The Draft: Round One

tiamat63

@unsympathetic said:

Fun to hear the boos for Pitt's pick.. and to see Pitt not evaluate themselves very well. RB wasn't the problem, the OL was. Even PFF only rated them 17th overall; somehow first in passpro and dead last in runblock. And they're losing their top runblocker Villaneuva.

Board had Najee' rated higher. Dude does run a good deal beyond expected yards blocked from my understanding.

tiamat63

Newsome! Now give me McNeil Day 2.

Mr. Make-Believe

I’m ecstatic about this pick. Didn’t think he’d be there.

Awesome

The Gipper

Browns pick Greg Newsome II CB Northwestern

He may be a bit of a steal. Hopefully so. I saw some mocks that had him going around 16.

LBC mike

don't like the pick

The Gipper

Ratfuckers take WR Rashod Bateman out of Minnesota.

The Gipper

@lbc-mike said:

don't like the pick

It is a pick at as much of a position of need as any we had. And he definitely had a first round grade.

Orion

Another CB with durability issues. He'll fit right in in the DB room.

TypicalBrowns50

Can’t have enough good corners in the league.

why do you guys think so many receivers are going in the first round?

I didn’t think Newsome would be here at 26. Good pick, fell right to us

The Gipper

Green Bay take DB Eric Stokes

Buffalo take Rousseau

Ratfuckers had the #31 pick from KC. they take Edge Jayson Oweh out of Penn St. Interesting stat: he was and edge rusher....but did not record a single sack all year.

The Gipper

Last pick in Round One:

Tampa Bay takes Joe Tryon DE Washington

The Gipper

Guys that have dropped who were thought to be 1st rounders:

WR Elijah Moore

LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah

S Trevon Moehrig

DT Christian Barmore

Edge Azeez Ojulari

I wonder if the Browns could parley some of the 8 picks they have remaining to move up to get any of these guys with first round grades.

I assume you all have some other names to consider moving up for as well.

Dutch Oven

Trevor Lawrence looked like he was wearing the women's suit Michael Scott accidentally bought out of the clearance bin.

D Bone

Looking at our shinny new CB, he has missed a lot of college football games due to injury and that stuff tends to follow you.

Hopefully he can shake that and be available week in and week out...

Vagitron

@unsympathetic said:

Fun to hear the boos for Pitt's pick.. and to see Pitt not evaluate themselves very well. RB wasn't the problem, the OL was. Even PFF only rated them 17th overall; somehow first in passpro and dead last in runblock. And they're losing their top runblocker Villaneuva.

Total nonsense. AL was nowhere near our top run blocker. Dotson was and it wasn't close. Villanueva is thankfully gone (he sucks) and this draft is very deep at offensive line. Najee Harris is just what the doctor ordered especially with fraley off the board. Dickerson round 2 to the steelers. ?

hoorta

@d-bone said:

Looking at our shinny new CB, he has missed a lot of college football games due to injury and that stuff tends to follow you.

Hopefully he can shake that and be available week in and week out...

Yes, more often than not injury history follows you to the NFL. But there are exceptions. The Bungles lone HOFer Anthony Munoz had injury concerns coming out of college but- well- he's in the HOF.

Dutch Oven

@hoorta said:

Yes, more often than not injury history follows you to the NFL. But there are exceptions. The Bungles lone HOFer Anthony Munoz had injury concerns coming out of college but- well- he's in the HOF.

Well, between Ward, WIlliams and Newsome the Browns should be able to get 16 games out of two cornerbacks! ?

Tour2ma

@vagitron said:

... this draft is very deep at offensive line.

Ummmmm.... no.

Thus Draft is a freakin' OL doughnut... quality at the top with developmental-value sprinkles at the bottom. The quality is going to be gathered up quickly thru R2.

This Draft's real depth lies at WR and IDL with a hint of it at LB and DB.

You got a good RB, but to spend a 1st on an RB given your history of ID-ing "overweight" RBs on Days 2 and 3 and then reshaping them into overachievers it puzzles me.

Is that magic now gone?

Tour2ma

@dutch-oven said:

Well, between Ward, WIlliams and Newsome the Browns should be able to get 16 games out of two cornerbacks! ?

A/K/A.... 2 FTEs. That'll work...

As Berry reported Newsome was fully cleared by our Med staff... so injury history was fully off the table. And he added that being a 20-yo his body is still developing.

There is no denying the talent.

bjh2130

@d-bone said:

Looking at our shinny new CB, he has missed a lot of college football games due to injury and that stuff tends to follow you.

Hopefully he can shake that and be available week in and week out...

Looking into it he may not be as injury prone as it seems. The first 8 games he was sat by coaches decision to try and redshirt him. The next 3 were injury and due to the ankle. Then the last three I'm pretty sure this past year were due to contact tracing covid protocols. Northwestern had a few players come down with it. Then of course he was injured in the big ten championship game (groin). I remember watching that game and until he got hurt he had some really good coverage on both Chris olave and Garrett Wilson (both likely first round picks next year).