You are already doing it. You made up your mind that the Browns should draft one of your favorite 3 or 4 players or trade down, and that the notion of drafting Ryan Tannehill at number four is insane. NOTHING ANYBODY says will alter that decision you've made, because...well, nobody wants to be wrong, and thinking is just so HARD!
Skip back in this very blog, and you'll see me making fun of the idea, and even calling people who advocated it morons (I think. I might have pretended to be a moron suggesting it instead).
But you know what? Mike Mayock is NOT a moron, and unlike most of you barstool GM's, I listen to smart people, even when they make ME feel like a moron. Also, I RE-THINK things when new information comes to light.
Bub waitingfornextyear, I know that you'll eventually read this, and will be screaming "NONONOOOO!", but I submit to you that YOU are being a blockhead and have turned your brain off. You and Eman and Gman and your sister never listened to me when I tried to tell you how a true analyst thinks, and why they are usually right. You're all as smart or smarter than me, but you all say...NONONONOICAN'T HEAR YOU MY FINGERS ARE IN MY EARS NONONO".
Take your fingers out of your ears and shut up for a minute:
Mike Mayock has been an excellent judge of young football talent; in my opinion THE best there is. He's especially good with secondary guys and quarterbacks, because he was a secondary guy himself.
Mayock recently raved about Tannehill after watching his Pro Day, and said that the Browns might have to take him at four.
Admittedly, it's way, way too high for a guy who clearly needs at least one year on the bench because he's so raw. Nor is quarterback the "urgent need" that so many idiots are protraying it. McCoy hasn't had a fair chance, and (you'll see), with some help, he'll move this offense up and down the field.
And there it is: They need to DRAFT this wide reciever, right tackle, running back, and more, so you really don't want to use that top pick on a guy who won't do diddly in 2012; who needs a lot of polishing and work.
But as I did say in previous blogs, Tannehill has as much talent as Luck or RG3, only can't become a match for them for one or two years.
There it is: Clowns who say that next year they'll just draft Bradley are saying that either the Coach and front office will tank next season to make sure they draft at the top, or that they will mortgage most of their picks for him.
RYAN TANNEHILL COULD BE THAT GUY IN TRAINING CAMP 2013!!!
He's being trained by Chris Weinke, who worked with Cam Newton last off-season. Cam was another guy that literally everybody said would need "a year or two" on the bench before he could be a pro starter. (Wait wait--Newton was always a quarterback. He didn't play wide reciever for two years, okay? He was more polished and accomplished than Tannehill is now, so I'm NOT saying that Tannehill could be an instastarter as Newton was, ok?)
What I am saying is that he could be that guy in 2013. And what Mayock implies is that the Browns might not have this chance again. So, IF YOU the expert talent scout agree with Mayock that Tannehill is the real deal, and you don't take him at four, you won't have him on the roster, challenging for the start, in 2013. Instead, you might be drafting 11th or 15th with McCoy and no hope of anybody better.
Again--I LIKE McCoy--just doubt he'll be a franchise guy.
If they draft Tannehill at four, I won't be joining you with your ropes and pitchforks.
HOWEVER, I might have a better idea, and actually think it more likely than Tannehill at four:
Brock Osweiler! 6'7", 242. He went to Arizona to play basketball and football. He's even more raw than Tannehill. He doesn't have the same quick release, isn't as fast, and needs more work on his mechanics, but will get drafted much lower because of this.
Osweiler couldn't have played wide reciever, but probably could have played tight end. He's not immobile. However, when he did run around, he became less accurate. For a really good basketball player, this and other mechanical issues are correctable. It's harder for a skyscraper like this to quickly set his feet, and his height makes it hard for him.
He has a gun for an arm, but threw mainly crosses and slants (West Coast passes do you understand?). He demonstrated nice accuracy and touch.
This is another guy with franchise potential, and certainly the BRAINS for the West Coast, who, like Tannehill, needs work.
You like Tannehill's proven ability to throw on the run, his speed, and quicker release more, but hell--this is a guy that you could get asd low as the third round, and could turn into a real quarterback as early as 2013 himself. (More likely 2014).
And please in re Richardson, stop making an ass of yourself by saying "this is a passing league", as if that eliminates a running back. This running back caught a bunch of passes and averaged over 10 yards per catch. This is a West Coast offense in which the running back is the primary or secondary reciever in a number of plays. And this guy is exceptional at PASS-blocking.
Talk about how much running backs get injured--okay. Point out all the really good ones that were drafted lower--okay. But quit the 'diss izza bassinggg-oyee--leeeg" stuff!
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