Frank Teriaca graded the Browns' 2017 draft class, which is about right. You can't grade a class until 3 years after it happens.
Sashi Brown was the GM for this draft, and Andrew Berry was doing the actual personnel work.
Hue Jackson was the Head Coach, and had the right to choose his own Quarterback written into his contract Mary Kay.
Frank was pretty fair, except he gave the Howard Wilson pick an "F". Wilson was injured, so penalizing the regime for picking him was unfair. Howard Wilson was a very talented big cornerback who had been projected much higher. I would have just given that one an "incomplete".
As I mentioned, Hue Jackson picked Kizer, who sucked.
But Jabrill Peppers gets a "C minus"? That's at least a "B" in my book. It's not Brown's fault they tried to make him a Free Safety! He's tearing it up for the Giants playing where he belongs--grade the guy on that!
Frank's overall grade was "C-minus". Because of the Peppers grade, I think it should have been a "C", but Frank is right:
The Browns couldn't miss on Garrett, Njoku (a first round pick) hasn't proven it yet, Kizer was a total bust, and aside from Ogunjobi they missed on everything from Day 2 on.
Bill Polian or Gil Brandt will tell you, you're going to "miss" on half your draft picks, but you need to find at least a couple guys in the 4th round or lower.
Congratulations to Browns kicker Austin Seibert for inspiring the righteous rage of the PC Ivory Tower set for telling the truth about the COVID 19 mass-hysteria.
The writer says "tell that to the 3.4 million people who have been infected and the 241,500 who have died" -sniff-.
3.4 million is about 0.8% of the population, and 241,500 is roughly one out of 13,000 (thirteen THOUSAND) people. Based on these numbers, by the way, you have a one in 14 chance of dying if you're in the 0.8%.
You are much more likely to die of suicide.
These numbers are generalized, because you're in a lot more danger if you are immunocompromized (including extremely old), or have respiratory or heart conditions, and are in a lot LESS danger if you are anybody else.
And by the way, you pretentious sissies, if I'm wearing diapers and don't remember my own name or am in a coma please let me die, ok? When tf did we become this spoiled and irrational?
AUSTIN SEIBERT is the ADULT in this room. AMEN, Austin!!! But if you keep missing extra points I'll be pist, ok?
Silly, weak, sheep...Damn pod people...
Elliott Kennel wrote a great, highly educational article on the potential ramifications of signing Jadeveon Clowney.
Elliott explained that the announced cap number is deceptive, as it doesn't factor in a lot of inevitable spending, like the draft class, players signed later to fill slots opened by injured players, etc.
The REAL cap space the Browns have right now is less than 15 mil.
I was clueless about this--Elliott you da man!
Kennel's closing says that maybe Olivier Vernon is better, since his expired contract after 2020 would add 15.5 mil in cap space, whereas a longer-term contract for Clowney wouldn't go away.
But nobody's perfect:
1: The DeMarcus Lawrence contract is not applicable. Clowney has never had 10 sacks, and doesn't have that leverage. This is why he lowered his obstensive asking price to 17 mil 2 weeks ago.
Saving Vernon's 15.5 mil would enable DePoBerry to front-load the contract, taking the biggest cap hit in 2020--but never paying Clowney anywhere near Lawrence's 21 mil average salary.
2: Clowney has missed 9 games in his last 5 seasons due to injury and (like OBJ) played through a core muscle injury in 2019, which was then surgically repaired.
A player who averages 14 starts per season over 5 seasons is pretty durable.
Any GM will tell you they're nervous about Clowney's reliability so they can pay him less, and Andrew Berry is no doubt playing that card himself right now, but it's mostly BS and everybody knows it.
3: The core muscle thing means he was inhibitted in 2019, but GMs are negotiating based on those stats. Clowney is still only 27 years old, and this looks like a great "buy low" opportunity for the Browns.
(Like I said they can include performance incentives to seal the deal for Vernon-money. *Not Demarcus Lawrence money, Elliott*)
Elliott is on the money as to why Jadeveon Clowney would look great opposite Myles Garrett: Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens.
