Here on this planet, tomorrow isn't libel to have the Cleveland Browns involved, and you are a sick puppy if you hope it does.
E V E R Y perennial contender is maintained through the draft, and John Dorsey has run out of chain here, and is E I G H T E E N slots away from that mythical line which separates the great ones from everybody else (a delusion).
Sorry for the redundification, but OMG look at these perfesshunal righters still talking about Dorsey doing some Ricky Williams kinda crap!?!
I will personally just monitor which/how many top cornerbacks (and by the way this class is deeper than some say it is), safeties, defensive tackles, offensive tackles and linebackers make it into the second round.
John Dorsey, like every GM, has his own unique "chart" of players and will, within REASON, make a move up to nab a Jeffery Simmons or top 2 linebacker or somebody he thinks is way better than the rest, and he has more ammo than you think:
I salute Josh Edwards for boldly going where no pundit (including me) has gone before and suggesting that Saint Joe (Schobert) could get traded.
I've had to correct Josh a lot in the past, but he was really smart this time, and I got his back as you all close in on him with your torches, pitchforks, and empty whiskey bottles:
1: Remember those balloon payments John Dorsey will have to make due to both the talent he inherited and acquired? Well, the first installment of that starts in 2020!
Joe Schobert is one of the best linebackers in the NFL, and will command a big second contract.
Josh says that now would be the time to turn another guy Dorsey didn't draft into a much cheaper new draft pick (instead of letting him go for nothing).
2: Schobert was more important in the Gregg Williams defense than he will be in the Steve Wilks defense.
Schobert's instincts and intelligence in coverage will be more valuable to Wilks, but Wilks is more inclined to use defensive backs and rely on team speed than Williams was.
2a: The nickel is the real NFL base defense. Linebackers are less important in general.
3: Joe Schobert is valuable.
We can include Seth DeValve (and of course Duke) on this list of tradables on draft day.
After reading Terry Pluto's analysis of Duke Johnson, I see the other side of that more clearly; he's very good, reliable, durable, and versatile---but not a home run hitter.
Anyway, John Dorsey will be "open for business" with these players (and the extra 5th round picks) during the draft.
Oh I hear you! "Schobert!?! You don't like KIRKSEY and you want to dump the only real stud who fits the Wilks system!?!"
Yeah that makes me sound like an idiot, but I never said I wanted to trade Joe. I would never trade Joe Schobert for chump-change.
Part of the reason all these pundits are mocking all these cornerbacks to the Browns at 49 is because Steve Wilks uses Defensive Backs more than Gregg Williams does.
Most of these clowns don't get that, but they copy those that do.
...anyway, Steve Wilks relies on a 4-man, aggressive, Defensive line just like Gregg Williams, and figures the rest out based on his talent behind them.
Unlike Williams, he doesn't use a "Field General" (ie Schobert), and he uses real linebackers less than Gregg does.
Steve Wilks is prepared to run a deep front four and secondary with only one real linebacker if neccessary.
You don't get this yet:
If no offensive linemen make it to the second level to block "little people" because the four big people up front make that impossible, this is a good thing.
You see, Wilks loves Schobert too, but when John Dorsey asked if he was critical, Steve said "no".
I'll tell you what else was probably discussed: Genard Avery.
Avery is unmistakeably a (real) linebacker and a passrusher (on this planet).
Avery is stronger than most offensive linemen, and can push them around.
Genard Avery fits the Wilks defense better than Joe Schobert does:
Joe Schobert is one of the best linebackers in the NFL in coverage. Start comparing him to real secondary guys, and you see the difference.
Avery isn't as smart or "instinctive" as Schobert is, but he outclasses Schobert physically, and is the ONE linebacker Steve Wilks needs on the field at all times (including in dime defenses).
He will blitze the majority of the time (from everywhere), but he can/will also drop and screw up routes. He can also take on huge blockers and PLUG HOLES.
...but I digress:
A future trade asset for John Dorsey is probably OBJ. He's conceivably a PRESENT tradeable asset.
I don't like him OBJ. I'm already sick of him. But Mayfield will make of this flake what Eli couldn't, and Dorsey can dump his salary and turn it into draft picks in 2020...
But I digress okforgetisaidanythingbye.
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