I agree that this move doesn't make a lot of sense, given the massive overload the Browns have at WR as-is, and Miller's lack of success in 2 NFL seasons.
But I think this is an OCD thing with John Dorsey. He had to...you know...do something! Anything!
Well, Justik puts more context on it:
Miller was converted from Quarterback at Ohio State (even though he was a good Quarterback). He was good enough as a receiver to get drafted high, and most experts expected big things out of him (I was lobbying for the Browns to draft him).
Braxton Miller didn't have to be a Wide Receiver. He could have become a running back (except this Elliott guy was there so...) or maybe cornerback or safety and punt/kick returner just...whatever, you see?
In fact, he's a little like another converted Quarterback, Josh Cribbs:
Miller is taller and more explosive, while Cribbs was stouter and stronger. If you recall, Josh made his impact as one of the best returners in NFL history, and was later worked into the WR rotation.
Cribbs became a decent wide receiver, but that's about it. See the similarities?
So let's see what Miller can do at running back and on special teams before we make those final cuts at all those positions, because this guy is just an amazing athlete, and John Dorsey just rented him for peanuts.
Possibly related: Waittilnextyear heard a trade rumor: Callaway and Schobert for Trent Williams (the disgruntled stud Redskins Left Tackle).
I didn't interrogate Bub about his source, but it "clicks".
Callaway is a lethal weapon WR only entering his second season, but Dorsey is eyeball deep in Wide Receivers (including Braxton Miller now).
Schobert? See about 10 earlier posts: He's PFF's top coverage linebacker and a Pro Bowler in his prime, but he's in the final year of his contract and Mack Wilson is here now.
The Redskins allegedly turned down the offer of a 2020 first round pick for Williams (*note that will be near the bottom of the first round*).
Williams has said that he will never play for the Redskins again, but the Redskins keep saying "we'll work something out".
Ok did Dan Sneider fire people, or is this the same crew that franchised Kirk Cousins twice and then lost him? Is this a "he aint gonna push me around testosterone thing or something? Is what we have here a failure to communicate?
I'm not all-in on this myself because of Williams' age and likely salary demands.
I'm not going to pay a guy with one foot in the retirement home over 8% of my cap money; I'm not going to give him a raise as he declines.
It's just the epitomy of irony when 2019 doom and gloomers bring up historical examples of "loaded" NFL teams expected to win big that fell on their faces.
NONE of their examples bears any resemblance to the 2019 Browns.
The teams the bashers cited all paid a bunch of high-profile veteran free agents (like Williams). The 2019 Browns were built through the draft.
And how much of an impact would Trent Williams have on the 2019 Browns?
Not anywhere near even the value of his current contract:
See 20 or so previous posts: Mayfield's quick release, mobility, RPOs, dumpoff options, chips etc.: The 2019 Browns don't need a Trent Williams (or a Joe Thomas, for that matter...and if you don't believe me, ask Big Joe himself! He will break it down for you!)
Big Joe on Truth Serum will say that Greg Robinson isn't in his league, but that in 2019 and this offense, he's "enough" (you'd only need the serum to get him to say Robinson sucks compared to himself).
Nick Chubb (see 7-10 earlier posts) was always a good receiver, as evidenced by his pre-injury/Sony Michel college stats. Always had great hands.
Chubb wasn't used a lot as a receiver in 2018 because Duke was the 3rd down back, and Nick was of course the "bellcow" in a physical offense (and a rookie...and stifled by the idiots Kitchens replaced).
Nick Chubb may be able to do Ebineezer Bell stuff, like line up as a WR. Kareem Hunt does that, as does Duke Johnson--don't be surprised if you see Nick Chubb doing the same stuff in 2019.
I have avoided reading a few articles because they're too obvious:
Baker Mayfield is obviously the Quarterback the Browns have desperately sought for over 20 years. "Sophomore slumps" happen to Quarterbacks who need crutches or have weaknesses (see previous posts); Baker Mayfield will be even better (obviously).
I don't care much about Hue Jackson's emotional trauma or revelations either. These were all obvious to me, which is why Baker Mayfield's taunting and insults pissed me off so much.
Picture yourself a 1-31 Head Coach, forced to "hand the keys over" to Todd Haley (and pretend it was your idea) in order to not get fired...then getting fired anyway, because Haley was worse than YOU were on your worst day...and getting bashed for his incompetence and your protests about that too?
I don't hate Hue Jackson, or consider him an idiot. I'm generally disgusted and enraged by lynch-mobs.
I remember Art Modell and Bill Belichick fleeing Cleveland amidst death threats, and remember the frenzied hate-fest which (combined with the City/County government's refusal to replace the dilapidated cesspool Muni Stadium, while building new facilities for the Indians and Cavs)...
I guess I'm digressing here, but you people need to think with your brains more and your guts less...
Art Modell saved the Cleveland Clinic and gave away way too much money, drafted "niggers" before everybody else, won the last Championship before the Superbowl...
It's despicable that Tony Grossi shows up at each Hall of Fame forum as if it's a parole hearing to make sure Art Modell can't get into the Hall of Fame. Yeah Artie got him fired. Tony is Cicilian. It's a vendetta.
Think with your brain. Tim Couch never sucked, for example:
Couch was an athletic improvisor in a nearly all-pass offense. Head Coach Chris Palmer made him a classic drop-back Quarterback...on an expansion team...
No roll-outs. No shotgun snaps (except on 3rd and a mile).
Despite this idiocy, the rookie Tim Couch was above average; by far outperforming Peyton Manning's rookie season (one year prior).
I was a voice in the wilderness (as usual).
Anyhoo, Couch's chronic elbow condition wrecked him over time, but most of you people don't comprehend that Tim Couch was a great Quarterback who was destroyed by a bad Coach and his elbow.
Was he a "bust"?
That was just to illustrate how ignorant and stupid pundits can be.
But Baker Mayfield? Better than Couch, and Kosar. Think Rodgers, Brees, Warner (maybe Favre)...
Okbye
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