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My case for Fournette #1 overall

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  • nickersN nickers

    Yes! lets draft more fatass lineman.. thats really gotten us to so many superbowls... We cant even pass or catch the football because our QB's blow and our WR's are average at best.. but lets continue drafting fatass lineman.. it has worked so well in the past.. NOT!

    LogicIsForSquaresL LogicIsForSquares wrote on
    #30

    @nickers said:

    Yes! lets draft more fatass lineman.. thats really gotten us to so many superbowls... We cant even pass or catch the football because our QB's blow and our WR's are average at best.. but lets continue drafting fatass lineman.. it has worked so well in the past.. NOT!

    This gimmick wasn't even good the first time.

  • PoeticGP PoeticG wrote on
    #31

    It's a possibility that we could take Trubisky first then pick Fournette with our second first.

    The WR position was addressed last season.

    With Gordon, Pryor, Coleman, Higgins, Hawkins, Louis and Payton we should be set. Most WR come to the next level in their second season so really just about all of them could make the jump! That jump would be even further amplified by a solid and dependable starter at both QB and RB.

    I think we've found our long term backup in Kessler, the kids a champ... just not elite. With Trubisky, Kessler and Hogan at QB I would feel pretty comfortable at that position for a while. Then we would have found solutions to QB-HB1/HB2-WR1/2/3/4- and all that really needs tweaked would be the center position. Hell, maybe a healthy and conditioned Erving could make a comeback next season?

    The Defense did a good job early in the season... too many injuries and too many reps killed that unit. Next season with an improved Offense this defense could shine.

    Just a thought.

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  • B BaconHound

    @texasag1969 said:

    I'm an OU fan an agree it looks bad but the talent is there. Someone is going to take the chance. Mixon is better than Demarco Murray and almost as good as Peterson.

    W wargograw wrote on
    #32

    @baconhound said:

    I'm an OU fan an agree it looks bad but the talent is there. Someone is going to take the chance. Mixon is better than Demarco Murray and almost as good as Peterson.

    You can't possibly actually believe either of those.

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  • B BaconHound

    @clevfan4life said:

    Havent duke and crow been performing fairly admirably for running behind one of thevworst o lines in football?

    Absolutely but Mixon is the real deal. He is Zeke Elliott

    W wargograw wrote on
    #33

    @baconhound said:

    Absolutely but Mixon is the real deal. He is Zeke Elliott

    Or this.

  • W wargograw

    @baconhound said:

    I'm an OU fan an agree it looks bad but the talent is there. Someone is going to take the chance. Mixon is better than Demarco Murray and almost as good as Peterson.

    You can't possibly actually believe either of those.

    B BaconHound wrote on
    #34

    @wargograw said:

    You can't possibly actually believe either of those.

    Absolutely if he wasn't sharing carries with Perine his numbers would be off the charts. Mixon is faster than Murray with much better passing catching skills. I'm not sure of measurables but football speed he is faster than Peterson but Peterson is a bulldozer. Therein a reason Stoops sold his soul with Keith Ford & Perine on the roster, Mixon is the real deal.

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  • C calfoxwc

    you have to fix the oline or you can't run or pass well. have to get the right qb or you can't pass well.

    Have to be able to block. Early first round picks have to have immediate, dynamic

    impact on your team. If you are the Cowboys, etc... you have the luxury of drafting a qb

    that isn't going to start right away, but come on...

    the question is, which player can come in and be a game changer, the most dramatic addition to your team?

    If could be Trabisky, or Allen, or Garrett, or Foster or Hooker, some other names... with the second pick.

    Can you get a dramatic impact edge rusher later? maybe, if you are smart. Can you get a dramatic impact

    qb later? yeah, if you are very smart, and extremely lucky, like the Cowboys. I would love for the Browns to have

    drafted Elliot. But seriously, with the oline right side, qb situation, may as well not play him much, he would have

    been battered all to often behind the los. Nobody fears ignoring the pass game of the Browns. McCown can put

    up huge numbers, and they still lose.

