Daryl Ruiter predicts a trade-down, and former Browns lineman John Greco hopes not.
The other local guys all mock a Left Tackle at 10, and the Trent Williams rumors just won't go away.
Sigh...I suppose it's remotely possible if Williams were to smell the coffee and sign for 15 mil/year and the Skins would accept the Browns' lower third round pick, but I doubt this.
I'm listening to some guy on the radio gushing about Williams for "just maybe" both the Browns' third round picks, because he is vastly superior to all the Left Tackles in this draft.
Extremism is a sign of dumbassitude.
Hey how about Hunt or OBJ for Williams (and more stuff)?
Skins fans would no doubt argue with that, but both these players are young superstars, while Williams will turn 32 during the 2020 season.
He missed 13 games the season before he held out with an injury, and has never played a full NFL season.
It sounds like he does have a legit grievance with his team doctors (he could have died, after all), but the owner having replaced all those people hasn't changed anything.
That's because now it's about MONEY, and Williams wants to be THE highest paid Left Tackle in the NFL.
There are a bunch of very promising Left Tackles in this class (5 immediate starters)---and you Skins fans think just Williams for Hunt or OBJ is enough?
Hopefully, Trent Williams' salary demands come back down to earth, and he accepts Mary Kay's 15 mil estimate over 2-3 years (18 mil guaranteed, 15 mil with 11 mil guaranteed, and 12 mil with 4 mil guaranteed). He'd be 35 by the end of that deal, and would be quite tradeable in 2021.
Trading the ONE third rounder for Williams, or Hunt for Williams and maybe a 4th round pick would make some sense.
The Browns might luck out with Simmons, or could go ahead and trade down all the way to Cleveland (if not Josh Jones), and take their time buffing out their rough edges.
A contingency deal could be set up now, depending on what the Browns actually do in the draft.
The veterans I'm most interested in are Everson Griffin and Jadeveon Clowney.
Immediately after the draft, a bunch of veteran players will be joining these two in the unemployment line, and the smarter guys will hurry up and grab a chair before the music stops.
I still really like Clowney, even through he's never even had 10 sacks in a season. He still blows plays up in the backfield, and actually covers well; he's kind of a supersized swiss army knife, and he's still in his prime.
Griffen is much closer to the retirement home, but he got 8 sacks in 2019, and would be a lot cheaper than Clowney on maybe a 2-year deal.
Naturally, I'm talking about releasing Pegleg Vernon, right? So you save a lot on Griffen, or get younger and scarier with Clowney.
A few of the new free agents won't suck, either. Olivier Vernon is one example. He will get released because he's too expensive.
Somebody else will scoop him up for like 5 mil, (hoping he will actually play in more than 8-9 games).
Watch Andrew Berry sign a couple more guys to one-year contracts to plug the remaining leaks.
He can spend as much as he wants on these one-year deals (Griffen could be one of these if he holds out any longer). He gets all that money back in 2021 (along with compensatory picks tee-tee).
The draft is on, and the Bengals are torturing everybody-basking in all the attention. Whatever will they do? Your guess is as good as mine!
Oh God 8 more of these?
Here we go: Jedrick Wills at 10th overall (with Wirfs and Becton on the board).
Buzzkill Bill Polian said that Wills was not a Right Tackle because he protected a left-handed Quarterback's blind side, but because he was a Right Tackle.
Joe Thomas disagrees. Big Joe is ecstatic about this pick. Joe says that Wills was the only offensive tackle he couldn't find any serious problems with, and that Wills was his pick all along.
Joe isn't alone, as a LOT of smart people mocked Wills to the Browns and ranked him 1st or 2nd.
I wanted (and predicted) a trade-down, and therefore have to give Andrew Berry a "C" for this draft pick.
Haha that was a joke, ok? I suspect that Andrew Berry and his scouts are a tad more qualified (and informed) than I am to manage an NFL roster, and the notion of me grading him...
Anyhoo, Jerrick Wills is an athletic mauler who will start from day one, and who will fit in this offense perfectly.
He lacks prototypical LT height and reach, but more than makes up for it with his balance and feet. He has ZERO significant flaws or weaknesses.
I still say that Josh Jones or Ezra Cleveland could be as good or better than he is 3 years down the road, but have to admit that Wills' floor is top 10, so...
Right Guard is still unsettled, but the rest of the Oline is now elite.
Jerrick Wills is a long-term "core" player.
The Browns' remaining needs are complicated. While "safety" is covered for 2020, and Redwine and Hassel warrant a lot more respect than they get, Safety could use an upgrade...
I was about to talk about linebackers, but what tf does that mean in 2020? Mainly just oversized safeties!
How can you call linebacker depth a "critical need" for the 2020 Browns?
If you draft a Baun or a Chinn in round 2, you have a linebacker in name or not. If you sign Jadeveon Clowney, you have a legit linebacker.
When the nickel is the 67% NFL defense, how can any team sweat linebackers?
...ok but you guys are clueless because you ass ume a 4-2 front (and not a 3-3) but I'll get into that later.
A skyscraper deep threat WR is another need. A long-term EDGE (if not Clowney) is another. More DT depth, Right Guard (?), and depth everywhere are also needs.
The Browns will probably draft a safety or linebacker or Safetybacker in the second round.
I still think that some
Well I HAVE SPOKEN. Okbye.
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