It's Getting Dim Around Here

Some person suggested that the San Diego Chargers should trade for Joe Thomas.  So far so good.  But he proposed that they trade a second round pick for him.

I don't need to go on, do I?

Another person (maybe the same one) suggested that the Browns should swipe Kirk Cousins from the R E D S K I N S.

I'll buy that for a dollar, but I just don't think the Redskins will let him go.  

Another guy wonders if a rookie quarterback can get the Browns to the playoffs in 2016.

No.

But see, this guy starts out with the assumption that any quarterback they draft has to be the day one starter.  He dismisses everything McCown did last season, airily brushing him off as a mentor best off with a clip board.

He's a dumbass.

It's quite true that there is no Andrew Luck in this draft class.  Andrew Luck was the last drafted quarterback who was really ready to start day one.  

Both of the top two quarterbacks here played for small schools; Goff in a spread shotgun.  Wentz has limited experience.

Josh McCown was statistically among the best quarterbacks in the NFL last season, even with an injured shoulder and cracked ribs.  You don't just ignore all that so you can throw a kid in there to get busted up.

And what are we talking about here? Beating out the Steelers and the Bengals.  In the first year of a new regime---how can you even ask this question?  What a waste of time and space.

I'm feeling more optimistic about Alex Mack since PFF listed him sixteenth among centers, and I found out what the top guys make.

Those who link the Jaguars to him base it on two year old news.  He was 28 then.  Mack doesn't rate the top center salary, and is more concerned about guaranteed money than a gross amount.  The Browns can afford to make him happy, and he sounds like he's willing to stay.

Grossi says Schwartze is a different story.  Tony is wrong about some things, but usually not about this.

I think I get it.  Schwartz is talking about how nowadays right tackles often have to take on the opponents best passrushers.  The Implication is that they should get paid as much as left tackles.

There is some merit to this.  Defensive coordinators saw that right tackles tended to be big goons with slow feet, and instead of attacking the best passblocker, sent their ace passrusher against the other guy.

But right tackles more often have a tight end to help outside, right handed quarterbacks can see the passrusher coming from that side, and Mitchell?  You are NOT Joe Thomas.

This guy is pissing me off.  He's also talking about the raised salary cap; drooling over how much more he can get now.

Well, we'll see.  Schwartz has quietly become one of the best right tackles in the NFL.  We'll see what he is offered.  It probably won't be as much as he thinks.  

Hopefully, the guy doesn't hate Cleveland, would prefer to remain with his friends and team mates, and will accept what the market dictates.

Eric Berry isn't close to a deal, and might hit the market.  I hope Gipson is paying attention.