    They aren't complete enough as a team to compete and win games. First year, it is just what is it. But you never

    get there, unless you get started on the right path. We are there. Ya only have one draft a year, so it's ludicrous to

    think the sky is falling just because we have a winless team so far.

    This next draft is crucial, and it's going to be fascinating.

    Bob806B Bob806 wrote on
    #35

    @calfoxwc said:

    They aren't complete enough as a team to compete and win games. First year, it is just what is it. But you never

    get there, unless you get started on the right path. We are there. Ya only have one draft a year, so it's ludicrous to

    think the sky is falling just because we have a winless team so far.

    This next draft is crucial, and it's going to be fascinating.

    Agree. Just don't trade any picks and they can fix things in a hurry.

    Karlis Missed
  • T TexasAg1969 wrote on
    #36

    I don't think Mixon has even declared yet has he?

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  • C calfoxwc wrote on
    #37

    Mixon is a player the previous Browns would have ended up drafting. Then, he would be on dope,

    suspended, maybe jail time, etc etc etc.

    Then the same people who wanted to draft him, would bitch and bitch etc etc... forever and 27 more Sundays...

    NO. The Browns now draft comprehensively, including character, love for the game, locker room addition or

    subtraction....all that stuff. Stop the cycle of drafting players who are punks mentally while only looking at college videos and the

    combine.

  • Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #38

    Just can't see Leonard at #1...

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  • T TexasAg1969

    I don't think Mixon has even declared yet has he?

    B BaconHound wrote on
    #39

    @texasag1969 said:

    I don't think Mixon has even declared yet has he?

    No he hasn't but he will post Sugar Bowl. He was asked yesterday during his presser if he would come back to OU next year and he said that he was focused on the Bowl game.

  • miktoxicM miktoxic wrote on
    #40

    is it possible to declare from behind bars?

  • bbedwardB bbedward wrote on
    #41

    I appreciate you laying out an idea that's different and against the grain, though I strongly disagree with it.

  • PoeticGP PoeticG

    It's a possibility that we could take Trubisky first then pick Fournette with our second first.

    The WR position was addressed last season.

    With Gordon, Pryor, Coleman, Higgins, Hawkins, Louis and Payton we should be set. Most WR come to the next level in their second season so really just about all of them could make the jump! That jump would be even further amplified by a solid and dependable starter at both QB and RB.

    I think we've found our long term backup in Kessler, the kids a champ... just not elite. With Trubisky, Kessler and Hogan at QB I would feel pretty comfortable at that position for a while. Then we would have found solutions to QB-HB1/HB2-WR1/2/3/4- and all that really needs tweaked would be the center position. Hell, maybe a healthy and conditioned Erving could make a comeback next season?

    The Defense did a good job early in the season... too many injuries and too many reps killed that unit. Next season with an improved Offense this defense could shine.

    Just a thought.

    OrionO Orion wrote on
    #42

    @poeticg said:

    I think we've found our long term backup in Kessler, the kids a champ... just not elite.

    I agree that that's probably the best way to look at Kessler at this point.

    We should enter the offseason with that mindset.

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  • B BaconHound

    @wargograw said:

    You can't possibly actually believe either of those.

    Absolutely if he wasn't sharing carries with Perine his numbers would be off the charts. Mixon is faster than Murray with much better passing catching skills. I'm not sure of measurables but football speed he is faster than Peterson but Peterson is a bulldozer. Therein a reason Stoops sold his soul with Keith Ford & Perine on the roster, Mixon is the real deal.

    tiamat63T tiamat63 wrote on
    #43

    @baconhound said:

    Absolutely if he wasn't sharing carries with Perine his numbers would be off the charts. Mixon is faster than Murray with much better passing catching skills. I'm not sure of measurables but football speed he is faster than Peterson but Peterson is a bulldozer. Therein a reason Stoops sold his soul with Keith Ford & Perine on the roster, Mixon is the real deal.

    Ted Ginn is faster than both these guys. Doesn't make him a better RB.

