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Thinking about the draft, first two picks...arguing with myself...

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  • @miktoxic said:

    Don't get the fascination with the NC quarterback. Might want to look to the northwest if youre serious about drafting a QB.

    Have you seriously not been paying attention to not get it? Or watched the play of the Browns QBs?

    @the-gipper said:

    Have you seriously not been paying attention to not get it? Or watched the play of the Browns QBs?

    what cuz he says he wants to play here (hint....we might have the #1 pick and he might think we'll pick QB first) or because he's from ohio?

    my 2 cents mean nothing as i'm not a college football fan. yeah i want the bucks to win but other than that i could give a fuck. point being i don't watch a lot of it but some of my friends do and we're usually watching good games which excludes NC.

    what i've seen of browning the past couple of games is pretty good stuff. if touch and accuracy are top 5 requirements he could be the #1 in 2018.

  • you want to wait two years to draft a qb?

    no, wait, he's not listed the site I looked at... for 2018.

    but he is listed for 2019.

    http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/2019/QB

    6'1", 209. good grief, let's wait three years to draft him? come on, man.

    I'm fine with a trade for qb, if it's the right guy, but that is cheating when

    doing a mock draft.

  • unless someone jumps off the page, i wouldn't waste either of my first 2 picks on a QB considering the black hole of talent missing from this team AT EVERY POSITION except LT and CB but both could be done in 2 years.

    browning is a sophomore now. so why wouldn't he be eligible in 2018?

  • That second first rounder is the tricky one for me. Since we're the Browns, and we have ZERO good luck, the draft is VERY light on both QB's and OL. I actually think we're "ok" at tackle, with Joe Thomas and Pasztor being the starters. Pasztor has played "decently", he's just not consistent. He had a couple of really good games, and a few stinkers. That being said, I don't think he needs to be replaced. We need a guard and a center, and teams don't USUALLY draft those in the first round anyways. Assuming we keep both our second rounders, we can get a guard there, and don't forget about Austin Reiter. He only played one game, but he showed some promise. Players come back from ACL injuries all the time, so possibly we HAVE our center. Obviously, we can't BET on it, which is why I love that kid from LSU...Pocic or something. He's listed as "Guard/Center", so that would make sense. And don't forget that Erving is basically a rookie again, playing center in the NFL for the first time. It's possible he gets better...although even my optimistic ass can't foresee THAT happening.

    Whatever the case may be with our draft picks, I think we already have a plan for the QB position. Not sure what it IS...but I think we have a plan.

  • @the-gipper said:

    Have you seriously not been paying attention to not get it? Or watched the play of the Browns QBs?

    what cuz he says he wants to play here (hint....we might have the #1 pick and he might think we'll pick QB first) or because he's from ohio?

    my 2 cents mean nothing as i'm not a college football fan. yeah i want the bucks to win but other than that i could give a fuck. point being i don't watch a lot of it but some of my friends do and we're usually watching good games which excludes NC.

    what i've seen of browning the past couple of games is pretty good stuff. if touch and accuracy are top 5 requirements he could be the #1 in 2018.

    @miktoxic said:

    what cuz he says he wants to play here (hint....we might have the #1 pick and he might think we'll pick QB first) or because he's from ohio?

    Because he is rated as a franchise like QB....the best to come out since Winston/Mariota. And yes, because we have the #1 pick and need a QB.

    If he was from Buttfuck Nairobi it wouldn't matter.

    my 2 cents mean nothing as i'm not a college football fan. yeah i want the bucks to win but other than that i could give a fuck. point being i don't watch a lot of it but some of my friends do and we're usually watching good games which excludes NC.

    what i've seen of browning the past couple of games is pretty good stuff. if touch and accuracy are top 5 requirements he could be the #1 in 2018.

  • browning is a sophomore now. so why wouldn't he be eligible in 2018? Mik

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    Because if he stays in school his senior year... it would be the 2019 draft.

    if he could come out as a soph. 2017

    junior 2018

    senior 2019

    He's really impressive, but the Browns aren't going to go qb-less in the draft til then.

  • Browning has not appeared in any of the QB draft rankings....so he must not be eligible....from what I can tell.

  • he won't be eligible until after his junior year which would be 2018, if he declares.

  • I think we'll pick the best QB available with the #1 pick in the draft.

    I've said before that our team has become unwatchable.

    Unless you are a die-hard Browns fan (which people on message boards are)...or a fan of the other team....you will NOT be leaving your TV dial on a Browns game.

    We have a lot of empty seats showing up at games.

    We have a lot of the opponents jerseys filling the better seats in the stadium.....looks bad on TV (not that anyone is watching).

    We lose every game. Our stats are at the bottom of the league in most categories.

    There really is NO ONE on our team to watch.

    Haslam is going to want someone to be a reason for watching his team. That type of person is a QB. A TOP OF THE DRAFT QB.

