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At first I hated your choice of Erving in the 1st. We have possibly the best center in the league, why draft a center? But reading your summation helped make it more palatable. IF Erving can slide over to guard (not sure if he has that skillset) then it makes sense. The front office absolutely nailed it last year with Bitonio. If they can replicate that again then we will have a front that is feared.
Ice, I certainly understand your reservations about taking an O-lineman in the first round that’s not a LT. Cameron Erving was a left tackle before last season, and quite a good one at that. He has the skillset and the moxie to play ANY position along the O-line at the NFL level. If Erving is indeed the best player on the board when the Browns are on the clock, then they’d be FOOLISH TO NOT TAKE HIM. The only other recourse I can see IF they stand pat at 12 and Shelton is on the board is the Browns taking a pass rusher there and then trading up from 19 to take Shelton . . . perhaps as high as 13th for back-to-back picks.
Tampa Bay has been well aware of all of “Mr. Crab Legs'” escapades for several months now. They’re not veering from taking him first overall. Tennessee is the team that holds the key to how this draft goes early on. I think that they’re willing to roll the dice with Zach Mettenberger as their starting QB and really want to take Leonard Williams off the board. However, they’re willing to listen to any and all offers. Their phone lines will be red hot on draft day. If they don’t get the offer they want, then They’ll take Williams. If they do, then they will have fleeced a team of a combination of players and draft picks for the right to draft – and I know you don’t want to hear this – Marcus Mariota.
With the pending move from San Diego to Los Angeles, the Chargers have a starting QB in Phillip Rivers that’s in the last year of his current contract who’s already on the record for saying that he’s not moving to LA. The Bolts will move Rivers to some NFL franchise that needs a QB. It could be Tennessee, possibly the J-E-T-S or even your Cleveland Browns. Why Cleveland? It’s simple . . . who’s your quarterback, dude?
Am I going mad, or did the word THINK escape your lips? You were not hired for your brains, you hippopotamic landmass!
I absolutely hate Mariota as a top 5 pick. I can’t emphasize that enough. The guy hasn’t taken a snap under center or even called a play since high school. He ran a single-read offense his whole life. I’m not saying that means he’s bad, I’m saying there’s no possible way to know if he’s good. There is no tape of him doing anything that he’ll be doing in the NFL. His game film is only slightly more useful than a youtube video of a guy throwing a football from a roof into a trashcan in the back of a moving pickup truck. Also I’m sick of hearing about ‘quiet leadership’. I’m sorry but there’s no such thing. The fact that he’s not taking his teammates to task for mistakes or motivating them to win means he’s not leading them. He’s just the guy that throws the football.
I’d rather see us follow your draft here and grab a QB in the 3rd or 4th round and set the rest of the team up for success instead of putting all our eggs into one basket. It would be like spending your entire salary on lottery tickets and just hoping you can pay your bills later.
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