1: Kalil and Thomas would undeniably be awesome. Until the end of Kalil's rookie contract (if not sooner), at which time he would demand LEFT tackle money. Rightfully so. Who do you cut so you can afford two left tackles?
2: The Cleveland Browns need: A right tackle, wide reciever, and outside linebacker.
They should upgrade: Right defensive end, running back, left guard, cornerback.
They could use: Everything.
3: The Browns were 4-12 last season. They are young and rebuilding. Teams in contention with well-established systems and talent need one or two exceptional players to put them over the top. Rebuilding teams need five or more good players, and projects with potential, so that they can BECOME contenders.
4: If Richardson were a quarterback, I'd say don't trade down. Since he's not, trading down (for the right deal(s) is COMMON SENSE.
5: Backfield-by-comittee means you don't have one guy to carry the ball 25 times. MOST teams, including the playoff teams, use several running backs. It is irrational to wonder if Heckert and company are over-estimating their running backs because you can't point to one who can carry the ball 25 times.
A: Converted wide reciever Oboneyya is 6', 225, and emerged last season to kick some butt. It is irrational to suggest that a former wide reciever can't catch. It is irrational to pretend that he didn't do what he did. He enters his fourth season in the NFL at his new position, and could be a major sleeper right here on this roster. Did I say he could be as good as Richardson? No, I did not, so stop right there.
B: Second-year fireplug Armond Smith tore everybody up in preseason last year, but fumbled. He is a huge big-play threat who can catch, but may also lack the stature to ever become a really good blocker...I don't know. I do know that if he can prove to the staff that he can be trusted not to turn the ball over, he will play. He could also be a huge sleeper.
C: Brandon Jackson is a journeyman who can catch. He's okay--but overrated.
D: Owen Marecic was a R O O K I E last season, and will improve this season. I just don't know how much. I do know that he's more effective catching and running the ball than Vickers, and late last season started blowing people up like him, too.
The front office and coaches have a better bead on the prospects for these players than you or I do. If they think they're better than you think they are, I'll bet on them, Einstein.
In a trade-down, I'll skip right to YOUR worst nightmare, and say it's the Eagles at 15. Yep, after more research, they could squeeze the Eagles for both second rounders. Richardson could very well put the Eagles in the Superbowl, so he could be worth it to them.
Could he put the Browns in the Superbowl in 2013? Could any one or two players even buy the the AFC North?
Let's see what crappy no-account bumb the Browns would have to hold their nose and pick at 15:
That bumb Micheal Floyd, maybe, who is vastly inferior to the much-better Blackmon? Nah!
David deCastro the Fannika/Hutchinson-like left guard? Why would we want him? We need a right tackle! He wouldn't help at all! What would we do with Pinkston...oh yeah...
Would that be too high for that monster Cordy Glenn? He's a PROJECT! I mean, he only played right tackle a little. He was a LEFT tackle! Might be there at 22 anyway.
Obviously, none of these guys would help the Browns nearly as much as the god-like Richardson! Buncha bums! Yeah Perry and Curry the quarterback-killing defensive ends, too---bums!
As putrid as THAT is, what about Eagles pick 46? Now you got Joe Adams, the wiry little kick-returning slot reciever with the world-class speed who tore everybody up in the Senior Bowl. Or the other Adams the right tackle from Ohio State. David Wilson? Whitney Mercelus, the other quarterback-killing defensive end. Bobby Massie the underrated right tackle. Alshon Jefferey? Stephen Hill? How bout at 51? Ditto--at least one and more likely two or three of those guys.
I can't pretend to know. I mean, who ever heard of Jabaal Sheard? Answer: Tom Heckert.
So let's go nuts. Excuse me while I affix my blindfold. I got my dart boards all set up. Here goes...#15. I hit something? Oh. Sorry. Just sort of point me...ok? There! Okay now for the second round...Good. Now let's see what I got instead of Trent Richardson:
Micheal Floyd? Wait--let me make that work...okay let's say I coughed up a fourth and fifth-rounder to move up some--very iffy but I'll say we had to. Okay, Floyd. Boy, that sucks!
Okay David Wilson. Aw, now he doesn't even know how to block yet, and Richardson is huge compared to him! All he can do is catch and make big plays! Damn that sucks. And we could have had Richardson instead of him and Floyd!
Oh no--Bobby Massie. Shoot. He can't even play left tackle for awhile yet. He's a huge project who would have to start at right tackle instead. Boy that sucks.
Oh yeah, I'd much rather have Trent Richardson than probably the best West Coast wide reciever in the draft, a big-play part-time (for now) running back, and a young starting right tackle with left tackle athleticism.
Yeah, we really blew it by trading down, but don't forget at least we had #22...but we no doubt got some bum there. You can't find any good players that low in the draft.
Gimme a break.
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