    ......of course, I could be wrong........but as I type, this is what I truly believe will be the case. (based on current conditions)

  • It's funny that you compare him to Rodgers... he actually stated in an interview that he models his game like Rodgers. He see's himself projected to play like Aaron Rodgers in the NFL. That's the confidence we need. He has it all, all the tools, the leadership and the drive to be a franchise QB. One year of gametape at the college level is all that has been needed to identify his skill set and project him to the number 1 overall draft pick. He can be our QB of the future.

    Pencil me in on Trubisky for our first pick. The more I watch on the kid the more solid he gets. I see shades of Derek Carr- LOL.

    I would then trade the farm to San Francisco to acquire their #2 overall pick. These anal statistic guys should know that there is another franchise player there for the taking and with the number of young and unproven players already on board, now would be the time to strike and consolidate all those numbers to inject that blue chip player to the team.

    Depending on what we had to relinquish to acquire #2 we then go OL, DL or S, fix that, can't have teams taking shots on our new QB.

    From there, who knows? Who cares at that point, it's a crapshoot in the later rounds. You make up the lost selections in the draft in free agency and with the Browns at around 100 millions dollars of free cap space next season it's time for some young seasoned difference makers.

    We have a full team, a lot of these players just need TIME to develop fully. Adding a Franchise QB and a Defensive monster, resigning Collins, activating Scooby Wright, getting Josh Gordon back, resigning Pryor. So many positives to name, I'm ready for next season already!

  • you want to wait two years to draft a qb?

    no, wait, he's not listed the site I looked at... for 2018.

    but he is listed for 2019.

    http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/2019/QB

    6'1", 209. good grief, let's wait three years to draft him? come on, man.

    I'm fine with a trade for qb, if it's the right guy, but that is cheating when

    doing a mock draft.

    @calfoxwc said:

    you want to wait two years to draft a qb?

    no, wait, he's not listed the site I looked at... for 2018.

    but he is listed for 2019.

    http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/prospectrankings/2019/QB

    6'1", 209. good grief, let's wait three years to draft him? come on, man.

    I'm fine with a trade for qb, if it's the right guy, but that is cheating when

    doing a mock draft.

    Regarding that mock- I saw Kizer is a red shirt sophomore- meaning he could declare for the 2017 draft if he wants to. If the Browns draft him I WILL puke this time around.

    We're not waiting another year to draft a qb.

  • It's funny that you compare him to Rodgers... he actually stated in an interview that he models his game like Rodgers. He see's himself projected to play like Aaron Rodgers in the NFL. That's the confidence we need. He has it all, all the tools, the leadership and the drive to be a franchise QB. One year of gametape at the college level is all that has been needed to identify his skill set and project him to the number 1 overall draft pick. He can be our QB of the future.

    Pencil me in on Trubisky for our first pick. The more I watch on the kid the more solid he gets. I see shades of Derek Carr- LOL.

    I would then trade the farm to San Francisco to acquire their #2 overall pick. These anal statistic guys should know that there is another franchise player there for the taking and with the number of young and unproven players already on board, now would be the time to strike and consolidate all those numbers to inject that blue chip player to the team.

    Depending on what we had to relinquish to acquire #2 we then go OL, DL or S, fix that, can't have teams taking shots on our new QB.

    From there, who knows? Who cares at that point, it's a crapshoot in the later rounds. You make up the lost selections in the draft in free agency and with the Browns at around 100 millions dollars of free cap space next season it's time for some young seasoned difference makers.

    We have a full team, a lot of these players just need TIME to develop fully. Adding a Franchise QB and a Defensive monster, resigning Collins, activating Scooby Wright, getting Josh Gordon back, resigning Pryor. So many positives to name, I'm ready for next season already!

    @poeticg said:

    I would then trade the farm to San Francisco to acquire their #2 overall pick.

    From there, who knows? Who cares at that point, it's a crapshoot in the later rounds. You make up the lost selections in the draft in free agency and with the Browns at around 100 millions dollars of free cap space next season it's time for some young seasoned difference makers.

    Crapshoot? After you "trade the farm" how do you have the "capital" to even get in the game? At a minimum you can forget Day 2... the place the value picks are found.

    Where did the $100mm in cap space figure come from? Per OverTheCap it's $65mm and you just spent $10-11mm on your first two picks so you've $55mm left.

    But before you go shopping for outside FAs... who among our 22 FAs do you want to retain? Here's a sampling of those included in the 22...

    Cooper, Paea, Pryor, Paztor.... Colquitt, Gordon, Collins, Taylor... Poyer, Meder, Crow, Wynn...

    With the exception of Cooper, and we'll start seeing Cooper Sunday, all have been contributors in our recent past whose retention should be desirable.

    I get where you are coming from, but your approach does not stand up under scrutiny... IMO...

  • I think we'll pick the best QB available with the #1 pick in the draft.

    I've said before that our team has become unwatchable.

