2014 Free Agents
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McCarron will go quite not just several picks after the Browns draft their quarterback... but a couple rounds later. They won't in a billion years draft low at the position again. Honestly, Mettenberger has that "outdoor arm" some draftnicks been chatting up for the Browns. That's also true of Bortles and Derek Carr.
If the Browns lose at Pittsburgh, and that seems likely, I believe they'll have the 3rd pick and the Colts 23rd-ish pick. Feels really familiar for some reason (!). They also have more money than any other team and extra picks in the third and fourth rounds.
The one thing they won't be able to sign in free agency is WRs. They never wanna sign with teams with "unsettled QB situations."
McCarron will go quite not just several picks after the Browns draft their quarterback... but a couple rounds later. They won't in a billion years draft low at the position again. Honestly, Mettenberger has that "outdoor arm" some draftnicks been chatting up for the Browns. That's also true of Bortles and Derek Carr.
If the Browns lose at Pittsburgh, and that seems likely, I believe they'll have the 3rd pick and the Colts 23rd-ish pick. Feels really familiar for some reason (!). They also have more money than any other team and extra picks in the third and fourth rounds.
The one thing they won't be able to sign in free agency is WRs. They never wanna sign with teams with "unsettled QB situations."
You watch too much ESPN hype over drafting QBs. You don't just draft a QB early in the first round because it is the most important position. Some years there aren't many great QBs to enter the draft and I'm not too impressed with the 2014 class. For every top 10 HOF pick, there are at least 3 times as many busts. Carr is damn sure not worth a top 10 pick and maybe not even a 1st rounder. Same goes for Manziel and Mettenberger. A lot of people on this board seem to like the idea of drafting McCarron in the 3rd round or so but I would love taking Garoppolo from Eastern in the 2nd round. Start Hoyer next season and let Garoppolo learn behind him for a while. We also have big needs at WR, OL, RB, ILB, and CB which we can address with the rest of the picks. Drafting a bust QB in this draft will set us back years. It's like you want a replay of a Richardson/Weeden 1st round draft.
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McCarron will go quite not just several picks after the Browns draft their quarterback... but a couple rounds later. They won't in a billion years draft low at the position again. Honestly, Mettenberger has that "outdoor arm" some draftnicks been chatting up for the Browns. That's also true of Bortles and Derek Carr.
If the Browns lose at Pittsburgh, and that seems likely, I believe they'll have the 3rd pick and the Colts 23rd-ish pick. Feels really familiar for some reason (!). They also have more money than any other team and extra picks in the third and fourth rounds.
The one thing they won't be able to sign in free agency is WRs. They never wanna sign with teams with "unsettled QB situations."
You watch too much ESPN hype over drafting QBs. You don't just draft a QB early in the first round because it is the most important position. Some years there aren't many great QBs to enter the draft and I'm not too impressed with the 2014 class. For every top 10 HOF pick, there are at least 3 times as many busts. Carr is damn sure not worth a top 10 pick and maybe not even a 1st rounder. Same goes for Manziel and Mettenberger. A lot of people on this board seem to like the idea of drafting McCarron in the 3rd round or so but I would love taking Garoppolo from Eastern in the 2nd round. Start Hoyer next season and let Garoppolo learn behind him for a while. We also have big needs at WR, OL, RB, ILB, and CB which we can address with the rest of the picks. Drafting a bust QB in this draft will set us back years. It's like you want a replay of a Richardson/Weeden 1st round draft.
You watch too much ESPN hype over drafting QBs. You don't just draft a QB early in the first round because it is the most important position. Some years there aren't many great QBs to enter the draft and I'm not too impressed with the 2014 class. For every top 10 HOF pick, there are at least 3 times as many busts. Carr is damn sure not worth a top 10 pick and maybe not even a 1st rounder. Same goes for Manziel and Mettenberger. A lot of people on this board seem to like the idea of drafting McCarron in the 3rd round or so but I would love taking Garoppolo from Eastern in the 2nd round. Start Hoyer next season and let Garoppolo learn behind him for a while. We also have big needs at WR, OL, RB, ILB, and CB which we can address with the rest of the picks. Drafting a bust QB in this draft will set us back years. It's like you want a replay of a Richardson/Weeden 1st round draft.
Check on that. Just last year EJ Manuel was the only QB taken in the first round. In other years no QBs were drafted in the first round because it just, apparently, wasn't justified. Some years a number of QBs are taken in the first round, and they crap out.
See 1999 with Akili Smith/Cade McNown, even Tim Couch somewhat.
A whole number of other years as well had poor first round classes. I willl treat this in a separate thread.
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