If the Browns are unable to trade up for Bradford, option B seems to be trading down--perhaps repeatedly--and targeting Colt McCoy.
McCoy has surged of late, and could well go low in the first round. It's also possible that the damn liars would trade down and still take Clausen if available. ...and if you just said "that would be stupid!", congratulations on knowing more about quarterbacks than Phil Simms, Jim Miller, Rich Gannon, Gil Brandt, and several other guys.
Anyway, I do feel a McCoy crush.
NOW, don't be sitting there with your value chart expecting the last nickel. The Browns don't have much leverage in this deep draft. They'll have a hard time lining up a dance partner in the first place, and most likely have to deal with a buyer's market.
Last season, Mack was the guy Mangini wanted all along. After the first trade-down, he then took two sixth round picks to move down four more slots. Everybody was calling him an idiot. But he got the guy he wanted all along, four slots cheaper, and picked up two sixth-rounders. If you think that he should have stuck to his guns and rejected the two extra picks, plus paid Mack more money, you are an i d i o t.
Perhaps Buffalo wants Clausen and needs to move up two slots. They probably won't want to give up their second-rounder. But they might be the only potential partner. If the Browns took Buffalo's third this season and a third next year they should take it. Ditto moving down from there. Maybe they take even less. Or take Trent Edwards and a pick.
If their target is McCoy and they end up with him and a bunch more stuff, that's a good deal--whatever the hell your draft chart says.
And quit talking about "too many other needs". They need a QB, CB, WR, and safety. Guys like the young RT they got from the Stoolers, Coye Francies, etc. (emerging talent) may mitigate these legitimate needs, and others which exist in hallucinations.
Remember what I said about CJ Spiller: Draft him, and then you can trade either him or Jerome Harrison.
Upon further review, Spiller is pretty awesome. I still love Harrison, but there's really not room for Spiller, Cribbs, and him. You can't have a star sitting on the bench getting paid star money for it. Spiller is younger, faster, and more effective in the slot.
Probably, none of this will happen...I mean except that they do get a quarterback. That's the fun of it. I can't wait.
But just don't make a fool of yourself, bashing somebody for getting who they want cheaper, and collecting extra picks while they're doing it, ok?
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