Spazz City

Hey Mary Kay: Going forward, I think the Browns should try to sign an experienced free agent quarterback or otherwise (trade) and not anticipate any
of the top three in this draft. I'd try to dump Johnny Manziel, Josh Gordon and Justin Gilbert for whatever we can get and move on. Jimmy Haslam should over-spend on free agents just to get this team caught up. Then they need a good draft in order to address the OL, DL, S, CB, LB, TE, WR, PK, and punt/kick-off return positions. Did I forget anything?

 -- Norm

'Nuff said.  This goober would have dumped Joe Haden, T'Shaun Gipson, Mitchell Schwartze, and a bunch of other guys after so-so ROOKIE seasons.

He's clearly not alone on Gordan, but you're all wrong.  So is Mary Kay for reading into Farmer's remarks that he's already decided to cut him.  I went over them again, and still can't hear that.  I hear disgust and a warning to Gordan, but nothing like a decision to cut the best wide reciever in the NFL.

You're nuts if you cut a talented rookie quarterback after two crappy games.  Are you kidding me?  Maybe if you need to dump salary, but Manziel doesn't make that much.  Nor does Gordon.

This makes retaining them and giving them a last chance pretty much a zero-risk proposition.  Whoever the clown who wrote this is, he doesn't run a business.

Earlier in Hey, Mary Kay, MKC answered a question by telling us what she would do:

Mary Kay would let Johnny know he was on a short leash and would be dumped if he kept partying his brains out around the clock.  She'd go after Mariota hard, but also get a Cousins, Schaub, or Hoyer to make sure they at least have a competent quarterback.

Which all makes sense to me.  But then she said she'd get what she could for Gordon--as like I mentioned, she has concluded that it's all over for him here.  I doubt that.

Terry Pluto mentioned my personal favorite, Charles Johnson.  Ray Farmer put him on the practice squad.  He went to the Vikings and emerged as Teddy Bridgewater's go-to guy.

Ray should start listening to me more, because I told him to draft Bridgewater and keep Johnson.

Too late now.  They've got to give the party boy a chance to come back as an adult.  

The Browns offensive line with Alex Mack was one of the best in the NFL, and without him was below average.  The Browns don't need to do much with the offensive line at all, except get Mack healthy.

Naturally, it would be great to have another really good interior lineman to step in for and eventually take over for Mack, and another guy or so, but it's not a priority at all.

There's a decent chance they'll lose Cameron, so tight end could become a real need.  Cameron will demand the stars and the moon, but as good as he has been, he's been hurt a lot.

Wide reciever could be a need, since they can't count on Gordon.  But Hawkins and Taylor Gabriel are terrific smurf-types, so one taller guy would do.

Running back?  Hahaha!

People are spazzing out over the defensive line now, too.  Rubin probably won't be back, but Taylor, both Bryants, and Winn should be. and for that matter Sione Fua was a pleasant surprise late in the season.  Sione is an inside guy though, and mainly a tackle.

I would go for an outside linebacker myself, although I still say that Mingo was in coverage a lot (as in not passrushing do you get that?), and Eric Martin is pretty good.  But yeah, I'd want to make sure of that.

They don't need any secondary help.  Just depth at safety.  Laugh at me now but believe me later, Gilbert will come back and take the spot opposite Haden over, and now they'll have Buster Skrine on the slot.  Awesome!

I'm kind of depressed about the quarterback situation, though.

Mariota is probably out of reach, and it looks to me like Winston might well be guilty of that rape.  Even if he isn't, we already got Johnny for the punk role.  This guy is pretty disgusting.

Brett Hundley is the third ranked quarterback.  He's a solid character guy and an adult.  He has as much talent as anybody, but he's run a wide-open, simple system (like Manziel's in college), and needs a lot of polishing.

But then, everybody said that about Cam Newton, too, so you can't be too sure.  Hundley could be there without a trade-up, but most real pros would call him a reach in the first round.

But he's a quarterback, so not really.

At any rate, Hundley would be a longshot to start as a rookie.

However, if Farmer believes that he has what it takes to make the pre and post-snap reads in his version of this offense, he should absolutely take him, because he can do everything else.

It's not just about 2015.  It's about 2016 and beyond, too.  Manziel might not be the guy.  They need the guy.  If Hundley can't be that in 15, but could in 16, then you take him, period, and damn the lynch-mob.

Anyway, quit spazzing out.