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  • thenew23T thenew23

    46 dress each week. Here are mine, as of right now...

    Offense:

    WR1 TE LT LG C RG RT WR2

    Bowe Dray Thomas Bitonio Mack Greco Schwartz Hartline

    Gabriel Barnidge Seymour Barton Slot WR Moore

    Hawkins

    RB QB

    West McCown

    Crowell Manziel

    Draughn Lewis

    Defense:

    CB1 LDE NT RDE CB2

    Haden Starks Taylor D.Bryant Slot CB T.Williams

    Desir Hughes Kitchen Winn K.Williams

    James Gilbert

    LOLB LILB RILB ROLB

    Mingo Dansby Robertson Kruger

    Solomon Kirksey A.Bryant

    FS SS

    Gipson Whitner

    Poyer Bademosi

    Special teams:

    K - Hartley

    P - Lanning

    LS - Yount

    Green = Good to great

    Blue = Adequate

    Black = Below Average

    Red = Needs improved

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    @thenew23 said:

    46 dress each week. Here are mine, as of right now...

    I say great job on this....not gonna haggle on the ratings....BUT, if it's only the 46 to dress each week, then Id dump a few guys and add more LB/DL to the mix.......no need for a 3rd QB, Draugns, etc

    @comeonman said:

    Looks pretty good other than Greco in blue. Come on man! He's a top ten guard in the league!

    ...Id say the same....

    @thenew23 said:

    I think we'll see more of Dray, especially in the redzone. We DO still need to upgrade the position all around

    Agreed.....with the 2 we currently have, Id label Dray as the "receiver" and Barnidge as the 'blocker".....

    @wargograw said:

    PFF has Hawkins as "very good," which is the category just below "elite" (which we only Thomas rated). Although they admit it may have been generous, I'd say it's fair to make him green here.

    Yep....Elite slot receiver...for sure.....

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      Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on last edited by
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      I don't get the grading. In my mind "good to great" is too big of a lump while at the other end of the scale "Below Average" and "Needs improved" are the same.

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      • thenew23T thenew23

        As you can see... in my opinion, the only position the Browns really need to upgrade their starting player is at QB.

        I see 6 other spots where improvement is warranted, but I don't see major weaknesses in this team's top 46. It's the depth that I still have concerns about, but I trust Farmer will do well in rounds 5-7 and utilizing UDFA to provide competition in the back end of the roster...

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        @thenew23 said:

        As you can see... in my opinion, the only position the Browns really need to upgrade their starting player is at QB.

        I see 6 other spots where improvement is warranted, but I don't see major weaknesses in this team's top 46. It's the depth that I still have concerns about, but I trust Farmer will do well in rounds 5-7 and utilizing UDFA to provide competition in the back end of the roster...

        Damn, You must have The NEW Oranger Glasses.. We all see QB yes. But come on. When our last winning season?? Far To much Black and Blue Talent gets us beat on Sundays. Farmer got B- on last year overall. Let's hang a A in 2015 and I will buy The New Oranger Glasses also..

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        • thenew23T thenew23

          46 dress each week. Here are mine, as of right now...

          Offense:

          WR1 TE LT LG C RG RT WR2

          Bowe Dray Thomas Bitonio Mack Greco Schwartz Hartline

          Gabriel Barnidge Seymour Barton Slot WR Moore

          Hawkins

          RB QB

          West McCown

          Crowell Manziel

          Draughn Lewis

          Defense:

          CB1 LDE NT RDE CB2

          Haden Starks Taylor D.Bryant Slot CB T.Williams

          Desir Hughes Kitchen Winn K.Williams

          James Gilbert

          LOLB LILB RILB ROLB

          Mingo Dansby Robertson Kruger

          Solomon Kirksey A.Bryant

          FS SS

          Gipson Whitner

          Poyer Bademosi

          Special teams:

          K - Hartley

          P - Lanning

          LS - Yount

          Green = Good to great

          Blue = Adequate

          Black = Below Average

          Red = Needs improved

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          MudflyM Mudfly wrote on last edited by
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          Ok.....still super early, but we have some new names and thought Id take a swing at this now and see how things shake out.....

          @thenew23 said:

          46 dress each week. Here are mine, as of right now...

