What receiver do we go after in draft/FA?

Browns149

Cobb

and then draft someone

stillmotion

green-beckham

Clevfan4life

we're not drafting high enough this year to take Amari or any other receiver worthy of a 1st round pick. Gotta get one of these FA wr's. Crabtree would be "awesome" as would Thomas. Thomas though I would see being non committal till he knows who's gonna throw to him. He's been in a Manning run offense now so he's going to have high expectations. Crabtree will just come for the money. I don't think we go WR in the 1st round this year, last year yeah we should have...this year though too many other needs opened up.

LogicIsForSquares

I would like to see Devante Parker in a Browns jersey

Manzier

I would be good with shorts and-or crabtree. both are in our price range and would fit in well.

nickers

I would love to have Paul Warfield back in his prime.. He was simply the best at his position besides Jerry Rice... I'm to the point I'm getting sick of the Browns.. This shit needs to stop.

7moses7

Kevin White WVA. Phillip Dorsett Miami,Vince Mayle Wash.St.,Antawn Goodley Baylor and one of these would work. The receivers in this draft seems to be pretty deep.Resign Miles Austin.

TexasAg1969

Lockett from KSt will be the wr steal in this draft. Watch how he comes along with whomever gets him. I hope it's us around Rd 3-4. He was the heart of that team this year.

LBC mike

We need to get a decent FA pickup and not dig through the bargain bin like last year.

jrb12711

@texasag1969 said:
Lockett from KSt will be the wr steal in this draft. Watch how he comes along with whomever gets him. I hope it's us around Rd 3-4. He was the heart of that team this year.

I agree with you there. He seems to be one of those guys who everyone says "does everything well but nothing great" arguments.

The Gipper

@walterwhite said:

Free Agent options: Cecil Shorts, Jeremy Maclin, Michael Crabtree, Torrey Smith, Randall Cobb, Michael Crabtree, Denarious Thomas,

Torrey Smith fills three needs: a decent WR, a decent returner....and it weakens Baltimore

Draft options: Amari Cooper, Devante Parker, Kevin White, Sammy Coates, Justin Hardy, Jaelen Strong, Devin Smith, Ty Montgomery, Nelson Algalor, Rashad Greene...

Cooper won't be an option. He will be gone. Any one of the others could be possibles in the first couple of rounds.

Who do you want?

wvumountaineer

as a wvu fan I say kevin white he hasn't gotten into trouble and improved a lot this yr

MasterDog

T. Smith and R. Cobb.

Smith with the deep routes and Cobb with all the underneath stuff.

Ya, that would be hot.

Now, all we need is a QB.

Tim Couch Pulls Out

@tour2ma said:

.. or not have a true #1.

What has been said that gives any indication Farmer values WRs high enough to spend a 1?

What about last season indicated that a #1 was important to our offense?

Step 1: Resign Austin

Step 2: Sign Shorts

Step 3: see what value falls to us in the draft.

Looking to last year has nothing to do with this year. Different coordinator, different philosophies.

Shanahan's system didn't place value in a true #1 receiver. Flip comes from a little more of a ground game/vertical attack background.

Flip took over for one year as an OC at San Jose State. Under Flip, the San Jose State offense jumped 32 spots in offensive rankings. But what's more interesting is that, in the two years prior to Flip taking over, no WR nabbed more than 60 catches for the year. Then, in Flip's first year, Grigsby hauls in 90 catches for nearly 900 yards.

Obviously, it's hard to gauge exactly how much of that is due to Flip and how much is due to having a solid receiver (Grigsby went on to nab another 90 the following season).

However, it does seem to suggest that there is a solid chance they'll be looking for a more traditional #1, especially with Gordon almost certainly on the way out.

Tour2ma

Quite possible, TC, but Flip made a point to emphasize a continuation of established WCO/ZBS principles in his intro presser... not to exclusion of any change, but in the "by and large" sense.

browns52

@walterwhite said:

Free Agent options: Cecil Shorts, Jeremy Maclin, Michael Crabtree, Torrey Smith, Randall Cobb, Michael Crabtree, Denarious Thomas,

Draft options: Amari Cooper, Devante Parker, Kevin White, Sammy Coates, Justin Hardy, Jaelen Strong, Devin Smith, Ty Montgomery, Nelson Algalor, Rashad Greene...

Who do you want?

i think if any of those fa even hear the word browns by their agents, they will all be fired...no one in their right mind would want to come to this pos organization..me thinks those guys want to win a championship...not be a cellar dweller

gumby73

With Leonard retiring, we need a 2 for 1 like Benjamin. WR,KR and punt returns and they only Qualify if they do not fumble or buff the catch first. A Julian Edelman, best I have seen. Crowder from Duke fits our Small Quick receiver core and can fly on KR and Punt Returns but cannot trust him on fumble issues. Anybody got a Edelman out there, with no turnovers waiting to happen???

TexasAg1969

@gumby73 said:
With Leonard retiring, we need a 2 for 1 like Benjamin. WR,KR and punt returns and they only Qualify if they do not fumble or buff the catch first. A Julian Edelman, best I have seen. Crowder from Duke fits our Small Quick receiver core and can fly on KR and Punt Returns but cannot trust him on fumble issues. Anybody got a Edelman out there, with no turnovers waiting to happen???

As stated previously-that would be Lockett. He did everything for his team in all of those roles and is damn good at it. That team really counted on him to haul them along.

OldBrownsFan

Whatever receiver the Browns pick I hope he has some height.

Adoug319

@browns52 said:
i think if any of those fa even hear the word browns by their agents, they will all be fired...no one in their right mind would want to come to this pos organization..me thinks those guys want to win a championship...not be a cellar dweller

Cecil Shorts is from Cleveland, so maybe he'll want to come home