More Browns Corrections

1: Colt McCoy and Jimmy Clausen are not too short or small to play in the NFL because they are only two inches taller than Drew Brees.

2: Sam Bradford is too skinny for the NFL, but (I know to the amazement of many) it's natural for males to fill out at his age, and NFL strength and conditioning coaches know this, even if you don't.

3: Pike broke his left forearm. The bone was probably not fully healed when he re-broke it. A metal plate was installed, and left there. His joints and everything else are fine, and this does not make him "Injury-prone".

4: Bradford's injury, which is much less serious than Drew Brees's was, was the only one he had. You need to get hurt at least twice to be "injury-prone". And I know that if he plays for four years in the NFL and then gets hurt, some of you clowns will talk about "concerns about his durability".

If Bradford is healthy, and available to the Browns, he will be the pick. It's a no-brainer. And I wouldn't even put it past them to trade up for him.

They needn't neccessarily throw away their draft picks, as they have ammo in Shaun Rogers, Corey Williams, and/or their many, many surplus outside and inside linebackers...which is why they don't need any more of those.

I have a hard time finding out what's really wrong with Clausen, aside from the fact that he couldn't single-handedly win all his games, and is an inch shorter than about a dozen NFL QB's.

Tony Pike could be Plan B--and the reason why Holmgren would NOT trade up for Bradford. Pike shows much promise. There are even a couple more sleepers in this draft, both of whome are named Brown.

NOBODY is as accurate as Bradford. You can stay stuck on arm-strength, but first and foremeost in a QB is accuracy. Bradford has a good but not great arm (like Brady Quinn, as anybody with a three digit IQ knows), with superior accuracy.

Pike has a gun, and is pretty accurate--but not like Bradford. Accuracy can be coached, of course. It's a matter of forcing the QB to position his feet the same way in relation to the target each time he throws, bucket drills, etc. But natural accuracy is precious. A born sharpshooter will never regress.

"Leadership": So many sportwriters think leadership is about hollering at people and grabbing facemasks. They wonder if the quiet, calm Bradford can be a leader, as he has never been seen urinating on anybody's shoes to mark his territory.

Shut up. I mean, just shut up. Yeah. Tom Landry was a real weak sister. What a sissy that Drew Brees is! Hey do you see how that pussy Peyton Manning has a guy drop a pass and doesn't even yell at him? Bill Belichick is no leader. Just stands there, like that sissy Landry...

I repeat: Shut up.

Academic all-american. Heard him interviewed, and he actually deviated from the prepared script without getting himself in trouble! Another thing I noticed was that he wasn't nervous at all.

Well, I've probably got my hopes up too high anyway. There are two teams that might take him ahead of the Browns, and several others in range to trade up ahead of them for him.

Mike Mayock is, in my opinion, the best of the draft gurus. He's suggested that the Browns might be wiser to draft WR Dez Bryant instead of Haden with the seventh pick.

The cornerback depth in this draft is extremely deep. and the fans have blown the needs in our secondary all out of proportion (as usual.) There are even at least two corners who could be excellent coverage safeties, ranked way low among the corners.

Dez Bryant is Edwards-sized; a little bigger and stronger, and with much better hands (goes without saying, no?). But he's not really a deep threat, and I have to wonder if he's really that wise a choice.

I mean, the running back could count on his blocking downfield, and the QB could throw to him whether he's technicly covered or not. He DOES turn into an instant running back with the ball...ok I changed my mind good call, Mike.

IF a version of the west coast is installed (or more accurately enhanced, as Daboll had already put in some elements of it), Bryant would be the absolute perfect X, with Massequoi now the number two guy (well not immediately but say half way through the season).

A big target who can run with the ball and block. A RELIABLE reciever who won't make quarterbacks look worse than they are in the myopic eyes of ignorant fans. Who won't drop three touchdown passes and lose at least two games all by themselves...then go to the Jets and do the same stuff and bash the Browns...

I was gone for awhile but am back now. Anyway, of they take Haden that's fine, since no matter how deep the position is, Haden is a rare talent, and the best cornerback tandem in the NFL does have a ring to hit. Remember Dixon/Minnifield? Mmmm...

But if they take Bryant that'll work too, although I believe that if they could trade down they could still get him.

But Plan A is if Bradford is there go get him ASAP. Hey do you think Seattle needs any slightly-used defensive linemen all pre-signed and ready to go? And maybe an extra fifth rounder?

"Holmgren has never drafted a quarterback that high". So what? So he never will?

Another unusually sentient poster brought up how Holmgren traded for another gunslinger and turned him into a pretty good west coast QB. It's just possible--for the few of us who are objective--that DA could stick around.

I know that already you might be having epileptic siezures.

Well, I watched one game with Eman. Each time DA threw an incompletion, I asked him "who's fault was that?", and "how many was that?", and 4/5 of the time, he admitted that the reciever was probably responsible.

He tried to squirm out of it a few times, saying that the reciever had just barely turned around and it was too hard for his tender lil hands and stuff, but I forced him to admit that it had hit the guy in his hands.

By the way: At the CORE of the west coast offense is the ball being in the air BEFORE the reciever breaks off his route...got that?

Anyway, it didn't matter. Eman says "Yes, yes, yes, yes"--then starts objecting to my campagning for DA, then goes back to hallucinating inaccuracy and exhaggerating lack of touch. All DA's fault.

See? If you guys got your minds made up, even looking with your own eyes with a virtual seeing eye-dog asking you to note and remember who's fault the incompletions were, it just won't stick.

If your mind is made up about either Quinn or DA, NOTHING will change it. If Homgren were to keep DA, you'd be calling HIM an idiot!

The difference: Mike can look at films, and see who did what. If you guys HAD to be objective or get fired for using the wrong players, you would be. I suggest you pretend your livlihood depends on seeing what is actually there, and not what you want or expect to see.

Kevin Kolb would be nice, but the Eagles want him to either be the man or the heir apparant. Vick aint that, and Kolb might not be available at any price.

McNabb would probably be too expensive, and nix the deal.

Scott Brunner...hmmm.....