          Offense:

          WR1 TE LT LG C RG RT WR2

          Bowe Housler Thomas Bitonio Mack Erving Schwartz Hartline

          Gabriel Barnidge Greco Bowie Slot WR Benjiman

          Dray Hawkins

          RB QB

          Crowell McCown

          Johnson Manziel

          West

          Defense:

          CB1 LDE NT RDE CB2

          Haden Cooper Shelton Hughes Slot CB Gilbert

          Desir A. Bryant Taylor Starks K.Williams Williams

          D. Bryant

          LOLB LILB RILB ROLB

          Mingo Dansby Kirksey Kruger

          Solomon Robertson Orchard

          FS SS

          Gipson Whitner

          Poyer Campbell

          Special teams:

          K - Coons

          P - Lanning

          LS - Hughlett

          other potential reserves to make it 53: Lewis QB, Johnson FB, Winn DL, Gaines CB, Kitchen DL, Pullard LB, Mayle WR

          If this were the final roster, you'll probably see Telfer and Ifu on the injured list....and some names from last year and a few"up and comers" would be gone, like Draughn, Winston, Bademosi, Nelson, Painter, Seymour, Moore & Carder

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          • MudflyM Mudfly

            Ok.....still super early, but we have some new names and thought Id take a swing at this now and see how things shake out.....

            @thenew23 said:

            46 dress each week. Here are mine, as of right now...

            Offense:

            WR1 TE LT LG C RG RT WR2

            Bowe Housler Thomas Bitonio Mack Erving Schwartz Hartline

            Gabriel Barnidge Greco Bowie Slot WR Benjiman

            Dray Hawkins

            RB QB

            Crowell McCown

            Johnson Manziel

            West

            Defense:

            CB1 LDE NT RDE CB2

            Haden Cooper Shelton Hughes Slot CB Gilbert

            Desir A. Bryant Taylor Starks K.Williams Williams

            D. Bryant

            LOLB LILB RILB ROLB

            Mingo Dansby Kirksey Kruger

            Solomon Robertson Orchard

            FS SS

            Gipson Whitner

            Poyer Campbell

            Special teams:

            K - Coons

            P - Lanning

            LS - Hughlett

            other potential reserves to make it 53: Lewis QB, Johnson FB, Winn DL, Gaines CB, Kitchen DL, Pullard LB, Mayle WR

            If this were the final roster, you'll probably see Telfer and Ifu on the injured list....and some names from last year and a few"up and comers" would be gone, like Draughn, Winston, Bademosi, Nelson, Painter, Seymour, Moore & Carder

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            The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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            @mudfly said:

            Ok.....still super early, but we have some new names and thought Id take a swing at this now and see how things shake out.....

            I think you may need at least one more OL.

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              gumby73G gumby73 wrote on last edited by gumby73
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              As us Browns fans would love to see more TD's and Less of our FG Kickers, Let's get familiar with Hartley was so Below Average we cut him and were down to guys Named Travis Coons or Carey Spear.. God I miss Dawson again already..

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              • MudflyM Mudfly

                Ok.....still super early, but we have some new names and thought Id take a swing at this now and see how things shake out.....

                @thenew23 said:

                46 dress each week. Here are mine, as of right now...

                Offense:

                WR1 TE LT LG C RG RT WR2

                Bowe Housler Thomas Bitonio Mack Erving Schwartz Hartline

                Gabriel Barnidge Greco Bowie Slot WR Benjiman

                Dray Hawkins

                RB QB

                Crowell McCown

                Johnson Manziel

                West

                Defense:

                CB1 LDE NT RDE CB2

                Haden Cooper Shelton Hughes Slot CB Gilbert

                Desir A. Bryant Taylor Starks K.Williams Williams

                D. Bryant

                LOLB LILB RILB ROLB

                Mingo Dansby Kirksey Kruger

                Solomon Robertson Orchard

                FS SS

                Gipson Whitner

                Poyer Campbell

                Special teams:

                K - Coons

                P - Lanning

                LS - Hughlett

                other potential reserves to make it 53: Lewis QB, Johnson FB, Winn DL, Gaines CB, Kitchen DL, Pullard LB, Mayle WR

                If this were the final roster, you'll probably see Telfer and Ifu on the injured list....and some names from last year and a few"up and comers" would be gone, like Draughn, Winston, Bademosi, Nelson, Painter, Seymour, Moore & Carder

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                @mudfly said:

                Ok.....still super early, but we have some new names and thought Id take a swing at this now and see how things shake out.....

