@steeler-schick said:Good point.
Warning - actual football talk ahead.
The stains aren't drafting well. They made a couple of FA and draft moves that they are now paying the price. Three top prospects are no longer with the team. Edwards and Winslow - not bad picks, but no longer on the team. Trading to get Quinn hurt.
Moving to get anchor players would pay off in the long run as long as those anchor players stay anchored.
The catch-22 that the stains are in currently is that they have no franchise guys (no, Cribbs doesn't count - skill players) to build with. The next draft will be the first draft that the stains can start rebuilding - but hasn't this been the MO for years now?
Unless the stains rattle off say 3 miracle drafts, it's going to be a long time until they develop a competitive team. Can't fire-sale the team with only flea market merchandise so FA moves are out of the question.
And this is where Holmgren is supposed to help, and I don't know if Holmgren is the guy that the stains need at draft time. I don't recall if he drafted Farve, but assuming he did - who else has he drafted that has made any sort of impact on any team?
Somebody explain to me how the stains field a competitive team within the next 5 years.
Honest question.
Regards...
... an'at
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Actually the Browns do have one franchise player in Joe Thomas. Mack isn't far behind- and it looks like the Browns have had a very solid draft in Hayden, Ward, and Lavauo.
Yeah- and talk about miracles- let's travel back to 1974 Chuck- where the Steelers pulled FOUR Hall of Famers out of one draft.
