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    This is gonna be a long one.....so be prepared.....as I have lots of time on my hands and love to crunch numbers.....and since this season isnt providing me with the #'s I enjoy, Ive trailed off in another direction.....draft #'s.....

    Here's why.....Ive been very outspoken about my dislike of our current draft strategy.....and the premium I keep seeing us place on middle and late round players.....and the completely unrealistic "expectations" we have for middle and late round players....and the high value we place on something like a 4th round pick....

    Example...., I honestly have no issue with trading Andy Lee for a 4th.....in fact, 2 - 7th round picks for a 4th is something ID do everyday.....AND that is what I hope the Browns do with all those late round picks.....MOVE UP......STOP taking quantity over quality and reverse that trend ....Zombo points to those picks as currency, which I think should be spend on a few blue chippers, instead of a bunch of late rounders....My only beef is the expectation that we will get a good player with that 4th(and I mean a legit good player).....

    Many argue that we have SOOOOOOO many holes to fill, that the quantity is really what we need....trade down and get as many prospects as possible......but "analytics" will show that you cannot and will not build a quality team, if it is flooded with middle and late picks....just wont happen....doesnt happen.....hasnt happened...

    Truth is that almost all good players come from the first 3 rounds.....and good players picked after the 3rd round are extremely rare......a quick scan of our team, right now, reveals this about the players Id say are our ten best.....Defense....Haden(1st) , Kirksey(3rd) , Collins(2nd) , Ogbah(2nd) , Shelton(1st)...Offense:...Thomas(1st) , Bitonio(2nd) , Greco(3rd) , Coleman(1st) , Pryor(3rd) and Crow, who is the one exception as udfa......so, its very clear where our best players came from.....the top 3 rounds.

    So, seeing this and hoping our FO see's this.....and hearing so much hope for 4th and later picks....year after year(Im guilty too, btw).....I looked back to see EXACTLY how many late picks have succeeded, what percentages of what picks....etc....and our numbers are very close to the leagues numbers, as a whole.....

    Ok....as a rule....less than 30% of players drafted have a career....and only about 5% have "very good" or above avg careers......it's a small number.....average success in the first round is 30%.....2nd round is 20%.....3rd round is 15%.....4th and later is less than 10%......history has proven this. Its a lock. So, for every 6th round Tom Brady, there are 3000 guys who didnt make the cut....

    And if only 7% of players drafted 4th or later make it, why invest 20 picks in these guys?....cause that will only net us 1...maybe 2 good players......and to invest 2 years of guaranteed garbage football, just to weed through all these players, looking for "a" gem or two, seems wasteful.....almost like buying lottery tickets for your retirement plan.....and thinking the more you buy, the better you'll do.....

    So.....Ive spend "too long" pounding the Browns past drafts and have broken it out for you.....here are the REAL numbers from the past 45 years......1970 through 2015......Cleveland Browns.....drafts

    My standard for a keeper, was what I expect a "good draft pick" to be.....a quality starting player over several years.....(one year wonders need not apply)

    1970-79 4th & later

    141 picks made.....5 quality starters kept......136 backups/busts.......

    Starters: Sheppard(5), Dieken(6), Risien(7), Ambrose(12), Sipe(13)

    Score: 3% keeper rate.....97% fail rate

    1980-89 4th & later

    97 picks made.....6 quality starters kept.........91 backups/busts......

    Starters: Brennan(4), Baab(5), Langhorne(7), Johnson(7), Byner(10), Farren(12)

    Score: 7% keeper rate.....93% fail rate....

    1990-99 4th & later

    58 picks made........1 quality starter kept......57 backups/busts...

    Starter: Burnett(5)

    Score: 1.2% keeper rate.....98% fail rate....

    2000-10 4th & later

    54 picks made.......3 quality starters kept......51 backups/busts...

    Starters: A. Davis(5), Pontbriand(5)(kind of), Rubin(6)

    Score: 6% keeper rate(pretty avg keepers too).....94% fail rate.....

    2011-15 4th & later

    24 picks made......1 multi year starter.......23 bckups/busts...

