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  • I see them all as being on the bubble, as there are few standouts.....cept Danny and he stays.....

    I agree that Bryant is at risk here......probably doesnt fit "the mold" for 2-3 years down the road....or for a uber young line that could and should develop together,,,,

    2 things going for him are his inside outside versatility and experience.....2 thinks against him are his age and recent injury....

    I think Cooper is a tweener who also may have a hard time finding a home with this group.....

    And, as much as we love him, Meder may fade fast, with these younger faster stronger kids coming in....

  • I see them all as being on the bubble, as there are few standouts.....cept Danny and he stays.....

    I agree that Bryant is at risk here......probably doesnt fit "the mold" for 2-3 years down the road....or for a uber young line that could and should develop together,,,,

    2 things going for him are his inside outside versatility and experience.....2 thinks against him are his age and recent injury....

    I think Cooper is a tweener who also may have a hard time finding a home with this group.....

    And, as much as we love him, Meder may fade fast, with these younger faster stronger kids coming in....

    @mudfly said:

    I see them all as being on the bubble, as there are few standouts.....cept Danny and he stays.....

    Agree on all except Danny... I think he has to change again. Slim down some more to maybe 325 to generate a little more penetration in 50/50 pass/run situations and even then I'm not sure that's his game vs. say Brantley.

    I looked at the 2016 Rams. They had retained the big, 6'5 325 DT from their St Louis days, Brockers. Stout 1 tech who also averaged around 3.5 sacks per season. Of course he had Aaron Donald next to him.

    Maybe the D change is enough for Danny to improve his career high, also career total, 1.5 sack performance in 2016. But then I looked at Ogunjobi's Combine profile. His comparable? Aaron Donald... of course... may we be so lucky... or better yet, so good.

    Bottom line: At what point in changing Danny does his value as a more balanced, Browns' DT fall below his trade value as a run-stuffing, 3-4 NT?

  • Jobi is going to make Cooper as the first casualty.

    Excellent first step step quickness but he can't control himself, doesn't use his arms to keep length and engage interior lineman and doesn't get skinny low like our newly taken (Jobi) 3tech.

  • Jobi is going to make Cooper as the first casualty.

    Excellent first step step quickness but he can't control himself, doesn't use his arms to keep length and engage interior lineman and doesn't get skinny low like our newly taken (Jobi) 3tech.

    @tiamat63 said:

    Excellent first step step quickness but he can't control himself, doesn't use his arms to keep length and engage interior lineman and doesn't get skinny low like our newly taken (Jobi) 3tech.

    Awesome..Football talk nutz & botz is back^^

    @tour2ma said:

    .. I think he has to change again. Slim down some more to maybe 325 to generate a little more penetration in 50/50 pass/run situations and even then I'm not sure that's his game vs. say Brantley.

    I looked at the 2016 Rams. They had retained the big, 6'5 325 DT from their St Louis days, Brockers. Stout 1 tech who also averaged around 3.5 sacks per season. Of course he had Aaron Donald next to him.

    Maybe the D change is enough for Danny to improve his career high, also career total, 1.5 sack performance in 2016. But then I looked at Ogunjobi's Combine profile. His comparable? Aaron Donald... of course... may we be so lucky... or better yet, so good.

    Bottom line: At what point in changing Danny does his value as a more balanced, Browns' DT fall below his trade value as a run-stuffing, 3-4 NT?

    Fair enough..As long as I don't have to watch "fat air balloon" Danny. imo Danny looked to find his playing weight last season..Animal loves playing football. Just give him a weight Mongo 😉 My Fab 5--Danny-Des-Jobi-Brantley-Meder.////.Stample & Gabe sat on PS before. X Copp got any eligibility?

  • @tiamat63 said:

    Excellent first step step quickness but he can't control himself, doesn't use his arms to keep length and engage interior lineman and doesn't get skinny low like our newly taken (Jobi) 3tech.

    Awesome..Football talk nutz & botz is back^^

    @tour2ma said:

    .. I think he has to change again. Slim down some more to maybe 325 to generate a little more penetration in 50/50 pass/run situations and even then I'm not sure that's his game vs. say Brantley.

    I looked at the 2016 Rams. They had retained the big, 6'5 325 DT from their St Louis days, Brockers. Stout 1 tech who also averaged around 3.5 sacks per season. Of course he had Aaron Donald next to him.

    Maybe the D change is enough for Danny to improve his career high, also career total, 1.5 sack performance in 2016. But then I looked at Ogunjobi's Combine profile. His comparable? Aaron Donald... of course... may we be so lucky... or better yet, so good.

    Bottom line: At what point in changing Danny does his value as a more balanced, Browns' DT fall below his trade value as a run-stuffing, 3-4 NT?

    Fair enough..As long as I don't have to watch "fat air balloon" Danny. imo Danny looked to find his playing weight last season..Animal loves playing football. Just give him a weight Mongo 😉 My Fab 5--Danny-Des-Jobi-Brantley-Meder.////.Stample & Gabe sat on PS before. X Copp got any eligibility?

