The guys on NFL Radio still sound idiotic sometimes, as they persist on referring to "that organization's history with quarterbacks".
Illogical. That "organization's" front office includes Andrew Berry and Paul DePodesta as the only high-profile holdovers. Wolf, Highsmith, McGloughan, and Dorsey are all new.
Todd Haley, the new offensive coordinator, will certainly have input (I hope more than Hue Jackson) on quarterbacks.
When you say "that organization", do you mean the Redskins, Packers, or Chiefs? Dorsey started in Green Bay, so I guess you must mean the Packers, since, you know, four of these guys are ex-Packers, right?
That's Critical Thinking 101, by the way.
But that's "just me" I guess. Anyway, the NFL Radio guys are otherwise sentient, so I can relate their opinions here:
They're generally calling the Jets and Vikings the top contenders for Kirk Cousins, for valid reasons (including the fact that John Dorsey wasn't born yesterday, and won't OVERPAY him.)
I can't wait to see how this pans out, because either of these teams signing Cousins would profoundly alter the market for the Browns.
Bucky Brooks projects Sam Bradford to the Browns as is, but if the Vikings sign Cousins, Case Keenum is definitely available. He won't take backup money to stay in Minnesota. Bradford or Bridgewater might.
Let's compare Keenum to the legendary AJ McCarron. Are we done yet? Allrighty then!
Listen to me here: The only guy in this organization who wants to pay AJ McCarron 19 mil/year is Hue Jackson...
Well, if the Vikings overpay Kirk Cousins, and somebody else is dumb enough to overpay McCarron, Case Keenum loses a lot of leverage in 2018.
Four quarterbacks are projected in the top ten, and as many as six in the first round. Cousins has his job, and McCarron beat him out of another job. Keenum becomes a very viable "bridge" candidate for the Browns at a reasonable price.
I especially like this if Rodney Mayfieldfield is the draft pick, since Keenum is just as short.
If the Jets overpay Cousins, they won't trade up, which in turn means Denver won't either. The Vikings might wake up and just pay Keenum. In that scenario, Brooks is right:
Sam Bradford is a viable solution. His greed is off the table now, but he still might not want to help "mentor" anybody, because he is selfish and self-centered.
However, in between injuries, he is one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL. Bradford's next contract will be incentive-laden, without much guaranteed money. From what I'm hearing, the Browns are the only team in the NFL who consider him a starter...even temporarily.
Gotta say, however, Gramps McCown is probably better. He's not as good as Bradford, but he's more athletic, about as durable, a TON better as a mentor (not to mention a human being), and will come cheaper too.
The more I think about this stuff, the more I think Keenum (even for 17 mil guaranteed in 2018 and incentives thereafter) is number one and McCown (dirt cheap) is number two.
By the way, another "analytics" (aka common sense) thing is not getting desperate and overpaying.
Compare McCown and Bradford (factoring in their respective supporting casts), and it's actually pretty close statistically. Durability is close too. You know Josh is a geezer and in decline, but what do the Browns really need now?
Is this too complicated? Really? Even before I get to the "room" and personalities and chemistry and mentorship, you don't get the production comparison?
Pearls before swine oh well...
Full disclosure I LIKE Josh McCown personally and know that Ebineezer Bradford is a hyperselfish scumbag.
Tom Brady took a little less money than he could have to let Lord Insideous sign and retain guys to help him. Big Bird Flacco took every penny he could get.
A backup "discard" just won the Superbowl...partly because the Eagles were stacked with talent...and partly because Carson Wentz (and Nick Foles) were CHEAP DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
After Thomas Moore's analysis, I know that AJ McCarron is not a good bridge quarterback option at his projected price, and that Tom might be right in asserting that he's not even a viable starter.
Mary Kay Cabbot gave a tepid, pc anwer to an "ask Mary Kay" interrogator who axed if Hue Jackson would have more say on quarterbacks under the new regime.
My own response would not have been so nice:
I HOPE not! Why tf would he!?! Do you actually believe he didn't sign off on the Wentz and Watson trade-downs, or "stealing" Kizer in the second round? "You need to trust me on this one" in re Kessler in the third round was "taking one for the team"!?!
A much more experienced (in college and the pros) Kevin Hogan outperformed Kizer in preseason, but Hue started his favorite anyway. He had his mind made up about that even before the draft (ok this is mostly just an opinion--Hue might have actually tried to be objective, and maybe just "went with his gut" to outsmart his cerebral cortex and do what he wanted to do in the first place).
Anyway, Hue Jackson has established negative credibility in judging quarterbacks. He may indeed be a great developer of quarterbacks (Kizer might lack the processing speed), but there you go! While everybody else in the NFL said Kizer needed one (preferably two) years on the bench, Hue started him immediately, despite the fact that he was second best.
Sounds like Hue was a big Kizer fan, right? Like maybe he wanted to draft him? Like maybe he preferred him over Watson maybe?
If you think Hue Jackson didn't have a voice in quarterback decisions, I guess I know how you vote.
I repeat: I HOPE Hue Jackson won't have even more influence on quarterback decisions. There are now at least five other guys in the front office and on his staff we can trust more.
Oh I forgot: A second and third round pick for McCarron, remember that? That was Hue--not Brown! And shame on Haslam for backing that idiocy!
Okbye.
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