson
WR Willie "Flipper" Anderson
Charlton was a bad pick, for sure... but you don't want to be the team that blows a late first round pick ahead of one of the greatest, deepest, and most talented second rounds in NFL history.
What a colossal blunder.
-jj
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Always a problem when you take a bust, then have two guys in the next five or so go to the HOF--especially when it's a draft as comparatively recent as 1988 (you figure that a HOF player is going to have a 12-15 year career, which means that they're getting in pretty close to the first ballot). Thurman Thomas is already in, and Dermontti Dawson should have been in a couple of years ago.
Although it's hard to say who's a bust versus who's a good pick while they're still with their original team--I'm comfortable with saying that Gerard Warren and William Green might not have been great picks--it's well nigh impossible to say that taking Winslow instead of Roethlisbergeer wasn't a mistake; forget that he played for Davis, forget that they already had a highly-picked QB on the roster; I thought it was a bad move to pass on him at the time, and I haven't seen a whole lot to convince me that I'll end up thinking I was wrong, regardless of how much I love Winslow's passion out there.
Dennis
Of course, if Winslow leads the team to a couple of Super Bowls, I'll call it a wash.
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Zombo said:
Mike Junkin Still Haunts Me"Never take a defensive player from a basketball school" ...hmm ... beware Curry fans, the ghost of Mike Junkin.
Zombo
i knew you always hated Lawrence Taylor. i thought he was pretty good.
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Had Winslow not gotten hurt, I think in the end he would have proven worthy of getting picked like he did! He is still a hell of a football even with all his injuries.
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Zombo said:
Mike Junkin Still Haunts Me"Never take a defensive player from a basketball school" ...hmm ... beware Curry fans, the ghost of Mike Junkin.
Zombo
Ya know Zombo....Although that is a funny piece....It almost convinces me of the idea. Maybe not of the player suggested but of the mindset of offense for now.
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Zombo said:
... but I'm not sure if Vanderbilt is considered a basketball school ... it certainly isn't a football school.Zombo
It's a baseball school.
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That 60's draft is ancient history. Let's fast forward to the absolute worst Browns draft pick in modern history.
I nominate 2001, hands down. Get ready to hurl. We took Fatso Gerrard Warren. Still on the board?
LaDanian Tomlinson. Richard Seymour. Dan Morgan. Santana Moss. Steve Hutchinson. Casey Hampton. Nate Clemens. Deuce McCallister. Reggie Wayne. Todd Heap.
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That 60's draft is ancient history. Let's fast forward to the absolute worst Browns draft pick in modern history.
I nominate 2001, hands down. Get ready to hurl. We took Fatso Gerrard Warren. Still on the board?
LaDanian Tomlinson. Richard Seymour. Dan Morgan. Santana Moss. Steve Hutchinson. Casey Hampton. Nate Clemens. Deuce McCallister. Reggie Wayne. Todd Heap.
That 60's draft is ancient history. Let's fast forward to the absolute worst Browns draft pick in modern history.
I nominate 2001, hands down. Get ready to hurl. We took Fatso Gerrard Warren. Still on the board?
LaDanian Tomlinson. Richard Seymour. Dan Morgan. Santana Moss. Steve Hutchinson. Casey Hampton. Nate Clemens. Deuce McCallister. Reggie Wayne. Todd Heap.
OK, I agree. That was the worst ever.
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That 60's draft is ancient history. Let's fast forward to the absolute worst Browns draft pick in modern history.
I nominate 2001, hands down. Get ready to hurl. We took Fatso Gerrard Warren. Still on the board?
LaDanian Tomlinson. Richard Seymour. Dan Morgan. Santana Moss. Steve Hutchinson. Casey Hampton. Nate Clemens. Deuce McCallister. Reggie Wayne. Todd Heap.
That 60's draft is ancient history. Let's fast forward to the absolute worst Browns draft pick in modern history.
I nominate 2001, hands down. Get ready to hurl. We took Fatso Gerrard Warren. Still on the board?
LaDanian Tomlinson. Richard Seymour. Dan Morgan. Santana Moss. Steve Hutchinson. Casey Hampton. Nate Clemens. Deuce McCallister. Reggie Wayne. Todd Heap.
jesus, that's ugly. you win this thread, hoorta.
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I started this, but I really have to agree with 2001. Some years, there is NOTHING in the draft when you look back at it.....not so 2001.
Warren was a bust alright, magnified by PLENTY when you see who was still out there....OUCH!!!
Mike
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