    @gumby73 said:

    Stample & Gabe sat on PS before. X Copp got any eligibility?

    Gabe (12 game appearances) and Coop (27) are not PS eligible. Appearance limit is 6 games.

    I'm pretty sure both Stample (0) and Gabe were IR kids... maybe PUP/IR in Stample's case. Not sure what rules, if any, govern moves from PUP/IR one season to PS the next.

  • From Previous Years Williams keeps 8-9 D Lineman.

    For Lineman we currently have

    1.Myles Garrett
    2.Jamie Meder
    3. Xavier Cooper
    4. Danny Shelton
    5. Caleb Brantley
    6. Gabe Wright
    7. Lawrence-Stample Nile
    8. Trevon Coley
    9. E. Ogbah

    10.Carl Nassib

    11.Larry Ogunjobi
    12.Tyrone Holmes

    13.Jamal Marcus

    14.Karter Schult


  • From Previous Years Williams keeps 8-9 D Lineman.

    For Lineman we currently have

    1.Myles Garrett
    2.Jamie Meder
    3. Xavier Cooper
    4. Danny Shelton
    5. Caleb Brantley
    6. Gabe Wright
    7. Lawrence-Stample Nile
    8. Trevon Coley
    9. E. Ogbah

    10.Carl Nassib

    11.Larry Ogunjobi
    12.Tyrone Holmes

    13.Jamal Marcus

    14.Karter Schult


    @cainedesoulis said:

    From Previous Years Williams keeps 11-12 D Lineman.

    On the 53 man or including PS?

  • I'm thinking 9 max and maybe a couple on the ps. I think Danny gets traded and Bryant will be cut.

  • @cainedesoulis said:

    From Previous Years Williams keeps 11-12 D Lineman.

    On the 53 man or including PS?

    @tour2ma said:

    On the 53 man or including PS?

    On 53

    He keeps more lineman and less line backers it almost looks like he prefers 4-2-5

  • @tour2ma said:

    On the 53 man or including PS?

    On 53

    He keeps more lineman and less line backers it almost looks like he prefers 4-2-5

    @cainedesoulis said:

    On 53

    He keeps more lineman and less line backers it almost looks like he prefers 4-2-5

    And now one of those 5s is a hybrid that might allow us to do more 4-3 stuff without subs. Like how he was used in College

  • Actually sorry i am wrong he only keeps 8-9 DL and 6 LB

  • What's Danny's value if we just got picks for him?

  • When do they assign numbers to the new players? There was a picture of Kizer holding up a Browns #17, but we know Garrett cannot have #15 in the NFL.

  • Actually sorry i am wrong he only keeps 8-9 DL and 6 LB

    @cainedesoulis said:

    Actually sorry i am wrong he only keeps 8-9 DL and 6 LB

    Feels more typical... but still a little high for the 53... especially for a 4-man DL. Somewhere you'd like to double up who a backup is backing up. and get by with 7. LBs get the advantage of being needed on S/Ts.

    @mld-woody said:

    And now one of those 5s is a hybrid that might allow us to do more 4-3 stuff without subs. Like how he was used in College

    Downside? If he's injured, then he requires two backups. Or if there's an injury to one of his position-mates, his utilization can be restricted.

    @wargograw said:

    What's Danny's value if we just got picks for him?

    Good question... coming off a coming out season including a pro bowl? Maybe a 2nd and change with one or both "conditional"?

  • I'm interested to see where guys like Orchard and Schobert end up either at DL or LB. Also, There are a lot of offensive lineman depth that the Browns seemed to really like. I'm curious as to how many they keep moving forward. Guys such as Reiter, Fabiano, Greco, Drango..not even mentioning Erving and Coleman.

  • Here's our haul: one QB, one RB, one TE, one OT, one DE, two DTs, one CB, one S and one K.

    Plus we're adding UDFAs at a rapid clip as in customary, but who knows what's in that pile. What we do know is when you spend a pick, you do it expecting that prospect to, at a minimum, make your team, your 53-man roster.

    Clearly no area will be impacted more in 2017 than our DL... and in particular DT. This thought came racing thru my noggin' last nite and then was gone 'til a a while ago.

    This will not be the first DL discussion here. When we changed DCs we had a thread examining his impact with obvious emphasis on the change to his base 4-3 from Horton's base 3-4. At that time, IIRC, I with others were happy to fit Danny into our new DC's 4-3 at the 0 or 1 tech. Did not even have to work hard to do so. Then there was Des... coming off injury at 30. Some discussion of starter at the 3-tech, but assuming full recovery a useful player.

    And then we go and draft not one, but two stout, yet reportedly quick DTs.