  • B BaconHound

    @wargograw said:

    You can't possibly actually believe either of those.

    Absolutely if he wasn't sharing carries with Perine his numbers would be off the charts. Mixon is faster than Murray with much better passing catching skills. I'm not sure of measurables but football speed he is faster than Peterson but Peterson is a bulldozer. Therein a reason Stoops sold his soul with Keith Ford & Perine on the roster, Mixon is the real deal.

    W wargograw wrote on
    #44

    @baconhound said:

    Absolutely if he wasn't sharing carries with Perine his numbers would be off the charts. Mixon is faster than Murray with much better passing catching skills. I'm not sure of measurables but football speed he is faster than Peterson but Peterson is a bulldozer. Therein a reason Stoops sold his soul with Keith Ford & Perine on the roster, Mixon is the real deal.

    If he was as good as you claim, Perrine wouldn't get anywhere near the carries he's gotten.

    I don't get out the pitchforks over how a coach chooses to discipline his players. I just don't really have the energy to care about stuff like that. Having said that, Stoops is an idiot for doing so much to keep a RB when, as you said, he had two other studs on the roster.

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  • OrionO Orion

    @poeticg said:

    I think we've found our long term backup in Kessler, the kids a champ... just not elite.

    I agree that that's probably the best way to look at Kessler at this point.

    We should enter the offseason with that mindset.

    Tour2maT Tour2ma wrote on
    #45

    @orion said:

    I agree that that's probably the best way to look at Kessler at this point. We should enter the offseason with that mindset.

    Agree as well, but should we draft a QB high and Kess develops into a contender for the long-term starting job as well... that;s a problem I'd like to have for a change.

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  • W wargograw

    @baconhound said:

    Absolutely if he wasn't sharing carries with Perine his numbers would be off the charts. Mixon is faster than Murray with much better passing catching skills. I'm not sure of measurables but football speed he is faster than Peterson but Peterson is a bulldozer. Therein a reason Stoops sold his soul with Keith Ford & Perine on the roster, Mixon is the real deal.

    If he was as good as you claim, Perrine wouldn't get anywhere near the carries he's gotten.

    I don't get out the pitchforks over how a coach chooses to discipline his players. I just don't really have the energy to care about stuff like that. Having said that, Stoops is an idiot for doing so much to keep a RB when, as you said, he had two other studs on the roster.

    B BaconHound wrote on
    #46

    @wargograw said:

    If he was as good as you claim, Perrine wouldn't get anywhere near the carries he's gotten.

    I don't get out the pitchforks over how a coach chooses to discipline his players. I just don't really have the energy to care about stuff like that. Having said that, Stoops is an idiot for doing so much to keep a RB when, as you said, he had two other studs on the roster.

    Perine stats are incredible and in 2014 minus Joe Mixon he was phenomenal. If Perine stays healthy, which has been a problem in 15 & 16, he'll be a top 3-5 back in 2017. Stoops did what he did because Keith Ford, who is solid, isn't in the same discussion as Mixon or Perine. Mixon is the real deal and he'll prove it next year on someone's roster in the NFL.

  • W wargograw wrote on
    #47

    I'm not saying he's not really good, it's just tat you said he was as good as the two best RB prospects of the last decade.

  • W wargograw

    I'm not saying he's not really good, it's just tat you said he was as good as the two best RB prospects of the last decade.

    B BaconHound wrote on
    #48

    @wargograw said:

    I'm not saying he's not really good, it's just tat you said he was as good as the two best RB prospects of the last decade.

    Really believe he is a special player, time will tell.

  • U Unsympathetic wrote on
    #49

    We should create the OL first before worrying about the RB.. and we only need one piece: C

    Cooper is in fact as good as his draft position.. Bitonio and Paz have solidified their positions.. Picking 2 from Greco/Drango/Coleman/Reiter to keep as backups in 2017 is a good problem to have. We put one of our top4 picks on Will Ferrell - excuse me, Pat Elflein - and problem solved.

    "When you win, say nothing. When you lose, say less." Paul Brown
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