    Unless you are a die-hard Browns fan (which people on message boards are)...or a fan of the other team....you will NOT be leaving your TV dial on a Browns game.

    We have a lot of empty seats showing up at games.

    We have a lot of the opponents jerseys filling the better seats in the stadium.....looks bad on TV (not that anyone is watching).

    We lose every game. Our stats are at the bottom of the league in most categories.

    There really is NO ONE on our team to watch.

    Haslam is going to want someone to be a reason for watching his team. That type of person is a QB. A TOP OF THE DRAFT QB.

    ......of course, I could be wrong........but as I type, this is what I truly believe will be the case. (based on current conditions)

    @orion said:

    I think we'll pick the best QB available with the #1 pick in the draft.

    I've said before that our team has become unwatchable.

    Unless you are a die-hard Browns fan (which people on message boards are)...or a fan of the other team....you will NOT be leaving your TV dial on a Browns game.

    We have a lot of empty seats showing up at games.

    We have a lot of the opponents jerseys filling the better seats in the stadium.....looks bad on TV (not that anyone is watching).

    We lose every game. Our stats are at the bottom of the league in most categories.

    There really is NO ONE on our team to watch.

    Haslam is going to want someone to be a reason for watching his team. That type of person is a QB. A TOP OF THE DRAFT QB.

    ......of course, I could be wrong........but as I type, this is what I truly believe will be the case. (based on current conditions)

    And...of course, the local product ..and #1 rated QB prospect will add to the reason for people to watch this team.

  • @orion said:

    I think we'll pick the best QB available with the #1 pick in the draft.

    I've said before that our team has become unwatchable.

    Unless you are a die-hard Browns fan (which people on message boards are)...or a fan of the other team....you will NOT be leaving your TV dial on a Browns game.

    We have a lot of empty seats showing up at games.

    We have a lot of the opponents jerseys filling the better seats in the stadium.....looks bad on TV (not that anyone is watching).

    We lose every game. Our stats are at the bottom of the league in most categories.

    There really is NO ONE on our team to watch.

    Haslam is going to want someone to be a reason for watching his team. That type of person is a QB. A TOP OF THE DRAFT QB.

    ......of course, I could be wrong........but as I type, this is what I truly believe will be the case. (based on current conditions)

    And...of course, the local product ..and #1 rated QB prospect will add to the reason for people to watch this team.

    @the-gipper said:

    And...of course, the local product ..and #1 rated QB prospect will add to the reason for people to watch this team.

    Not while he's playing from his hospital bed. 😛

  • @the-gipper said:

    And...of course, the local product ..and #1 rated QB prospect will add to the reason for people to watch this team.

    Not while he's playing from his hospital bed. 😛

    @texasag1969 said:

    Not while he's playing from his hospital bed. 😛

    It's why were drafting Elflin at center, and I wouldn't even mind a trade down in the first with the Eagle's pick to get an extra second rounder in the process. Right now Walter Football has him going #62 to the Patriots. Equals (projection) us having #1 overall, a low first rounder, and three in the second. Interested Ag?

  • What picks would they be giving us next year? Another 2nd or a late first?

  • @the-gipper said:

    And...of course, the local product ..and #1 rated QB prospect will add to the reason for people to watch this team.

    Not while he's playing from his hospital bed. 😛

    @texasag1969 said:

    Not while he's playing from his hospital bed. 😛

    But if we pick QB with #1 overall.....we still have the Eagles 1st rounder.......and 2 second rounders......and the first pick in the 3rd round.

    And in theory we'll get Bitonio back, and Greco...and that center that played fairly well for a couple of games before getting hurt and going on IR.

    And if we wind up with the #1 pick....and decide that we want the QB....then we can go into free agency knowing that.

    The wild card is, of course, our Harvard Geek Squad. What will their slide rule Ouija board tell them to do with our #1 overall pick?????

  • What picks would they be giving us next year? Another 2nd or a late first?

    @poeticg said:

    What picks would they be giving us next year? Another 2nd or a late first?

    I'd want another second (or a first next year) and a late first. Totally speculative on how far we'd have to move down.

  • @poeticg said:

    What picks would they be giving us next year? Another 2nd or a late first?

    I'd want another second (or a first next year) and a late first. Totally speculative on how far we'd have to move down.

    @hoorta said:

    I'd want another second (or a first next year) and a late first. Totally speculative on how far we'd have to move down.

    Per the old chart, the one you want to use when trading down, you should get that deal trading from #12 down to #20 or 21.

  • @hoorta said:

    I'd want another second (or a first next year) and a late first. Totally speculative on how far we'd have to move down.

    Per the old chart, the one you want to use when trading down, you should get that deal trading from #12 down to #20 or 21.

    @tour2ma said:

    Per the old chart, the one you want to use when trading down, you should get that deal trading from #12 down to #20 or 21.

    LOL, can we say #22? That pick is cursed.