Should take saquon #1 and whatever is left of darnold/rosen/allen at 4.
That would take some real guts. RBs, even when they are brilliant (see: Adrian Peterson in modern times, Barry in the olden days) don't make teams. So assuming Saquon pans out, Cleveland would still need a lot of team to put around him.
On the other hand, if they really like all of those QB options, they're guaranteed a good pickup no matter who. It would certainly be interesting.
But Barkley isn't even the only great RB in this draft class. It feels like there has to be someone else at #4 that can be a huge asset elsewhere on the field, then move into the late first and get a guy like Michel.
The thing is nobody has any clue which QB will be the best one, teams get it wrong all the time, just look at the Bears last year trading an arm and a leg to move up and get Trubitzky while they could have had Deshaun Watson for free. Deshaun Watson so far is the best QB by a mile of that class and he was the 3rd one taken at 12. Saquon was a stud behind a crap OL last year and then dominated the combine. Everyone rates him the #1 player in the draft. Why worry about which QB is the best when you can take the obvious best player in the draft then take one of the 3 top QBs that nobody can agree which one is the best anyway.
March 10th, 2018 at 10:23 AM ^
Barkley at #1. Sanders at #3. Check numbers at the end of Barkley's career and they won't even be close. He won't even put up the most rushing yards of all the rookies. IMO.
Duh! They have a QB now!
But if there's a franchise that can solve the puzzle and go 0-17, the Browns are it.
Good for Kizer!
will be interesting to see if he's a good QB for Cleveland or if the cleveland tornado of QB suckitude envelopes him as well
The only people who think Tyrod is solid is people who don't watch the Bills play. Tyrod is really mediocre. Never missed an opportunity to throw a 2 yard check down on 3rd and long
March 10th, 2018 at 10:06 AM ^
Somewhere Joey Harrington is smiling and proud.
March 10th, 2018 at 10:59 AM ^
To winning the offseason. Will it translate into more wins this season? If they win just one game it is an improvement obviously. IMO I think they will still be lucky to win 4-5 games this year. One would think that Cleveland could possibly get it right in the draft this year. The real drama is seeing just exactly how they blow it because it is Cleveland.
"Better than they were yesterday at least"
That's like saying that they have the biggest cock in the Unsullied army.
My unpopular opinion is that Taylor is a better QB than Stafford. Cleveland would have to be crazy unlucky to not make the playoffs next year. I see them winning the AFC North, battling the Bengals for 1st place in the division.
1. Browns - Finishes 2nd in the AFC, 2 games behind the Patriots.
2. Bengals - Finishes 1st in the wild card
3. Steelers - Misses playoffs
4. Ravens - Misses playoffs
I am going to go ahead and say that you might have overthought this a bit...
March 10th, 2018 at 12:27 AM ^
The fact that an opinion is unpopular doesn't mean it's not insane.
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