2: The team doesn't need a "speed guy" to play opposite Josh Gordon, who is a serious deep threat. We already have a 175 lb. reciever with world class speed in Benjamin--how can you logicly suggest using a high first round pick on another one in Austin?
Yeah yeah he's great (at least til he gets busted up), but the Browns just grabbed a great possession guy in Wilson, Benjamin showed great promise as a rookie, Rodney Norwoodfield is almost as fast, Gordon is a real deep threat, and--oh I guess Little is the guy you bench, right?
This offense will throw a lot of intermediate and deep passes, and taller, more physical recievers are always more desirable. Even the most accurate quarterbacks can't consistantly put the ball on the money with thirty-to-fifty yard timing throws, and the tall guys can muscle, stretch, and leap as they adjust. The Norwood/Benjamin-sized shrimps would run shorter routes underneath and try to make yards after the catch.
And we already have two of those.
For those who say that Benjamin isn't like Austin, that's called a huge assumption. Benji has the same suddenness and quickness, ie the same potential. He was less experienced and refined than Austin in his own draft class, which is exactly why Heckert was able to steal him lower. He's got a year under his belt now. PUT THE SHOVEL DOWN AND STEP AWAY.
3: The Browns never said that grabbing a waived linebacker from the Eagles was a blockbuster move. Special teams are important. That's all this move was. Why all the temper-tantrums and whining? Are you going to bash every single non-blockbuster move they make?
Once again, in Cleveland the bar is set somewhere near the summit of Mount Everest: Now EVERY SINGLE acquisition must feature a pro bowl player of some sort. Seems like you think that every little thing they do is intended to appease you. Like they're fishing for your votes, or something. It's embarrassing.
4: Chud and Norv do like tight ends, but they also like fullbacks. While another Cameron-type tight end would be nice, and if they got one they'd use more two tight-end passing formations, tight end is NOT a priority in this draft.
Just because a Coach likes to use tight ends in the passing game doesn't mean you need a whole bunch of them. And by the way, Barnidge is a pretty good reciever!
5: Mary Kay is right. If Norv and Chud feel that Geno Smith can be the man, they have to take him if they can. And no, you don't know more about quarterbacks than they do--somebody needs to stick a pin in that head.
6: The defensive line in a 3-4 reads and reacts while one or two other players blitze to apply pressure. They're big guys who can engage big guys first, and passrushers second. The Browns don't need passrushing defensive linemen.
7: Winn is NOT A NOSE TACKLE.
8: This isn't a correction, but just something I noticed. I haven't heard Zac Dystert's name mentioned anywhere among the quarterbacks. The GM's are mum, and could think differently. But if the sportswriters were a guide, he could be there in the third.
9: Some quarterbacks, if they're not drafted by a team with an inflexible blockhead like Square-Peg Shurmer, can step in as rookies and win in a system tweaked for their benefit. Others are not ready, and need to sit and learn first.
Geno Smith would compete to start. Dysert would not. There's no one-size-fits-all rule.
10: It is not breaking Chud's heart that Weeden can't run the read-option. Chud used that to help Cam Newton make a difficult transition to the pros. It's not his religeon, ok?
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