    We now have 9, yes, 9 DTs on our roster. A couple can be considered DT/DE swingmen, but the DE slots are pretty full. The DTs are in the order I've handicapped them:

    1. Shelton, Danny
    2. Bryant, Desmond
    3. Ogunjobi, Larry
    4. Cooper, Xavier
    5. Meder, Jamie
    6. Wright, Gabe
    7. Lawrence-Stample, Nile
    8. Brantley, Caleb
    9. Coley, Trevon

    At most we carry five? Clearly one looks sacrificial, Coley. Then maybe there's Lawrence-Stample, but he was a well-regarded late pick in 2016. Then there's Brantley, who is in an "iffy" class by himself, but we're full up here. Even should these three all go, and Stample , more need to go as well.

    So my questions are:

    • Is Danny really versatile enough for Williams D?
    • Is Des young enough for our youth movement?

    @tour2ma said:

    Here's our haul: one QB, one RB, one TE, one OT, one DE, two DTs, one CB, one S and one K.

    Plus we're adding UDFAs at a rapid clip as in customary, but who knows what's in that pile. What we do know is when you spend a pick, you do it expecting that prospect to, at a minimum, make your team, your 53-man roster.

    Clearly no area will be impacted more in 2017 than our DL... and in particular DT. This thought came racing thru my noggin' last nite and then was gone 'til a a while ago.

    This will not be the first DL discussion here. When we changed DCs we had a thread examining his impact with obvious emphasis on the change to his base 4-3 from Horton's base 3-4. At that time, IIRC, I with others were happy to fit Danny into our new DC's 4-3 at the 0 or 1 tech. Did not even have to work hard to do so. Then there was Des... coming off injury at 30. Some discussion of starter at the 3-tech, but assuming full recovery a useful player.

    And then we go and draft not one, but two stout, yet reportedly quick DTs.

    We now have 9, yes, 9 DTs on our roster. A couple can be considered DT/DE swingmen, but the DE slots are pretty full. The DTs are in the order I've handicapped them:

    1. Shelton, Danny
    2. Bryant, Desmond
    3. Ogunjobi, Larry
    4. Cooper, Xavier
    5. Meder, Jamie
    6. Wright, Gabe
    7. Lawrence-Stample, Nile
    8. Brantley, Caleb
    9. Coley, Trevon

    At most we carry five? Clearly one looks sacrificial, Coley. Then maybe there's Lawrence-Stample, but he was a well-regarded late pick in 2016. Then there's Brantley, who is in an "iffy" class by himself, but we're full up here. Even should these three all go, and Stample , more need to go as well.

    So my questions are:

    • Is Danny really versatile enough for Williams D?
    • Is Des young enough for our youth movement?

    I have always seen Cooper listed as a DE.

    But, yes, I do think that Bryant may be on thin ice because of age, injury.

    But...he does have ONE thing going for him: Harvard. Sashi may not want to see his home boy go home.

  • @tour2ma said:

    On the 53 man or including PS?

    On 53

    He keeps more lineman and less line backers it almost looks like he prefers 4-2-5

    @cainedesoulis said:

    On 53

    He keeps more lineman and less line backers it almost looks like he prefers 4-2-5

    Browns ARE thin at OLB. If they really do use this type of formation, then that thinness may be abrogated.

    But then....we were fairly thin at DB....at least quality wise...though we do have bodies. How many and who of those do we keep?

  • @cainedesoulis said:

    On 53

    He keeps more lineman and less line backers it almost looks like he prefers 4-2-5

    And now one of those 5s is a hybrid that might allow us to do more 4-3 stuff without subs. Like how he was used in College

    @mld-woody said:

    And now one of those 5s is a hybrid that might allow us to do more 4-3 stuff without subs. Like how he was used in College

    Could be.

  • I'm interested to see where guys like Orchard and Schobert end up either at DL or LB. Also, There are a lot of offensive lineman depth that the Browns seemed to really like. I'm curious as to how many they keep moving forward. Guys such as Reiter, Fabiano, Greco, Drango..not even mentioning Erving and Coleman.

    @bigalow80 said:

    I'm interested to see where guys like Orchard and Schobert end up either at DL or LB. Also, There are a lot of offensive lineman depth that the Browns seemed to really like. I'm curious as to how many they keep moving forward. Guys such as Reiter, Fabiano, Greco, Drango..not even mentioning Erving and Coleman.

    And now Roderick Johnson. They didn't trade up for this guy to cut him.

  • I'm interested to see where guys like Orchard and Schobert end up either at DL or LB. Also, There are a lot of offensive lineman depth that the Browns seemed to really like. I'm curious as to how many they keep moving forward. Guys such as Reiter, Fabiano, Greco, Drango..not even mentioning Erving and Coleman.

    @bigalow80 said:

    I'm interested to see where guys like Orchard and Schobert end up either at DL or LB. Also, There are a lot of offensive lineman depth that the Browns seemed to really like. I'm curious as to how many they keep moving forward. Guys such as Reiter, Fabiano, Greco, Drango..not even mentioning Erving and Coleman.

    No bigger, class of '16 disappointment in my eyes than Schobert. I knew he's be athletically challenged in the NFL, but thought he had the head to compensate. Instead he looked lost... and athletically outclassed.

    Feels like Orch will be our early-down LOLB giving way to a DB in our passing packages.