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  • Baker Mayfield being compared to Tanner Boyle in The Bad News Bears has to be my favorite moment in the lead-up to this draft. I can't remember who said it, I think it was a draft guy from the NFL Network named Charles something?

  • Wait there's more 🙂..1)Tyrod Taylor takes in his Virginia Tech Hokie football Spring Game today(dude loves football) 2) QB Drew Stanton is playing Golf with Bruce Arians Golf Charity(practicing clipboard holding) 3)Jimmy Haslam is busing his newly signed 21 FA's to Dinner after 1st offseason workouts begins Monday..All is kumbaya on Gilligan's lost Island..  EDit:Dutch tell Chuck to stop stealing my rap til Poe'g gets back from Tampa😉 Hoorta & Marko must have noodlin drug poor poe'g like a catfish to internet-less Tampa 😆

  • Well...  there's been a couple updates. And they are not good news for either the Rosen or Allen lovers...

    @sloviyana said:

    Good news for you, but sh*** news for me.... Just got off the phone with my brother-in-law about an hour ago... he said the Giants are rebuffing even the Broncos current unbelievable trade offer because their personnel group is operating under belief that the Browns are taking Baker Mayfield at 1.

    They will stay at number 2, Select Sam Darnold in a scenario that at the start of the draft season was only thought to be an unattainable fantasy.

    The coaches desire for Josh Rosen has apparently cooled due to the neurology review and medical assessment during his private workout and private medical review at the hospital showing he may have some longterm risk having sustained 4 concussions in 3.5 years (2 in high school; 2 in college).

    After the interviews and private workouts, Baker Mayfield has won the QB derby.....

    Giants personnel group actually thinks the Browns will go 1. Baker Mayfield and 4. Denzel Ward.

    At this point, my b.i.l. thinks the top 7 will go: 1. Browns: Baker Mayfield, 2. Giants: Sam Darnold, 3. Jets: Josh Rosen, 4. Browns: Denzel Ward, 5. Broncos: Quenton Nelson or Trade down with Buffalo who comes up to get Josh Allen, 6. Colts: Bradley Chubb, 7. Buccaneers: Saquon Barkley

    @sloviyana said:

    1. The Oklahoma staff firmly believes that Baker is John Dorsey's guy... and that he's been so all along specifically because Dorsey called the coaches and private manager of Mayfield and told him to keep his head down and stay out of trouble more than once.

    2. Supposedly, The O-Coaches & Eliot Wolf (Haley, Zampese, and Hue) wanted Rosen but now it's Darnold after private meetings and neurological assessments of Rosen... meanwhile the key Personnel group (Dorsey, Highsmith, McCloughan) all are full on Team Mayfield...

    @tour2ma said:

    Well...  there's been a couple updates. And they are not good news for either the Rosen or Allen lovers...

    My condolences Tour....   Chief Smoke Blanket Dorsey sending up heavy Allen rumors.  Just MHO- Mayfield at #1 is less of a reach than Allen. 

    @tour2ma said:

    If the "neurological assessment" causes the medical staff to cross off Rosen, then that's it... life is going to be harder.

    Hey there AGS Energy- don't go arguing with a medical professional about what's inside  Rosen's noggin. FWIW, my best pal and fellow season ticket holder is a neurologist. When he talks head injuries, I listen.  🙂  

    @gumby73 said:

     EDit:Dutch tell Chuck to stop stealing my rap til Poe'g gets back from Tampa😉 Hoorta & Marko must have noodlin drug poor poe'g like a catfish to internet-less Tampa 😆

    So little Saquon banter lately- I hardly noticed.  😆

  • @tour2ma said:

    Well...  there's been a couple updates. And they are not good news for either the Rosen or Allen lovers...

    My condolences Tour....   Chief Smoke Blanket Dorsey sending up heavy Allen rumors.  Just MHO- Mayfield at #1 is less of a reach than Allen. 

    @tour2ma said:

    If the "neurological assessment" causes the medical staff to cross off Rosen, then that's it... life is going to be harder.

    Hey there AGS Energy- don't go arguing with a medical professional about what's inside  Rosen's noggin. FWIW, my best pal and fellow season ticket holder is a neurologist. When he talks head injuries, I listen.  🙂  

    @gumby73 said:

     EDit:Dutch tell Chuck to stop stealing my rap til Poe'g gets back from Tampa😉 Hoorta & Marko must have noodlin drug poor poe'g like a catfish to internet-less Tampa 😆

    So little Saquon banter lately- I hardly noticed.  😆

    @hoorta said:

    ......So little Saquon banter lately- I hardly noticed.  😆

    Yeah we're all going through Saquon withdrawal symptoms....isn't it refreshing! 

