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@hammertime said:

I would accept Curry as our #5 but if hes not there a scorer should be our focus at that point. If Curry is not there, then you focus on a trade for picks or players as another option.

@kosar_for_president said:

Tim Couch from the school with the short bus.

I have never felt more sure of a guy's abilities despite things like his lack of speed and ugly passes.

Bernie, besides being extremely intelligent, (Grad in three years at Miami) had that special mental make up that just told me he was going to be a very good, if not great QB. I sure never felt better about any pick the Browns made.

@calfoxwc said:

We don't need a LT, or I'd take Smith. We do need a great all around lb'er, and that's Curry.

If Curry is gone, you really have to take a serious eval of Orakpo or Raji. Or trade down. It's complicated. But taking the bop at the top

of the first round when you don't really need him, is not a dramatic impact player for your team.

But, I would say Smtih and Curry are the best sure things at the top of the draft.

I would accept Curry as our #5 but if hes not there a scorer should be our focus at that point. If Curry is not there, then you focus on a trade for picks or players as another option.

We don't need a LT, or I'd take Smith. We do need a great all around lb'er, and that's Curry.

If Curry is gone, you really have to take a serious eval of Orakpo or Raji. Or trade down. It's complicated. But taking the bop at the top

of the first round when you don't really need him, is not a dramatic impact player for your team.

But, I would say Smtih and Curry are the best sure things at the top of the draft.

@calfoxwc said:

it logically ends up being the most successful, like Jim Brown, Joe Mantana. And there are reasons for a player's success or

not depending on the surrounding cast, systems, coaches...

"Coming" directly refers to the present. "Whoever came out of the draft" would be more precise.

But, to play along, I'd say Paul Warfield. Wait, he was very successful.. oh, never mind. Warfield was a Lynn Swann before there was a Swann.

Currently, the "can't miss" in THIS DRAFT would be Curry, LB, and Smith, OL.

So for this draft do you recomend picking Curry oor Smith if available?

My answer is Jim Brown...Big (bigger than many linebackers in his day), fast, strong, & tough as nails. Then he got to the NFL & proved it.

Mike

it logically ends up being the most successful, like Jim Brown, Joe Mantana. And there are reasons for a player's success or

not depending on the surrounding cast, systems, coaches...

"Coming" directly refers to the present. "Whoever came out of the draft" would be more precise.

But, to play along, I'd say Paul Warfield. Wait, he was very successful.. oh, never mind. Warfield was a Lynn Swann before there was a Swann.

Currently, the "can't miss" in THIS DRAFT would be Curry, LB, and Smith, OL.

Campbell and Brown were great picks. Campbell was as good as anyone in history for a few seasons.

@browns2405 said:

Earl Campbell

@inspecta said:

Is this like who was the best late round grab?

The best player that lived up to their draft spot?

I'm sorry I couldn't quite get my point across clear enough... Who in your mind would be the safest pick no matter what because that player's talent was so immense that no team could go wrong picking that player and that players contribution to the team helped immensely.

@inspecta said:

Is this like who was the best late round grab?

The best player that lived up to their draft spot?

i interpreted the question as the best value pick. But after rereading it, i'm not sure.

now if we are just talking who in the draft did we know would be a can't miss, maybe not the best player in the NFL, Chris Speilman, course that was from watching him play high school football, (in person) and collage, hell even some pick up games here and there.

I knew he was going to the NFL and I knew he would be successful.