    Starter: Skrine(5).........Note: Campbell has an opportunity to make it...but too soon...

    Score: 4% keeper........96% fail rate.....

    summary - 45 years of 4th round and later Browns picks

    374 drafts picks made........

    16 - 3 year starters found......the 5 good players made a total of 7 pro bowls....

    ........................................(Sipe 1, Burnett 1, Dieken 1, Risien 2, Pontbriand 2)...

    358 players were not successful.....

    So, the Browns averaged 8.3 picks per year(4th and later)......(about what we have now)

    and they hit on 1 starter per 23.5 picks.......(it'll take 3 years of 8 picks to achieve this)....

    So....in the end.....with these numbers staring you in the face.....and a fact......is this years and last years collection of 4th and later picks still exciting?......

    Is flooding our roster with these guys the answer to building a core? or is it just a good way to fill our special teams and back up roster?

    do the analytics from above indicate that our path to success is to come from hoarding 4th and later pics?

    I have 1st and 3rd round #'s too....but thats for later......

    All I can say is.......Trade up.....Trade up.....Trade up.....

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      C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by
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      Nice work, Mud. But it doesn't mean all that much - because in the past, the Browns coaches/fo criteria

      was stupidly shallow.

      They drafted players ALL TOO OFTEN, based on athletic ability in college, etc., and kept coming up with

      guys who had little work ethic, not very smart, just didn't give a damn, partier addicts (guess who that is),

      guys who didn't really love the game, just their paychecks, and other guys who just give up if they can't

      get to the playoffs for more money.

      The Browns are finally drafting, as of last year, completely based on all factors - love of the game, character,

      physical kick ass players, good locker room additions, and very smart... and THEN they added in the physical

      attributes. That's how you build a team.

      That's why the Browns haven't built a winning team in the past - and missed on so many picks. It isn't when

      they were picked - it was the pitiful criteria their picks were based on. Sometimes, they accidently got it right.

      Big whoopee.

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        MudflyM Mudfly wrote on last edited by
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        thats 45 years of numbers cal.....every decade....the same.....

        AND it matches the NFL averages as a whole....which is my point.....every team.....the same....

        But, hey....in the whole history of the NFL and the Browns franchise, maybe Shashi knows more than all of em....

        My guess.......well draft another shit ton of middling players with these picks(like we just did).......and, hopefully a few good ones with the higher picks(like we just did)......

        this year, I just wish we could exchange the shit ton of middling players for a couple extra good ones....ya know?

        where in the world are gonna put another 14 draft picks?.....heck with Bryant, Orchard, Bitonio, Poyer & Griffin coming back, we will have to cut another 19 players to make room on the roster......who will they be?.....the rest of our vets?....or will they be the young guys and rookies who are playing now?....

        My guess is that a number of the 4th and later picks so many were excited for this year, will suddenly be gone......only to be replaced by the next group.....

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          C calfoxwc wrote on last edited by
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          Trouble is, that is pretty much across the NFL. How many players make it to the NFL from the seven/sixth rounds?

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            Trouble is, that is pretty much across the NFL. How many players make it to the NFL from the seven/sixth rounds?

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            @calfoxwc said:

            Trouble is, that is pretty much across the NFL. How many players make it to the NFL from the seven/sixth rounds?

            Thats my point Cal....

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              @calfoxwc said:

              Trouble is, that is pretty much across the NFL. How many players make it to the NFL from the seven/sixth rounds?

              Thats my point Cal....

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              @mudfly said:

              Thats my point Cal....

              oh. but it's the upper level picks that the Browns have failed with miserably. I was

              just elaborating on the why of that.

              Changed it now - we'll see a dramatic improvement in the win column soon. It's only been one draft.

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                Damn nice work Mr.Mud! I truly see the light! We do need some later rounders for cannon fodder. Trading up would seem to be the answer. Although rooting for a Scooby Wright kind of guy is fun! Thanks Mud, again! Great post!!!

