@daninnyc said:

The Browns got the best of this trade by a large margin in terms of value. Here is some empirical analysis to prove it:

Draft Trades

The Julio Jones trade and the RG3 trades were completely lopsided in favor of the teams trading down. In fact, they were two of the worst trades in draft history. Now, if you want to argue that the Browns did not use the picks to draft wisely, I might listen. That being said, I will take Taylor, Little, Weeden, and the 4th rounder every time over Julio Jones. His team did not even win Sunday. Go ask Lions (or Patriots for that matter) fans how important a flashy number one receiver- or two in this case- is.

Listen to this gentelman,he nailed it.

Blue chip talent at the offensive skill positions is redundant.

What is important, is that you accumulate as much mediocre talent as possible.

@pumpkin-eater said:

A TD is not all that's needed to win every football game. But having more points than the opponent is. The Browns had more points than San Diego at the end of the game.

I couldn't have said it better myself, it's important to outscore the opponent. A field goal is worth three points and a touchdown gives six, if we score more points than our opponents we'll win, but even if we lose we always battle.

Well we can do one of two things, we can draft an offensive guy and that'll be good and benefit our offense.

Or we can draft a defensive guy and that will help our defense some.

So you can either take an offensive or defensive player, which is good.