    April 15, I feel like a guy in jail marking off the days on a calendar until April 26. 😆

  • This picture gives this scenario a lot more credibility. Look who is directly to the left of Dorsey, yeah that’s Scot McCloughan

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    @lionofbuddha said:

    This picture gives this scenario a lot more credibility. Look who is directly to the left of Dorsey, yeah that’s Scot McCloughan

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    Maybe Hue is the photographer for these events.

  • Actually Wolf is to his left. Right?😁

  • The fact that the "experts" on tv and other reporting arenas don't have a consensus #1 candidate shows us that it's probably not out of the question that OUR experts don't have a shared conclusion.  Obviously it'd be NICE if everyone felt the same way, but I can think of pluses and minuses to each guy, so I'm sure they're battling the same issue.  There's been so much talk about Josh Allen and Sam Darnold, I can't help but think that means it will be either Baker Mayfield or Josh Rosen.  To be honest, I don't really care WHO we take at #1, as long as it's a QB, and as long as it's NOT Josh Allen.  He just looks like a total bust to me UNLESS he goes to a team with an established QB and experienced coaching structure that knows what to do with him.  Playing QB for the Browns is a way different animal, as we all know. 

  • Actually Wolf is to his left. Right?😁

    @texasag1969 said:

    Actually Wolf is to his left. Right?😁

    Yeah, my mistake. Wolf is to his left, Scot McCloughan is behind and to his right 

  • The fact that the "experts" on tv and other reporting arenas don't have a consensus #1 candidate shows us that it's probably not out of the question that OUR experts don't have a shared conclusion.  Obviously it'd be NICE if everyone felt the same way, but I can think of pluses and minuses to each guy, so I'm sure they're battling the same issue.  There's been so much talk about Josh Allen and Sam Darnold, I can't help but think that means it will be either Baker Mayfield or Josh Rosen.  To be honest, I don't really care WHO we take at #1, as long as it's a QB, and as long as it's NOT Josh Allen.  He just looks like a total bust to me UNLESS he goes to a team with an established QB and experienced coaching structure that knows what to do with him.  Playing QB for the Browns is a way different animal, as we all know. 

    @jiggins7919 said:

    There's been so much talk about Josh Allen and Sam Darnold, I can't help but think that means it will be either Baker Mayfield or Josh Rosen. 

    ... a total bust... UNLESS he goes to a team with an established QB and experienced coaching structure that knows what to do with him. 

    I believe that the Allen/ Darnold split being aired in our big room is reason for the rumors focusing on these two, but there's a limit to how much of the full group's time you are willing to waste on decided issues. Meanwhile "the decision" is being made by a much smaller, non-leaking group. That could mean that any of the top four are in play.

    I don't get the "UNLESS". There simply is not a recipe for creating a QB where the raw material is as incomplete as it is in some cases.

  • Actually Wolf is to his left. Right?😁

    @texasag1969 said:

    Actually Wolf is to his left. Right?😁

    Yes...  

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  • @jiggins7919 said:

    There's been so much talk about Josh Allen and Sam Darnold, I can't help but think that means it will be either Baker Mayfield or Josh Rosen. 

    ... a total bust... UNLESS he goes to a team with an established QB and experienced coaching structure that knows what to do with him. 

    I believe that the Allen/ Darnold split being aired in our big room is reason for the rumors focusing on these two, but there's a limit to how much of the full group's time you are willing to waste on decided issues. Meanwhile "the decision" is being made by a much smaller, non-leaking group. That could mean that any of the top four are in play.

    I don't get the "UNLESS". There simply is not a recipe for creating a QB where the raw material is as incomplete as it is in some cases.

    @tour2ma said:

    I believe that the Allen/ Darnold split being aired in our big room is reason for the rumors focusing on these two, but there's a limit to how much of the full group's time you are willing to waste on decided issues. Meanwhile "the decision" is being made by a much smaller, non-leaking group. That could mean that any of the top four are in play.

    I don't get the "UNLESS". There simply is not a recipe for creating a QB where the raw material is as incomplete as it is in some cases.