                I think Desmond Bryant still starts at DE ... whatever the final DL arrangement, it looks like a bad-ass defense.

                Zombo

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                  @mudfly said:

                  Ok.....still super early, but we have some new names and thought Id take a swing at this now and see how things shake out.....

                  I think Desmond Bryant still starts at DE ... whatever the final DL arrangement, it looks like a bad-ass defense.

                  Zombo

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                  ComeonmanC Comeonman wrote on last edited by
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                  Zombo said:

                  I think Desmond Bryant still starts at DE ... whatever the final DL arrangement, it looks like a bad-ass defense.

                  Zombo

                  I really like Bryant and think he will start at DE as well. If the D stays healthy they can look like did against the Colts every game
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                    IbleedbrownI Ibleedbrown wrote on last edited by
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                    Correct me if l'm wrong on this, but wasn't Dray considered a mostly blocking TE, who happened to catch a high percentage of passes, albeit few, thrown his way when we signed him?

                    I think that guy is poised to be a breakout pass catcher this year. Poised dammit!

                    And l like Greco too. Even more than Grieco. 21 Jump Street yo.

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                      Special teams:


                      K - Coons


                      P - Lanning


                      LS - Hughlett




                      I imagine we will bring in a real kicker.



                      Is Hughlett expected to beat out Christina Yount? I remember Yount slumped last year, but rebounded.



                      Zombo


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                        @mudfly said:

                        Ok.....still super early, but we have some new names and thought Id take a swing at this now and see how things shake out.....

                        I think you may need at least one more OL.

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                        MudflyM Mudfly wrote on last edited by
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                        @the-gipper said:

                        I think you may need at least one more OL.

                        Maybe for PS, but feel these guys would cover all the bases game to game(46 man roster).....plus, Im using exactly the same # we carried last year.....so they would almost have to feel we are weaker at OL than last year to add an extra one.....(right?)

                        Zombo said:

                        I think Desmond Bryant still starts at DE ... whatever the final DL arrangement, it looks like a bad-ass defense.

                        Zombo

                        Sure looks bad ass on paper(which is what we said last year too).....Farmer says he wants "waves" of DL coming and going....though Im not a huge D. Bryant fan, but only time will tell there.....he is definitely our healthiest DL player tho

                        @ibleedbrown said:

                        I think that guy is poised to be a breakout pass catcher this year. Poised dammit!

                        And l like Greco too. Even more than Grieco. 21 Jump Street yo.

                        Poise is a great asset.........I like Greco too.....

                        Zombo said:

                        I imagine we will bring in a real kicker.

                        Is Hughlett expected to beat out Christina Yount? I remember Yount slumped last year, but rebounded.

                        Zombo

                        Dont know here.....Im just guessing based upon who we have.....

                        I do know Yount struggled and Hughlett came in with some high praise....so, just "hoping" we upgrade there, just like any other position.....

                        Same with the kicker......we might already have a "real" kicker in camp, but we just dont know it yet....or maybe not.....

                        Where do kickers come from anyway?????

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                          TypicalBrownsT TypicalBrowns wrote on last edited by
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                          One thing is for sure, looking at our depth, it's easily the deepest the team has been since the early 90s. Nothing has come close since to the depth we have this year

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                            @the-gipper said:

                            I think you may need at least one more OL.

                            Maybe for PS, but feel these guys would cover all the bases game to game(46 man roster).....plus, Im using exactly the same # we carried last year.....so they would almost have to feel we are weaker at OL than last year to add an extra one.....(right?)

                            Zombo said:

                            I think Desmond Bryant still starts at DE ... whatever the final DL arrangement, it looks like a bad-ass defense.

                            Zombo

                            Sure looks bad ass on paper(which is what we said last year too).....Farmer says he wants "waves" of DL coming and going....though Im not a huge D. Bryant fan, but only time will tell there.....he is definitely our healthiest DL player tho

                            @ibleedbrown said:

                            I think that guy is poised to be a breakout pass catcher this year. Poised dammit!

                            And l like Greco too. Even more than Grieco. 21 Jump Street yo.

                            Poise is a great asset.........I like Greco too.....

                            Zombo said:

                            I imagine we will bring in a real kicker.

                            Is Hughlett expected to beat out Christina Yount? I remember Yount slumped last year, but rebounded.