Having the two edge-setting Linebacker-fast DEs built right into the defense is probably the best answer to that insideously diabolical offense.
You really can't get too cute trying to stop the Ravens. Greg Roman has been doing this for a long time, and knows exactly how defenses will try to stop him, and Lamar Jackson is learning fast too.
Skip the passrush: Garrett and Clowney could seal off the sidelines and shrink the field laterally for the Ravens (wide zone or no) because they simply overmatch any blocker they face especially in space.
This doesn't mean that Jackson or Ingram or Dobbins can't still gash the defense inside, but freak DEs like this at least let the rest of the defense cover less field from sideline to sideline, and be more aggressive.
This is called by some a "funneling" defense. If you can't get to the outside, you have to go inside, right?
It's not that simple: When a DE or LB "sets the edge" correctly, it means he is still 2-4 yards away from the sideline, see? The ballcarrier can get outside of him, but only enough to get knocked out of bounds immediately.
And the ballcarrier has to avoid this guy going inside, unless a big ugly has him firmly under control and walled off, but even then, the edge-setter is not giving ground, see?
He's not giving the ballcarrier any extra space inside, either.
The best edge-setters screw ballcarriers out of at least 5 yards of lateral space.
They crouch down and put their shoulders into Offensive Linemen's hips, and sometimes even shake them off--Clowney? That freak can wave a red cape and send the bull stumbling out of bounds (and make the tackle, of course).
Bow-ring huh? Well I'm sorry but it matters. Olivier Vernon can do this edge-setting stuff and containment too, but Clowney is much better (quicker and faster than Garrett).
If you can make a significant upgrade, and cover a position of need for a few years at a reasonable price (FREE in year one, sorta), then you do it, period.
In general, the 2020 Browns need to zero in on the Ravens, and build their roster and base schemes accordingly.
Clowney is (or should be) part of that, but I'm also trying to figure out what DC Joe Woods is up to in general.
I believe that Andrew Berry has signed and drafted players that his coaches wanted, or that at least fit their schemes.
Ok well, none of the defensive free agent signings were very informative, since they were a slot corner, 2 safeties, a nose tackle, and a run-stuffing LB all on one year deals to plug known holes (bandaids).
...ok no, letting Schobert walk was not a clue, since paying him 11+mil/year would have been stupid (no offense Chad) no matter what.
The draft might help:
Delpit was kind of a no-brainer but his being 6'3" and excellent in coverage (in any scheme) might tell us something. Or not.
The fact that Berry traded away from Zack Baun for a 2021 3rd round pick and the Saints 3rd rounder--where they drafted DT Jordan Elliott--was clueful:
Joe Woods never saw the GLARING NEED at Linebacker that you people did.
Zack Baun will kick ass in the NFL. Local rationalizations aside, Baun is a total package linebacker who will kick ass in the NFL.
But the Browns traded down and drafted DT Jordan Elliott instead.
Elliott was a first round talent. Stop comparing him to Ogunjobi! He's taller and longer, and he's a better "2-gap" player.
A note here: Billings is a Nose Tackle and EVERY OTHER DT is a 3-4 DE and Garrett/Vernon (or Clowney) are---
But I digress: Anyhoo next is LSU LB Jacob Phillips.
Now, I strongly suspect that most of the draft analyses I've read about this player were innaccurate; notably in re coverage.
Jacob Phillips had a role in LSU's holyshitareyoukiddingme talented defense, but would have been a star almost anywhere else.
I've heard this guy bashed for being too soft-spoken and "not a leader" and stuff, and strongly suspect that Woods/Berry got a steal here:
What tf is this leadership crap all about who tf cares? When did that become critical for position players?
I've heard tons of players and coaches use the phrase "Leads by example". They generally mean sacks, TFLs, interceptions, and meaningless stuff like that.
But nooo---Jacob Phillips needs to get louder and pushier and pick more fights and...
I'll get back into figuring Joe Woods out later, but for now we know that he likes 6'4" 4.66 LBs who led their conferences in tackles and stud DTs...
Phillips: He's the key. I'll get back to you on this later.
....okbye
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