    Would it be fair to say the smaller group is Dorsey, Wolf, Highsmith, and (maybe) McCloughan?  

    I'm sure the "Inner Circle" has consulted DePo's advanced metrics and every other one out there saying a certain Wyoming Quarterback has the highest bust potential of any of the top 4 QBs. So why would they even consider him at #1?  

  • @texasag1969 said:

    Actually Wolf is to his left. Right?😁

    Yes...  

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    @hoorta said:

    Yes...  

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    He looks like a baern.

  • @tour2ma said:

    I believe that the Allen/ Darnold split being aired in our big room is reason for the rumors focusing on these two, but there's a limit to how much of the full group's time you are willing to waste on decided issues. Meanwhile "the decision" is being made by a much smaller, non-leaking group. That could mean that any of the top four are in play.

    I don't get the "UNLESS". There simply is not a recipe for creating a QB where the raw material is as incomplete as it is in some cases.

    Would it be fair to say the smaller group is Dorsey, Wolf, Highsmith, and (maybe) McCloughan?  

    I'm sure the "Inner Circle" has consulted DePo's advanced metrics and every other one out there saying a certain Wyoming Quarterback has the highest bust potential of any of the top 4 QBs. So why would they even consider him at #1?  

    @hoorta said:

    Would it be fair to say the smaller group is Dorsey, Wolf, Highsmith, and (maybe) McCloughan?  

    I'm sure the "Inner Circle" has consulted DePo's advanced metrics and every other one out there saying a certain Wyoming Quarterback has the highest bust potential of any of the top 4 QBs. So why would they even consider him at #1?  

    Because, they may be ignoring those metric/analytics and are just looking at the big frame/big arm and are thinking he may be BRII? 

  • @tour2ma said:

    I believe that the Allen/ Darnold split being aired in our big room is reason for the rumors focusing on these two, but there's a limit to how much of the full group's time you are willing to waste on decided issues. Meanwhile "the decision" is being made by a much smaller, non-leaking group. That could mean that any of the top four are in play.

    I don't get the "UNLESS". There simply is not a recipe for creating a QB where the raw material is as incomplete as it is in some cases.

    Would it be fair to say the smaller group is Dorsey, Wolf, Highsmith, and (maybe) McCloughan?  

    I'm sure the "Inner Circle" has consulted DePo's advanced metrics and every other one out there saying a certain Wyoming Quarterback has the highest bust potential of any of the top 4 QBs. So why would they even consider him at #1?  

    @hoorta said:

    Would it be fair to say the smaller group is Dorsey, Wolf, Highsmith, and (maybe) McCloughan?  

    I'm sure the "Inner Circle" has consulted DePo's advanced metrics and every other one out there saying a certain Wyoming Quarterback has the highest bust potential of any of the top 4 QBs. So why would they even consider him at #1?  

    I actually think DePo is in that room as well, but not McCloughan.

    Highsmith? Maybe, but if he is in, then I'm not sure the identically titled Barry and Kovash aren't as well... and suddenly the room is getting bigger.

    As for considering Allen... that'd only take someone believing he's seen something. If that someone is Dorsey and that something is enough, then it may be hard to push him off "his guy". And that, in a nutshell, is the other edge of the double-edged, "football guy" sword.

  • The latest....

    @sloviyana said:

    As the Browns organization has gone completely Dark (some personnel scouts have been effectively let go now that the hays in the barn), there's no more leaks forthcoming unless directly sourced by John Dorsey, Hue, the Haslams, Paul DePo, etc... )

    It's going to be a wild last weeks... just rest assured that Josh Allen has a zero percent chance of being picked.... We will end up with Darnold or Mayfield at 1... hopefully something unknown or unseen has taken place to sway the forces that be in the direction of Darnold... Did Baker really get wasted the night before meeting with the Browns and the Browns found out about it?? (I doubt it, but that would definitely help if that rumor was true)

  • The latest....

    @sloviyana said:

    As the Browns organization has gone completely Dark (some personnel scouts have been effectively let go now that the hays in the barn), there's no more leaks forthcoming unless directly sourced by John Dorsey, Hue, the Haslams, Paul DePo, etc... )

    It's going to be a wild last weeks... just rest assured that Josh Allen has a zero percent chance of being picked.... We will end up with Darnold or Mayfield at 1... hopefully something unknown or unseen has taken place to sway the forces that be in the direction of Darnold... Did Baker really get wasted the night before meeting with the Browns and the Browns found out about it?? (I doubt it, but that would definitely help if that rumor was true)

    @tour2ma said:

    The latest....

