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  • To add to this years roster,  who would they be? It can be from any era and the player would be in the prime of his career. My players would be 

    1. Joe Thomas 

    2 Ozzie Newsome 

    3  Phil Dawson 

    4  Eric Turner 

    5  Michael Dean Perry

    I could have easily said Brian Sipe or Otto Graham, or Jim Brown. But I am giving some credit to Baker since he has shown some improvement, and Chubb and Hunt are the real deal. I thought obviously we could use Thomas to protect Baker's blind side, Phil Dawson because good kickers seem to be taken for granted, MDP because you can never have too many quality defensive linemen, Eric Turner because he was a badass, and Ozzie to give Baker a reliable target.

    Let me know what you think. 

  • 1 Joe Thomas Major Need and Talent 

    2   Clay Matthews  Major Need and talent 

    3 Gene Hickerson Major Need and Talent

    4 Jim Brown No Comment necessary 

    5 Ozzie Newsome Ultimate Red Zone security blanket for Baker 

  • Phil Dawson would certainly be nice to have.  Siebert seems totally confused by the winds of the second half of the season.

    I think I'd like DE Len Ford to help us out about now.

    Ozzie, Joe Thomas, Gene Hickerson

  • Gene Hickerson IS a name that came to mind.....as an  HOF   OG, a position we could really need on this team.   

    I also agree with Clay Matthews for his solid steady play at OLB.  

    Either  Josh Cribbs or Eric Metcalf.......we need a kick returner.

    Erich Barnes......a nasty MoFo at  DB.....

    Mike McCormack .....he made the HOF as a Browns   OT......a Right Tackle,  playing on the other side of LT Lou Groza.  (not that we also could not also use Groza at LT)

  • I think...

    Milt Morin, TE. He was outstanding.

  • Many of the names on this list were in my thought process.

    1. Joe Thomas 

    2. Steve Everitt - a lockdown center next to an All Pro Guard solidifies a quality OL. Mike Baab was a formidable center as well but he didn't wear a Browns bandana as a Raven.

    3. Clay Matthews

    4. Hanford Dixon/Frank Minnifield - either, it doesn't matter, but a CB that puts the fear of God in a QB.

    5. Eric Metcalf/Josh Cribbs - either, it doesn't matter, good teams score Special Teams TDs.

  • Thomas, Newsome, Cribbs, Perry, and l would add Vickers in here as we could a formidable full back. 

  • Thomas, Newsome, Cribbs, Perry, and l would add Vickers in here as we could a formidable full back. 

    @ibleedbrown said:

    Thomas, Newsome, Cribbs, Perry, and l would add Vickers in here as we could a formidable full back. 

    With both Chubb and Hunt, would we have to drop someone to make way for a full back? 

  • Phil Dawson would certainly be nice to have.  Siebert seems totally confused by the winds of the second half of the season.

    I think I'd like DE Len Ford to help us out about now.

    Ozzie, Joe Thomas, Gene Hickerson

    @orion said:

    Phil Dawson would certainly be nice to have.

    Like I said, it's often taken for granted to have a guy that's pretty much automatic to put points on the board let alone a guy the consistently did it on the shores of Lake Erie. People should not underestimate a man that won us many games and kept us in games during some of the worst times in Cleveland Browns history.

  • 1) Eric Turner

    2) Clay Matthews

    3) Ozzie Newsome

    4) Michael Dean Perry

    5) Bernie Kosar (The older 'diminished skills' version to mentor Baker) 

  • N Neo

    @ibleedbrown said:

    Thomas, Newsome, Cribbs, Perry, and l would add Vickers in here as we could a formidable full back. 

    With both Chubb and Hunt, would we have to drop someone to make way for a full back? 

    @neo said:

    With both Chubb and Hunt, would we have to drop someone to make way for a full back? 

    I think maybe we could do without  Dontrel Hilliard or D'Ernest Johnson if we had  Jim Brown in his prime.

    Fair to say?