                            Zombo

                            Dont know here.....Im just guessing based upon who we have.....

                            I do know Yount struggled and Hughlett came in with some high praise....so, just "hoping" we upgrade there, just like any other position.....

                            Same with the kicker......we might already have a "real" kicker in camp, but we just dont know it yet....or maybe not.....

                            Where do kickers come from anyway?????

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                            @mudfly said:

                            Where do kickers come from anyway?????

                            The last two good ones we had were nobodies kicking around looking for a job.

                            I think we stole Stover from the Giants practice squad and Phil Dawson from Patriots practice squad.

                            Hopefully we get lucky again.

                            Zombo

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                              miktoxicM miktoxic wrote on last edited by miktoxic
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                              offense

                              this is easy:

                              QB - McCown

                              RB1 - johnson

                              RB2 - crowell

                              WR1 - bowe

                              WR2 - gabriel

                              WR 3 - hartline

                              TE1 - dray

                              TE2 - barnidge

                              LT - thomas

                              LG - bitonio

                              C - mack

                              RG - greco

                              RT - erving

                              look for mayne and the 2 other TEs to be worked in when available and ready.

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                                offense

                                this is easy:

                                QB - McCown

                                RB1 - johnson

                                RB2 - crowell

                                WR1 - bowe

                                WR2 - gabriel

                                WR 3 - hartline

                                TE1 - dray

                                TE2 - barnidge

                                LT - thomas

                                LG - bitonio

                                C - mack

                                RG - greco

                                RT - erving

                                look for mayne and the 2 other TEs to be worked in when available and ready.

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                                The GipperT The Gipper wrote on last edited by
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                                @miktoxic said:

                                offense

                                this is easy:

                                QB - McCown

                                RB1 - johnson

                                RB2 - crowell

                                WR1 - bowe

                                WR2 - gabriel

                                WR 3 - hartline

                                TE1 - dray

                                TE2 - barnidge

                                LT - thomas

                                LG - bitonio

                                C - mack

                                RG - greco

                                RT - erving

                                look for mayne and the 2 other TEs to be worked in when available and ready.

                                You are only allowed 11 men on the field at a time...you have 13 out there. 😳

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                                  Special teams:


                                  K - Coons


                                  P - Lanning


                                  LS - Hughlett




                                  I imagine we will bring in a real kicker.



                                  Is Hughlett expected to beat out Christina Yount? I remember Yount slumped last year, but rebounded.



                                  Zombo


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                                  MudflyM Mudfly wrote on last edited by
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                                  Zombo said:

                                  Is Hughlett expected to beat out Christina Yount? I remember Yount slumped last year, but rebounded.

                                  Zombo

                                  We just got our answer....Browns waived Christian Yount today.....

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                                    @miktoxic said:

                                    offense

                                    this is easy:

                                    QB - McCown

                                    RB1 - johnson

                                    RB2 - crowell

                                    WR1 - bowe

                                    WR2 - gabriel

                                    WR 3 - hartline

                                    TE1 - dray

                                    TE2 - barnidge

                                    LT - thomas

                                    LG - bitonio

                                    C - mack

                                    RG - greco

                                    RT - erving

                                    look for mayne and the 2 other TEs to be worked in when available and ready.

                                    You are only allowed 11 men on the field at a time...you have 13 out there. 😳

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                                    @the-gipper said:

                                    You are only allowed 11 men on the field at a time...you have 13 out there. 😳

                                    duh, really? i know i didn't show all the depth but i showed the important stuff like RB and WRs.......that's all. so in any given play one or two or three of the offensive weapon positions will be on the field or not.

                                    stop being a larryfine

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                                      W wargograw wrote on last edited by
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                                      Forgot Hawkins though.

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                                        Forgot Hawkins though.

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                                        miktoxicM miktoxic wrote on last edited by
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                                        @wargograw said:

                                        Forgot Hawkins though.

                                        i know but didn't really.

                                        can't hartline (#3) be the #1 slot?

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                                          @wargograw said:

                                          Forgot Hawkins though.

                                          i know but didn't really.

                                          can't hartline (#3) be the #1 slot?

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                                          @miktoxic said:

                                          i know but didn't really.

                                          can't hartline (#3) be the #1 slot?

                                          Hawkins is faster so he would be better in slot. Hartline is used to being #2 wideout..

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