    Where the Shmuck is the source that Baker got wasted the night before the Browns visit?

  • The latest....

    @sloviyana said:

    As the Browns organization has gone completely Dark (some personnel scouts have been effectively let go now that the hays in the barn), there's no more leaks forthcoming unless directly sourced by John Dorsey, Hue, the Haslams, Paul DePo, etc... )

    It's going to be a wild last weeks... just rest assured that Josh Allen has a zero percent chance of being picked.... We will end up with Darnold or Mayfield at 1... hopefully something unknown or unseen has taken place to sway the forces that be in the direction of Darnold... Did Baker really get wasted the night before meeting with the Browns and the Browns found out about it?? (I doubt it, but that would definitely help if that rumor was true)

    @tour2ma said:

    The latest....

    As the Browns organization has gone completely Dark (some personnel scouts have been effectively let go now that the hays in the barn), there's no more leaks forthcoming unless directly sourced by John Dorsey, Hue, the Haslams, Paul DePo, etc... )

    It's going to be a wild last weeks... just rest assured that Josh Allen has a zero percent chance of being picked.... We will end up with Darnold or Mayfield at 1... hopefully something unknown or unseen has taken place to sway the forces that be in the direction of Darnold... Did Baker really get wasted the night before meeting with the Browns and the Browns found out about it?? (I doubt it, but that would definitely help if that rumor was true)

    And as Captain Picard would say Make it so (at) #1.   Actually if Mayfiled was out hitting the bars before his interview, scratch Baker off the list. Hope that's just an ugly rumor...   

  • @jiggins7919 said:

    There's been so much talk about Josh Allen and Sam Darnold, I can't help but think that means it will be either Baker Mayfield or Josh Rosen. 

    ... a total bust... UNLESS he goes to a team with an established QB and experienced coaching structure that knows what to do with him. 

    I believe that the Allen/ Darnold split being aired in our big room is reason for the rumors focusing on these two, but there's a limit to how much of the full group's time you are willing to waste on decided issues. Meanwhile "the decision" is being made by a much smaller, non-leaking group. That could mean that any of the top four are in play.

    I don't get the "UNLESS". There simply is not a recipe for creating a QB where the raw material is as incomplete as it is in some cases.

    @tour2ma said:

    I believe that the Allen/ Darnold split being aired in our big room is reason for the rumors focusing on these two, but there's a limit to how much of the full group's time you are willing to waste on decided issues. Meanwhile "the decision" is being made by a much smaller, non-leaking group. That could mean that any of the top four are in play.

    I don't get the "UNLESS". There simply is not a recipe for creating a QB where the raw material is as incomplete as it is in some cases.

    You know what I think?  I believe we've known who we're taking #1 for a while, and we've been working on every other pick for the past few weeks/months.  Yeah, nothing is more important than the QB selection, but we have SO MANY other picks, high picks, that I can't imagine we're still spending time on who we're picking #1.  The biggest intrigue now is probably what we're doing at #4.  We're going to be getting a ton of phone calls, so we have to decide if we're willing to move down, how far we'd be willing to go, and exactly what we need to make the trade.  

    One thing that concerns me is hearing this statement in a recent article.  "In this draft, there's not much difference in picking at 22 or 52."  I forget who said it, so I apologize, and this is just the opinion of one person, but it made me think about how often we've been burned by trading out of very high picks, and moving down to later portions of the first round.  Perhaps we just ignore every phone call and simply stay put to try and find that "blue chip" type guy.  

  • The biggest intrigue to me now is who we go for at RB. Hyde is ok but he's not our long term answer. I don't want us to sit back and take the "remaining" RB. Get the 2nd best after Barkley if we don't take him. We will need to spend a little draft capital to do that IMO.

  • The biggest intrigue to me now is who we go for at RB. Hyde is ok but he's not our long term answer. I don't want us to sit back and take the "remaining" RB. Get the 2nd best after Barkley if we don't take him. We will need to spend a little draft capital to do that IMO.

    @texasag1969 said:

    The biggest intrigue to me now is who we go for at RB. Hyde is ok but he's not our long term answer. I don't want us to sit back and take the "remaining" RB. Get the 2nd best after Barkley if we don't take him. We will need to spend a little draft capital to do that IMO.

    Ronald Jones?  Get the whole USC backfield?