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                  Damn nice work Mr.Mud! I truly see the light! We do need some later rounders for cannon fodder. Trading up would seem to be the answer. Although rooting for a Scooby Wright kind of guy is fun! Thanks Mud, again! Great post!!!

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                  @brownsnmopar said:

                  Damn nice work Mr.Mud! I truly see the light! We do need some later rounders for cannon fodder. Trading up would seem to be the answer. Although rooting for a Scooby Wright kind of guy is fun! Thanks Mud, again! Great post!!!

                  Thanks...not trying to beat up on the Browns....its all about that currency thing and how you spend it....

                  So....all im saying is that.....going forward.... lets consolidate the accumulation and buy some REALLY good stuff......

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                    Very nice work! (is it snowing where you're at too?)

                    And the key position for contenders QB, only Sipe on that list besides one of the best steals ever in the supplimental draft allegedly done by Darth Vader him self Art Modell....Bernie Kosar.

                    I also was wondering if there's any NFL database on this stuff?

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                      @brownsnmopar said:

                      Damn nice work Mr.Mud! I truly see the light! We do need some later rounders for cannon fodder. Trading up would seem to be the answer. Although rooting for a Scooby Wright kind of guy is fun! Thanks Mud, again! Great post!!!

                      Thanks...not trying to beat up on the Browns....its all about that currency thing and how you spend it....

                      So....all im saying is that.....going forward.... lets consolidate the accumulation and buy some REALLY good stuff......

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                      @mudfly said:

                      Thanks...not trying to beat up on the Browns....its all about that currency thing and how you spend it....

                      So....all im saying is that.....going forward.... lets consolidate the accumulation and buy some REALLY good stuff......

                      Agreed! With our (Browns)salary cap in a good stance we can sign our homemade talent. We can also add in some FAs preferably off rookie deals,and stay young! If the talent we have drafted that looks promising ( Ogbah,Nassib,Kessler,Coleman,Shelton.....etc.) continues to grow! We might have a REAL PLAN to be good for a long time! Now we need some blue chippers to add the second layer of the cake ! Then The ICING!!!

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                        This is gonna be a long one.....so be prepared.....as I have lots of time on my hands and love to crunch numbers.....and since this season isnt providing me with the #'s I enjoy, Ive trailed off in another direction.....draft #'s.....

                        Here's why.....Ive been very outspoken about my dislike of our current draft strategy.....and the premium I keep seeing us place on middle and late round players.....and the completely unrealistic "expectations" we have for middle and late round players....and the high value we place on something like a 4th round pick....

                        Example...., I honestly have no issue with trading Andy Lee for a 4th.....in fact, 2 - 7th round picks for a 4th is something ID do everyday.....AND that is what I hope the Browns do with all those late round picks.....MOVE UP......STOP taking quantity over quality and reverse that trend ....Zombo points to those picks as currency, which I think should be spend on a few blue chippers, instead of a bunch of late rounders....My only beef is the expectation that we will get a good player with that 4th(and I mean a legit good player).....

                        Many argue that we have SOOOOOOO many holes to fill, that the quantity is really what we need....trade down and get as many prospects as possible......but "analytics" will show that you cannot and will not build a quality team, if it is flooded with middle and late picks....just wont happen....doesnt happen.....hasnt happened...

                        Truth is that almost all good players come from the first 3 rounds.....and good players picked after the 3rd round are extremely rare......a quick scan of our team, right now, reveals this about the players Id say are our ten best.....Defense....Haden(1st) , Kirksey(3rd) , Collins(2nd) , Ogbah(2nd) , Shelton(1st)...Offense:...Thomas(1st) , Bitonio(2nd) , Greco(3rd) , Coleman(1st) , Pryor(3rd) and Crow, who is the one exception as udfa......so, its very clear where our best players came from.....the top 3 rounds.

                        So, seeing this and hoping our FO see's this.....and hearing so much hope for 4th and later picks....year after year(Im guilty too, btw).....I looked back to see EXACTLY how many late picks have succeeded, what percentages of what picks....etc....and our numbers are very close to the leagues numbers, as a whole.....

