Matthew McFatridge suggests some free agent quarterbacks for John Dorsey to nab this offseason, and I really like all three:
Former Brown Colt McCoy, Teddy Bridgewater, and Blake Bortles.
All three have some warts on them, of course. Of the three, I like Bridgewater best, but expect him to be hard to "bring down".
Unlike the other two guys, Teddy was a top-notch (Pro Bowl) starting quarterback prior to his horrific injury, but now seems to have recovered.
He surely still considers himself a starter, and so should more than one quarterback-starved team (including Bortles' Jagwires) in this crappy quarterback draft year.
Matt makes the mistake everybody else does in talking about "mentoring" Baker Mayfield, as if he's Sam Darnold or something. But sure, any of these guys could offer him some tips based on what they see from the sidelines.
Conor Dorney names five veteran free agents at other positions:
Former Browns cornerback Pierre Desir would be nice to have, because none of the other guys has his "length". Desir was never less than average, and has grown into a very solid all-around cornerback.
We're not talking about replacing Terrence Mitchell as the starter here, though: Just upgrading the depth (significantly).
K J Wright is a terrific linebacker who is 29, and has been dinged up. I'd knock Conor more on this, but he's talking about a one-year deal. If longer-term options aren't there, this guy can do what Jamie Collins does (except more consistently).
I don't think it will work. Somebody will probably overpay him.
I already extolled DT Christian Covington's virtues my own self as one of several affordable veteran defensive tackles in a saturated market.
Covington can definitely play nose tackle.
I like edge-rusher Benson Mayowa, but think Conor is forgetting to not sign players who aren't as good as those already on the roster.
We need to back off on Ogbah as a pure edge-rusher, because Gregg Williams hasn't used him enough off the edge. (This was partly Genard Avery's fault. Gregg sent him from the edge a lot while Ogbah played inside the tackle).
As Conor himself points out, this draft class is deep in edge-rushers, and Dorsey has four draft picks in the top three rounds.
It's also a tad early to just write off Chad Thomas. Why do you always do that to a guy who doesn't play much as a rookie? Do you need to hear his name a lot to remember that John Dorsey drafted him and he is still on the team? Is this your attention span, really?
Conor suffers the same delusion that many local pundits do, and thinks the Browns need more wide receivers.
Chris Conley is very similar to Breshad Perriman, except Perriman is BETTER. For that matter, Damion Ratley in his second year will probably be better as well.
Conor, the Browns are all set at wide reciever stop it...just stop it.
Jake Burns exposed me as a dumbass in his Film-room study of Larry Ogunjobi. Larry has been wreaking most of his havoc from between the guards (zero and one-technique).
I said he was "wasted" there.
I still think he's a better three than zero or one, however. I guess Coley was the three then...I don't get that part.
I DO get having Larry attack from zero and one--that's Gregg Williams. Most defensive coordinators will attack with the 3 and have the zero cause a traffic jam.
Wilks may well do things differently, but I was wrong to declare that the Browns needed a zero more than a three in free agency and the draft.
No problem. Ogunjobi is a guy to build the DT rotation around, wherever he plays.
Thanks for exposing my dumbassitude, Jake! Dammit.
Errahh...let's just remember that the 2018 Browns sucked like a Hoover vs the run, so...
Yeah and you too, Gregg Williams! Thanks for doing all kinds of wierd stuff and befuddling me! ...but you sucked vs the run, didn't you?
I feel smart again.
Okbye.
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