1: Mikey might have been sandbagging Clausen. I thought so before, but forgot to mention it. Now they're taking a longer look at him, so I sound almost as dumb as the writers my own family reads instead of me. Dammit.
Anyway, Bradford is potentially awesome, but to move up to get him might be prohibitive. As many different (legitimate, true) experts as I read and hear from (Mayock, Miller, Brandt, Willcotts for example), I can't see what's wrong with the kid.
The hell with this emotional outburst/arrogance stuff--he's kid. You people can't make up your minds what leadership is. Jeez, I thought leaders had to yell at people and stomp around and stuff! Make up your minds!!
It's irrelevant that Quinn came from the same school. Only a stone idiot would say "No more Notre Dame quarterbacks!" Quinn's accuracy was questioned before the draft. Clausen's is not. Bradford and McCoy might be better sharpshooters, but Clausen is right there with them.
And yes, because of his pro-style system and four years experience, he IS just about ready for the NFL. Yeah I know so was Quinn. That's irrelevant too, because Clausen hits what he aims at/is NOT Quinn DO YOU UNDERSTAND HE IS A DIFFERENT PERSON DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
He didn't win all his games. No--his TEAM didn't win all IT's games! I remember all this crap with Elway. Elway "choked" in the big games. Had nothing to do with a fair defense and no running game--naahh! He could beat most of the teams in the league single-freaking-handed, but he gets to the Superbowl and he's facing an elite TEAM. HE couldn't beat THEM single-handed so it's all HIS fault! Idiots!
HE's the only reason average Broncos teams GOT to the Superbowl!
He gets a running game and wins two of them DUHHH!
Maybe just maybe Jimmy Clausen's TEAMS weren't that hot!
Of course, Mike knows best. If HE thinks I'm fulla beans, then I am.
2: Mr. Steuber, with respect: While the Browns would always like to improve their OLB's, they don't really NEED to. They have Matt Roth, and from among no less than FOUR very young contenders, they'll have two. I love Sergio Kindle, but his position is NOT a priority on this planet.
3: Whoever is the Browns QB will be protected. Protection was NOT the problem with the passing game last season. No it was NOT.
While they don't have a very good pass-blocking right tackle (maybe--Capizzi--), they have tight ends who can chip and now two fullbacks who can meet a DE or OLB head-on and stone him. I believe that at some point they'll draft a good RT...NOT in the first round. (Maybe instead of Kindle in the second--but they could get one in the third or even fourth).
4: Thanks to Jim Miller of NFL Radio, I now understand why a West Coast offense also needs a burner (he corrected me--even I make mostakes but at least I admit them). I hope they can find one in this draft...
BUT whoever is the quarterback will have people to throw to. There are now TWO pass-catching tight ends, Massequoi improved rapidly late in the season and became downright reliable, Robiski will be fine in his second (not fifth...second) season, and every running back is an accomplished reciever.
So please quit with this whoever it is will get killed, or won't have anybody to throw to. That's just ignormania.
5: I have great confidence in Jake Delhomme. He rarely fumbles handoffs, and always hands off to the right guy. I think he can also be trusted with the 5-7 yard airborne handoffs he'll sometimes be making.
And it's hard to pressure a quarterback when you're getting run over.
6: I hereby predict that the Browns will draft Bradford, Clausen, McCoy, and/or another quarterback in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, or sixth round. You can quote me on that.
7: If they just take Berry, I won't complain, even a little. Thomas, the safety Mayock likes better, isn't as versatile. But I'd prefer it if they could trade out of there, get another pick or two, and still get Thomas or Haden instead.
8: Haden's poor combine 40 time never meant much. Mayock and other competant evaluators isolate his matchups with elite recievers. If he covered them, then he covered them, period, and no stopwatch can change that.
9: Rogers is still in play and still has great value. You saw them trade Wimbley. Stay tuned. He could be ammo to move up, get more picks, or nab an elite veteran wide reciever.
...uhh...not a washed up one, okay? Not a "veteran" who has turned onto a possession guy. No. No mentors. You're all so mentor-happy--it's like your new word for the week. Mentor this. Mentor that. How will they ever learn to run correct patterns or catch the ball without a mentor? Somehow they'll manage.
Who's going to mentor james Davis, by the way? Harrison has only been a star for a short time...how will Davis learn how to find daylight? Why, he'll just get the ball and stand there, all confused!!
Mentor-mentor-mentor just shut up, ok? I mean, shut up.
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