  • add to roster by Sunday😉

    1) LT Joe Thomas-- Never saw a better LT including A.Munoz

    2) RG Gene Hickerson-- (Joe Delamielleure/Eric Steinbach, we've had some good ones)

    3) LB Clay Matthews with Schobert would be classic

    4) S Eric Turner E-Rock, a Kam Chancellor/Jack Tatum of Cleveland 

    5) RT Mike McCormack (Cody Risien/Doug Dieken)

  • Jimmy Brown, Bernie Kosar, Clay Mathews, TJ Ward , Paul Warfield

  • use Milt Morin at fullback !

  • Gene Hickerson IS a name that came to mind.....as an  HOF   OG, a position we could really need on this team.   

    I also agree with Clay Matthews for his solid steady play at OLB.  

    Either  Josh Cribbs or Eric Metcalf.......we need a kick returner.

    Erich Barnes......a nasty MoFo at  DB.....

    Mike McCormack .....he made the HOF as a Browns   OT......a Right Tackle,  playing on the other side of LT Lou Groza.  (not that we also could not also use Groza at LT)

    @the-gipper said:

    Gene Hickerson IS a name that came to mind.....as an  HOF   OG, a position we could really need on this team.   

    I also agree with Clay Matthews for his solid steady play at OLB.  

    Either  Josh Cribbs or Eric Metcalf.......we need a kick returner.

    Erich Barnes......a nasty MoFo at  DB.....

    Mike McCormack .....he made the HOF as a Browns   OT......a Right Tackle,  playing on the other side of LT Lou Groza.  (not that we also could not also use Groza at LT)

    Gene Hickerson at 248 lbs would get creamed playing today. He couldn't even start for OSU.

  • 1 Joe Thomas Major Need and Talent 

    2   Clay Matthews  Major Need and talent 

    3 Gene Hickerson Major Need and Talent

    4 Jim Brown No Comment necessary 

    5 Ozzie Newsome Ultimate Red Zone security blanket for Baker 

    @sdbacker80 said:

    4 Jim Brown No Comment necessary 

    Comment necessary. We have Chubb and Hunt.

    If I had to choose a back I'd take Kevin Mack or Earnest Byner before JB.

  • Joe Thomas and Phil Dawson for sure.

    Thought about Ozzie, but way too small at 232lbs. The smallest TE playing today is the Titans Delaine Walker at 248.

    Clay Matthews and Eric Turner if I had to choose defense, otherwise the vast majority of the greats who played back in the day would be of no help to the 2019 Cleveland Browns.

  • @the-gipper said:

    Gene Hickerson IS a name that came to mind.....as an  HOF   OG, a position we could really need on this team.   

    I also agree with Clay Matthews for his solid steady play at OLB.  

    Either  Josh Cribbs or Eric Metcalf.......we need a kick returner.

    Erich Barnes......a nasty MoFo at  DB.....

    Mike McCormack .....he made the HOF as a Browns   OT......a Right Tackle,  playing on the other side of LT Lou Groza.  (not that we also could not also use Groza at LT)

    Gene Hickerson at 248 lbs would get creamed playing today. He couldn't even start for OSU.

    @gorka said:

    Gene Hickerson at 248 lbs would get creamed playing today. He couldn't even start for OSU.

    Oh my God Jesus what fucking ignorance this displays

  • @sdbacker80 said:

    4 Jim Brown No Comment necessary 

    Comment necessary. We have Chubb and Hunt.

    If I had to choose a back I'd take Kevin Mack or Earnest Byner before JB.

    @gorka said:

    Comment necessary. We have Chubb and Hunt.

    If I had to choose a back I'd take Kevin Mack or Earnest Byner before JB.

    Oh my god what ignorance again

  • Joe Thomas and Phil Dawson for sure.

    Thought about Ozzie, but way too small at 232lbs. The smallest TE playing today is the Titans Delaine Walker at 248.

    Clay Matthews and Eric Turner if I had to choose defense, otherwise the vast majority of the greats who played back in the day would be of no help to the 2019 Cleveland Browns.

    @gorka said:

    Joe Thomas and Phil Dawson for sure.

    Thought about Ozzie, but way too small at 232lbs. The smallest TE playing today is the Titans Delaine Walker at 248.

    Clay Matthews and Eric Turner if I had to choose defense, otherwise the vast majority of the greats who played back in the day would be of no help to the 2019 Cleveland Browns.

    Oh my God how ignorant again and again and again Jesus wept