                        Ok....as a rule....less than 30% of players drafted have a career....and only about 5% have "very good" or above avg careers......it's a small number.....average success in the first round is 30%.....2nd round is 20%.....3rd round is 15%.....4th and later is less than 10%......history has proven this. Its a lock. So, for every 6th round Tom Brady, there are 3000 guys who didnt make the cut....

                        And if only 7% of players drafted 4th or later make it, why invest 20 picks in these guys?....cause that will only net us 1...maybe 2 good players......and to invest 2 years of guaranteed garbage football, just to weed through all these players, looking for "a" gem or two, seems wasteful.....almost like buying lottery tickets for your retirement plan.....and thinking the more you buy, the better you'll do.....

                        So.....Ive spend "too long" pounding the Browns past drafts and have broken it out for you.....here are the REAL numbers from the past 45 years......1970 through 2015......Cleveland Browns.....drafts

                        My standard for a keeper, was what I expect a "good draft pick" to be.....a quality starting player over several years.....(one year wonders need not apply)

                        1970-79 4th & later

                        141 picks made.....5 quality starters kept......136 backups/busts.......

                        Starters: Sheppard(5), Dieken(6), Risien(7), Ambrose(12), Sipe(13)

                        Score: 3% keeper rate.....97% fail rate

                        1980-89 4th & later

                        97 picks made.....6 quality starters kept.........91 backups/busts......

                        Starters: Brennan(4), Baab(5), Langhorne(7), Johnson(7), Byner(10), Farren(12)

                        Score: 7% keeper rate.....93% fail rate....

                        1990-99 4th & later

                        58 picks made........1 quality starter kept......57 backups/busts...

                        Starter: Burnett(5)

                        Score: 1.2% keeper rate.....98% fail rate....

                        2000-10 4th & later

                        54 picks made.......3 quality starters kept......51 backups/busts...

                        Starters: A. Davis(5), Pontbriand(5)(kind of), Rubin(6)

                        Score: 6% keeper rate(pretty avg keepers too).....94% fail rate.....

                        2011-15 4th & later

                        24 picks made......1 multi year starter.......23 bckups/busts...

                        Starter: Skrine(5).........Note: Campbell has an opportunity to make it...but too soon...

                        Score: 4% keeper........96% fail rate.....

                        summary - 45 years of 4th round and later Browns picks

                        374 drafts picks made........

                        16 - 3 year starters found......the 5 good players made a total of 7 pro bowls....

                        ........................................(Sipe 1, Burnett 1, Dieken 1, Risien 2, Pontbriand 2)...

                        358 players were not successful.....

                        So, the Browns averaged 8.3 picks per year(4th and later)......(about what we have now)

                        and they hit on 1 starter per 23.5 picks.......(it'll take 3 years of 8 picks to achieve this)....

                        So....in the end.....with these numbers staring you in the face.....and a fact......is this years and last years collection of 4th and later picks still exciting?......

                        Is flooding our roster with these guys the answer to building a core? or is it just a good way to fill our special teams and back up roster?

                        do the analytics from above indicate that our path to success is to come from hoarding 4th and later pics?

                        I have 1st and 3rd round #'s too....but thats for later......

                        All I can say is.......Trade up.....Trade up.....Trade up.....

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                        @mudfly said:

                        This is gonna be a long one.....so be prepared.....as I have lots of time on my hands and love to crunch numbers.....and since this season isnt providing me with the #'s I enjoy, Ive trailed off in another direction.....draft #'s.....

                        Here's why.....Ive been very outspoken about my dislike of our current draft strategy.....and the premium I keep seeing us place on middle and late round players.....and the completely unrealistic "expectations" we have for middle and late round players....and the high value we place on something like a 4th round pick....

                        Example...., I honestly have no issue with trading Andy Lee for a 4th.....in fact, 2 - 7th round picks for a 4th is something ID do everyday.....AND that is what I hope the Browns do with all those late round picks.....MOVE UP......STOP taking quantity over quality and reverse that trend ....Zombo points to those picks as currency, which I think should be spend on a few blue chippers, instead of a bunch of late rounders....My only beef is the expectation that we will get a good player with that 4th(and I mean a legit good player).....

