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If you could have 5 Browns players from the past

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  • S SdBacker80 wrote on
    #2

    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 

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  • OrionO Orion wrote on
    #3

    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

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  • The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #4

    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)

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  • C calfoxwc wrote on
    #5

    I think...

    Milt Morin, TE. He was outstanding.

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  • A AP1 wrote on
    #6

    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.

  • IbleedbrownI Ibleedbrown wrote on
    #7

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

  • IbleedbrownI Ibleedbrown

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

    N Neo wrote on
    #8

    @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? 

    The GipperT IbleedbrownI 2 Replies
  • OrionO Orion

    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

    N Neo wrote on
    #9

    @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.

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  • D BoneD D Bone wrote on
    #10

    1) Eric Turner

    2) Clay Matthews

    3) Ozzie Newsome

    4) Michael Dean Perry

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

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  • 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? 

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #11

    @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?

  • gumby73G gumby73 wrote on
    #12

    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)

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  • E ElkDawg wrote on
    #13

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

  • C calfoxwc wrote on
    #14

    use Milt Morin at fullback !

  • The GipperT The Gipper

    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)

    GorkaG Gorka wrote on
    #15

    @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.

    The GipperT 1 Reply
  • S SdBacker80

    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 

    GorkaG Gorka wrote on
    #16

    @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.

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  • GorkaG Gorka wrote on
    #17

    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 GipperT 1 Reply
  • GorkaG Gorka

    @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.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #18

    @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

  • GorkaG Gorka

    @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.

    The GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #19

    @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

  • GorkaG Gorka

    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 GipperT The Gipper wrote on
    #20

    @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 

  • 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? 

    IbleedbrownI Ibleedbrown wrote on
    #21

    @neo said:

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

    Most likely a TE would be made inactive or dropped. We don’t really use a FB much but when we do it’s a TE giving it a shot. I mostly wanted to say a new name here for this theoretical list.

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