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Who would be your top overall "can't miss" guy coming out for the draft ever?

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  • I would have a hard time tagging a receiver here as there are just too many variables.

    My answer is Jim Brown...Big (bigger than many linebackers in his day), fast, strong, & tough as nails. Then he got to the NFL & proved it.

    Mike

  • Reggie White!!!

  • You need to ask a better question. Asking the best can't miss player "coming" out of the draft, -retroactively- is silly,

    it logically ends up being the most successful, like Jim Brown, Joe Mantana. And there are reasons for a player's success or

    not depending on the surrounding cast, systems, coaches...

    "Coming" directly refers to the present. "Whoever came out of the draft" would be more precise.

    But, to play along, I'd say Paul Warfield. Wait, he was very successful.. oh, never mind. Warfield was a Lynn Swann before there was a Swann.

    Currently, the "can't miss" in THIS DRAFT would be Curry, LB, and Smith, OL.

    @calfoxwc said:

    You need to ask a better question. Asking the best can't miss player "coming" out of the draft, -retroactively- is silly,

    it logically ends up being the most successful, like Jim Brown, Joe Mantana. And there are reasons for a player's success or

    not depending on the surrounding cast, systems, coaches...

    "Coming" directly refers to the present. "Whoever came out of the draft" would be more precise.

    But, to play along, I'd say Paul Warfield. Wait, he was very successful.. oh, never mind. Warfield was a Lynn Swann before there was a Swann.

    Currently, the "can't miss" in THIS DRAFT would be Curry, LB, and Smith, OL.

    So for this draft do you recomend picking Curry oor Smith if available?

  • Yes, if you balance that with need. The best available player, say, WR, when you already have two all pro wr's, doesn't help your team significantly.

    We don't need a LT, or I'd take Smith. We do need a great all around lb'er, and that's Curry.

    If Curry is gone, you really have to take a serious eval of Orakpo or Raji. Or trade down. It's complicated. But taking the bop at the top

    of the first round when you don't really need him, is not a dramatic impact player for your team.

    But, I would say Smtih and Curry are the best sure things at the top of the draft.

  • Yes, if you balance that with need. The best available player, say, WR, when you already have two all pro wr's, doesn't help your team significantly.

    We don't need a LT, or I'd take Smith. We do need a great all around lb'er, and that's Curry.

    If Curry is gone, you really have to take a serious eval of Orakpo or Raji. Or trade down. It's complicated. But taking the bop at the top

    of the first round when you don't really need him, is not a dramatic impact player for your team.

    But, I would say Smtih and Curry are the best sure things at the top of the draft.

    @calfoxwc said:

    Yes, if you balance that with need. The best available player, say, WR, when you already have two all pro wr's, doesn't help your team significantly.

    We don't need a LT, or I'd take Smith. We do need a great all around lb'er, and that's Curry.

    If Curry is gone, you really have to take a serious eval of Orakpo or Raji. Or trade down. It's complicated. But taking the bop at the top

    of the first round when you don't really need him, is not a dramatic impact player for your team.

    But, I would say Smtih and Curry are the best sure things at the top of the draft.

    I would accept Curry as our #5 but if hes not there a scorer should be our focus at that point. If Curry is not there, then you focus on a trade for picks or players as another option.

  • You guys will think I'm nuts but I viewed Kosar as one of the safest "Can't miss" picks ever.

    I have never felt more sure of a guy's abilities despite things like his lack of speed and ugly passes.

    Bernie, besides being extremely intelligent, (Grad in three years at Miami) had that special mental make up that just told me he was going to be a very good, if not great QB. I sure never felt better about any pick the Browns made.

  • my bad for the ? 🤔

  • Jim Brown from the old school, Payton Manning from the new.

  • Jim Brown from the old school, Payton Manning from the new.

    @kosar_for_president said:

    Jim Brown from the old school, Payton Manning from the new.

    Tim Couch from the school with the short bus.

  • @calfoxwc said:

    Yes, if you balance that with need. The best available player, say, WR, when you already have two all pro wr's, doesn't help your team significantly.

    We don't need a LT, or I'd take Smith. We do need a great all around lb'er, and that's Curry.

    If Curry is gone, you really have to take a serious eval of Orakpo or Raji. Or trade down. It's complicated. But taking the bop at the top

    of the first round when you don't really need him, is not a dramatic impact player for your team.

    But, I would say Smtih and Curry are the best sure things at the top of the draft.

    I would accept Curry as our #5 but if hes not there a scorer should be our focus at that point. If Curry is not there, then you focus on a trade for picks or players as another option.

    I think that's pretty acurate. I believe Curry won't be there. We'll see - a trade down with extra serious high picks would be invaluable for the Browns this draft.

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    @hammertime said:

    I would accept Curry as our #5 but if hes not there a scorer should be our focus at that point. If Curry is not there, then you focus on a trade for picks or players as another option.