                        Many argue that we have SOOOOOOO many holes to fill, that the quantity is really what we need....trade down and get as many prospects as possible......but "analytics" will show that you cannot and will not build a quality team, if it is flooded with middle and late picks....just wont happen....doesnt happen.....hasnt happened...

                        Truth is that almost all good players come from the first 3 rounds.....and good players picked after the 3rd round are extremely rare......a quick scan of our team, right now, reveals this about the players Id say are our ten best.....Defense....Haden(1st) , Kirksey(3rd) , Collins(2nd) , Ogbah(2nd) , Shelton(1st)...Offense:...Thomas(1st) , Bitonio(2nd) , Greco(3rd) , Coleman(1st) , Pryor(3rd) and Crow, who is the one exception as udfa......so, its very clear where our best players came from.....the top 3 rounds.

                        So, seeing this and hoping our FO see's this.....and hearing so much hope for 4th and later picks....year after year(Im guilty too, btw).....I looked back to see EXACTLY how many late picks have succeeded, what percentages of what picks....etc....and our numbers are very close to the leagues numbers, as a whole.....

                        Ok....as a rule....less than 30% of players drafted have a career....and only about 5% have "very good" or above avg careers......it's a small number.....average success in the first round is 30%.....2nd round is 20%.....3rd round is 15%.....4th and later is less than 10%......history has proven this. Its a lock. So, for every 6th round Tom Brady, there are 3000 guys who didnt make the cut....

                        And if only 7% of players drafted 4th or later make it, why invest 20 picks in these guys?....cause that will only net us 1...maybe 2 good players......and to invest 2 years of guaranteed garbage football, just to weed through all these players, looking for "a" gem or two, seems wasteful.....almost like buying lottery tickets for your retirement plan.....and thinking the more you buy, the better you'll do.....

                        So.....Ive spend "too long" pounding the Browns past drafts and have broken it out for you.....here are the REAL numbers from the past 45 years......1970 through 2015......Cleveland Browns.....drafts

                        My standard for a keeper, was what I expect a "good draft pick" to be.....a quality starting player over several years.....(one year wonders need not apply)

                        1970-79 4th & later

                        141 picks made.....5 quality starters kept......136 backups/busts.......

                        Starters: Sheppard(5), Dieken(6), Risien(7), Ambrose(12), Sipe(13)

                        Score: 3% keeper rate.....97% fail rate

                        1980-89 4th & later

                        97 picks made.....6 quality starters kept.........91 backups/busts......

                        Starters: Brennan(4), Baab(5), Langhorne(7), Johnson(7), Byner(10), Farren(12)

                        Score: 7% keeper rate.....93% fail rate....

                        1990-99 4th & later

                        58 picks made........1 quality starter kept......57 backups/busts...

                        Starter: Burnett(5)

                        Score: 1.2% keeper rate.....98% fail rate....

                        2000-10 4th & later

                        54 picks made.......3 quality starters kept......51 backups/busts...

                        Starters: A. Davis(5), Pontbriand(5)(kind of), Rubin(6)

                        Score: 6% keeper rate(pretty avg keepers too).....94% fail rate.....

                        2011-15 4th & later

                        24 picks made......1 multi year starter.......23 bckups/busts...

                        Starter: Skrine(5).........Note: Campbell has an opportunity to make it...but too soon...

                        Score: 4% keeper........96% fail rate.....

                        summary - 45 years of 4th round and later Browns picks

                        374 drafts picks made........

                        16 - 3 year starters found......the 5 good players made a total of 7 pro bowls....

                        ........................................(Sipe 1, Burnett 1, Dieken 1, Risien 2, Pontbriand 2)...

                        358 players were not successful.....

                        So, the Browns averaged 8.3 picks per year(4th and later)......(about what we have now)

                        and they hit on 1 starter per 23.5 picks.......(it'll take 3 years of 8 picks to achieve this)....

