Plan B

OK so if Tom and Mike's secretaries are again screening my emails, they might not know that I said they should go get RG3. I have to allow for this. So what do they do if thusly deprived of my advice?

Well, there's always Richardson. I addressed this before and won't repeat the whole thing. The summary is: best since Adrian Peterson AND an excellent RECIEVER. R E C I E V E R DO YOU U N D E R S T A N D? West Coast ready. Playmaker. Much bigger impact than Peterson had in Minnesota due to those sticky fingers of his.

But only if they don't re-sign Hillis.

Claiborne? No argument. Other positions are needed much more, but he's rare and worth that pick.

Blackmon? No. He's not a burner. He'll probably be really good, but the Browns already have Little, Moore, and the true tight ends. At ten, maybe. Not at four.

Trading down is always good. Don't be a blockhead! They could go down a long, long way and still get Tannehill, a STUD right tackle, and--well---everything else, too! You guys think it's got to be one or two superstars and nine guys named Joe. Better: 2 guys named Joe, 4 pretty good guys, 3 REALLY good guys, Joe Thomas, and yes: a healthy Peyton Hillis.

Trade down. Get two really good ones instead of one great one who might get hurt (and of course a staph infection) anyway. How 'bout ALL above average players?

I'd trade for Griffin. OK so they might not. Part of that is that they already have a quarterback well-suited to this system, who's only now had his chance to learn it (without much support). Griffin could set them back (temporarily).

This is Cleveland, so it wouldn't matter how well McCoy played, or how long Griffin would take to master it real-time. Colt would throw one bad pass, and somebody would start with the "ARR-GEE! ARR-GEE!", and God help him if he threw a pick! Even if they WANT RG3, YOU people might scare them off him. They don't like being told how to run their team by a bunch of hero-worshipping...

This is how good football people get fired.

And you know, that Tannehill guy has many of RG's traits. He's much less experienced, and only last season Griffin projected in the third or fourth round. Tannehill is ahead of where Griffin was at the same stage.

He's safer. You could get away with stashing him on the bench while McCoy continues to grow on the field; making some more mistakes, as all young players do.

And for all we know, the next Matt Ryan might already be here. Thadeus Lewis, if not McCoy. Probably not, but could be! McCoy might not morph into Joe Montana or Drew Brees or Aaron Rodgers or Brian Sipe (ps I used those four for good reasons), but then...?

FREE AGENT fast wide reciever first! Garcon! Any drafted wide-out has to learn it all. You bring in a vet and he can help right away. A tackle, running back, man corner, etc. can help as rookies. No QB here, including Griffin, can succeed without a pocket, some sort of running game, and a two-pronged outside recieving threat.

Sign the wide reciever, and you can draft the rest. Especially if you trade down.