Private Workouts & Visits

[Aloysius]

According to PFT, Michigan State QB Brian Hoyer will be working out for the Browns. He also has a private workout scheduled with the Pats.

[Kosar_For_President]

Aloysius said:

According to Scout.com, the Browns have already worked out UCF corner Joe Burnett.

Also, Cal center Alex Mack is coming in for a draft visit.

Took a look at the Joe Burnett video, great coverage guy. What round do they project him getting drafted?

[Aloysius]

nfldraftscout has Burnett pegged as a Round 5/6 guy.

[Kosar_For_President]

Aloysius said:

nfldraftscout has Burnett pegged as a Round 5/6 guy.

Cool thanks

[heckofajobbrownie]

I like that those draft guys feature a lot of day two guys that the Kipers of the world rarely even talk about. But according to them, everyone is fantastic and a future pro, when in reality only a small number of the guys they feature are ever going to start in the NFL. These are mostly guys that are hoping to get on a 53-man roster or the practice squad.

[Aloysius]

@heckofajobbrownie said:

I like that those draft guys feature a lot of day two guys that the Kipers of the world rarely even talk about. But according to them, everyone is fantastic and a future pro, when in reality only a small number of the guys they feature are ever going to start in the NFL. These are mostly guys that are hoping to get on a 53-man roster or the practice squad.

They were a lot more critical of guys last year - just check out their profile of Paul Hubbard. I don't know why they stopped doing that.

[Aloysius]

According to Scout.com, the Browns are privately working out Oregon safety Patrick Chung.

[Mr. T]

Good tackler, with some Great Hits!

[Aloysius]

Very interesting:

Browns | Barden to have dinner with Mangini Friday

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:42:56 -0700

Josh Buchanan, of NFLDraftBible.com, reports Cal Poly WR Ramses Barden will have dinner with Cleveland Browns head coach Eric Mangini Friday, March 27.

[CLEVELandMILIDH]

Browns bringing in OL Alex Boone and TE Mike Massey for workouts

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/afcnorth/0-2-28...r-Vikings-.html

[ClevelandFanForLife]

nmills said:

Browns bringing in OL Alex Boone and TE Mike Massey for workouts

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/afcnorth/0-2-28...r-Vikings-.html

no thanks, we don't need anyone to do completely stupid things. we have enough of those people.

[Kosar_For_President]

Don't they try to keep these workouts quiet?

[hammertime]

nmills said:

Browns bringing in OL Alex Boone and TE Mike Massey for workouts

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/afcnorth/0-2-28...r-Vikings-.html

Did you say KEG PARTY?

I'm in

[Aloysius]

Apparently, Ramses Barden isn't the only west coast prospect Mangini's meeting with. According to Brent "Sobo" Sobleski, Mangini's going to meet with San Jose State DE-DT Jarron Gilbert.

Here's some footage of Gilbert:

And here's a scouting report on the San Jose State product:

Positives:

Rare athleticism for a player of his size...Versatile defender with experience at defensive tackle and defensive end...Good size potential...Naturally large man with room for plenty of additional muscle mass...Good initial quickness off the snap...Flashes the functional upper-body strength to disengage from blockers...Surprising balance for his height...Can break down in space and make the secure tackle...At least adequate closing speed for a player his size...Flashes some explosiveness as a hitter...Long arms and capable of batting down passes and potentially kicks...Often battled two or three blockers as a senior...Helped himself with a strong week of practice at the East-West Shrine Game... Ascending talent -- might be just scratching the surface of his potential.

Negatives:

Bit of a "tweener."...Struggles with leverage inside and might lack the burst off the snap and flexibility to flank the tackle and close effectively as a defensive end...Too often allows blockers to get into his chest...Inconsistent getting his hands up in the passing lanes...Questionable level of competition...A better raw athlete than football player...Some maturity concerns...Might be considered a one-year wonder after a breakout senior season.

[Aloysius]

Wow - according to the OBR, the Browns are bringing in USC QB Mark Sanchez, as well as WR Patrick Turner, LB Clay Matthews, and DE Kyle Moore, in for official visits.

[JewDago]

you can't tell me that every frat boy in the country wouldn't buy a mark 'dirty' sanchez jersey in seal brown. that's the kind of marketing that writes itself.

[Aloysius]

I was a Quinn skeptic back in '07, but I'd really hate it if we took Sanchez at #5. There are just as many reasons to doubt that he'll be a successful NFL QB, if not more.

[Legacy Fan]

Aloysius said:

I was a Quinn skeptic back in '07, but I'd really hate it if we took Sanchez at #5. There are just as many reasons to doubt that he'll be a successful NFL QB, if not more.

For starters (pun intended), a season's worth of starts.

I think Sanchez is going to be a solid QB, but we have Sanchez - with 2 years in the NFL (and some experience) and far cheaper than a #5 price tag.

[YtownBrownsBacker]

@clevelandfanforlife said:

no thanks, we don't need anyone to do completely stupid things. we have enough of those people.

Well, lets just shoot everybody that ever made a mistake. Screw this 2nd chance BS. Hell, we could get rid of most of the team and coaches. Just about everyone has done something stupid. But there wouldn't be anybody else to bring in because they have all done somthing stupid also.

These are late round or UDFA local tryouts.

[JewDago]

Aloysius said:

I was a Quinn skeptic back in '07, but I'd really hate it if we took Sanchez at #5. There are just as many reasons to doubt that he'll be a successful NFL QB, if not more.

overall, i agree. there's nothing about sanchez that says "i'm the guy" to me. QBs are, in so many ways, all about intangibles, and there's very little about sanchez that's positive outside of his measurables.

save drafting first round QBs for guys like carson palmer, peyton manning and ben roethlisberger: QBs who've put teams on their backs, not guys who've been surrounded by tons of talent and haven't produced.