                        So....in the end.....with these numbers staring you in the face.....and a fact......is this years and last years collection of 4th and later picks still exciting?......

                        Is flooding our roster with these guys the answer to building a core? or is it just a good way to fill our special teams and back up roster?

                        do the analytics from above indicate that our path to success is to come from hoarding 4th and later pics?

                        I have 1st and 3rd round #'s too....but thats for later......

                        All I can say is.......Trade up.....Trade up.....Trade up.....

                        My only complaint is it wasn't long enough. The trade up idea is growing on me. Great stuff Mud!

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                          Questions... only in the interest of clarifying and/or refining a fine effort... or something... 😉

                          1. What, if any, consideration is there for Special Teamers? Not just Ks, Ps and LSs, but returners and coverage guys?
                          2. Are the odds of hitting on a 4th and a 6th the same? What are the individual rates for the league for the Day 3 rounds?
                          3. How dramatically do the success rates improve (league average is fine for the 2000's and 2010's subsets) in rounds 3, 2, and 1 individually?
                          4. Who trades a 4 for two 7's?

                          OK... the last one was facetious, but you get my point. Any 2 for 1 pick trade has to increase the odds of success of the higher pick traded away alone in order to have a shot at statistically break even on the odds. And so many Day one and Two trades involve moving up within a Round plus later picks, either in the same or future drafts. So even more of a breakdown, quartiles at minimum, have to be made to evaluate a trade.

                          By the Harvard chart two 6th round compensatories might get you a pick around the mid-point of the 4th. Two mid-7ths might get you a 4th compensatory.

                          Then there's the matter of landing a few blue chips in a given draft. Two? Expected. Three? Eminently doable. Four? Ehhh... stretching it. A few? Damn hard.

                          I know "have time" does not mean unlimited. I'm happy to help with the trade chart evaluations, but let's go deeper...

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                            Excellent write-up....

                            we might hit a few diamonds in the rough but it would be absolutely ridiculous for us to bank on it.

                            We need blue chip players, to trade-up, or select the best player available.

                            If we have a first next year and trade down again i'll be livid.

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                              That's been my bitch with this FO, they seem to value quantity over quality.

                              When your team is filled with a bunch of 4th & 5th round talent, there's no surprise this team is winless.

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                                That's been my bitch with this FO, they seem to value quantity over quality.

                                When your team is filled with a bunch of 4th & 5th round talent, there's no surprise this team is winless.

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                                Browns149B Browns149 wrote on last edited by
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                                @canton-dawg said:

                                That's been my bitch with this FO, they seem to value quantity over quality.

                                When your team is filled with a bunch of 4th & 5th round talent, there's no surprise this team is winless.

                                You are correct.

                                You either pick high picks or play against them

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                                  I don't need analytics! I wanted Khalil Mack and Carr in 2014 and thought they would at least draft Garapolo! Same goes with every draft before and since! They trade down for third string scrubs and think they will coach them up! How do you end up with Gilbert, Manziel, Erving, Coleman while Passing on premier players every year.

                                  You didn't need a crystal ball to know how good Mack, Elliot, Carr, Beckham were going to be! Why did Hue pick so many wide receivers when the offensive line sucks! And then there's the matter of letting good players walk!

                                  Hopeless

                                  DAMN THE TORPEDOES! FULL SPEED AHEAD!
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                                    Browns149B Browns149 wrote on last edited by
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                                    Another way to look at it is this....

                                    Would you rather have a guy picked in the first round play like a first round pick?

                                    Or 2 3rd round picks play like 3rd round picks?

                                    Give me the 1st round talent ALL DAY

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                                      Questions... only in the interest of clarifying and/or refining a fine effort... or something... 😉

                                      1. What, if any, consideration is there for Special Teamers? Not just Ks, Ps and LSs, but returners and coverage guys?
                                      2. Are the odds of hitting on a 4th and a 6th the same? What are the individual rates for the league for the Day 3 rounds?
                                      3. How dramatically do the success rates improve (league average is fine for the 2000's and 2010's subsets) in rounds 3, 2, and 1 individually?
                                      4. Who trades a 4 for two 7's?

                                      OK... the last one was facetious, but you get my point. Any 2 for 1 pick trade has to increase the odds of success of the higher pick traded away alone in order to have a shot at statistically break even on the odds. And so many Day one and Two trades involve moving up within a Round plus later picks, either in the same or future drafts. So even more of a breakdown, quartiles at minimum, have to be made to evaluate a trade.

                                      By the Harvard chart two 6th round compensatories might get you a pick around the mid-point of the 4th. Two mid-7ths might get you a 4th compensatory.

                                      Then there's the matter of landing a few blue chips in a given draft. Two? Expected. Three? Eminently doable. Four? Ehhh... stretching it. A few? Damn hard.

                                      I know "have time" does not mean unlimited. I'm happy to help with the trade chart evaluations, but let's go deeper...

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                                      @tour2ma said:

                                      Questions... only in the interest of clarifying and/or refining a fine effort... or something... 😉

                                      1. What, if any, consideration is there for Special Teamers? Not just Ks, Ps and LSs, but returners and coverage guys?
                                      2. Are the odds of hitting on a 4th and a 6th the same? What are the individual rates for the league for the Day 3 rounds?
                                      3. How dramatically do the success rates improve (league average is fine for the 2000's and 2010's subsets) in rounds 3, 2, and 1 individually?
                                      4. Who trades a 4 for two 7's?

                                      OK... the last one was facetious, but you get my point. Any 2 for 1 pick trade has to increase the odds of success of the higher pick traded away alone in order to have a shot at statistically break even on the odds. And so many Day one and Two trades involve moving up within a Round plus later picks, either in the same or future drafts. So even more of a breakdown, quartiles at minimum, have to be made to evaluate a trade.

                                      By the Harvard chart two 6th round compensatories might get you a pick around the mid-point of the 4th. Two mid-7ths might get you a 4th compensatory.

                                      Then there's the matter of landing a few blue chips in a given draft. Two? Expected. Three? Eminently doable. Four? Ehhh... stretching it. A few? Damn hard.

                                      I know "have time" does not mean unlimited. I'm happy to help with the trade chart evaluations, but let's go deeper...

                                      1) very little consideration was given to ST type players. Just basing my standard on the type of players that create a buildable core and offer a significant contribution for a reasonable period of time. Hence the reason I labeled em backups and busts.....the one thing they all have in common is that they are below average NFL starters...

                                      I also excluded one year wonders, etc that some might consider "good" picks, ala the Cameron or Benji types....

                                      2) Yes,,,,there is nominal, if any, difference between 4-5 +6 rounds....though teams do tend to keep the lower(4) picks longer, not surprisingly confirming their earlier faith that that player was the better one....league averages are similar to the Browns....a smidge higher(8% ish)...

                                      3) significantly...jump to the 3rd doubles your chances at 14-15%.....second triples them at 25%.....and 1st quadruples them at almost 35%(even higher if were just talking average starters....which to many, would be considered below average for 1st round).....so, I did assign a higher value AND expectation to first round picks....

                                      The most significant thing that struck me, is you cannot build a team with massive middle and lates....it wont work....

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                                        trouble is, the Browns have often drafted players in the first round who played like

                                        fifth round picks, or worse.

                                        It's only nov, and I'm thinking to start working on a mock draft.

                                        dammit.

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                                          trouble is, the Browns have often drafted players in the first round who played like

                                          fifth round picks, or worse.

                                          It's only nov, and I'm thinking to start working on a mock draft.

                                          dammit.

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                                          Browns149B Browns149 wrote on last edited by
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                                          @calfoxwc said:

                                          trouble is, the Browns have often drafted players in the first round who played like

                                          fifth round picks, or worse.

                                          It's only nov, and I'm thinking to start working on a mock draft.

                                          dammit.

                                          You're just NOW thinking of it?
                                          "And they don't really know even what they're talkin' about And I can't imagine what empty heads can achieve."
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