Browns say not impressed with QB draft class....

...and it's a good thing to know, considering their acumen for evaluating QB talent the last 20 years.

Just look at their wise QB choices. We had, what, Kordell, Tomczak, O'Donnell, Maddox and Ben in that same span?


1996–1998 Suspended operations
1999 Tim Couch (14) / Ty Detmer (2)
2000 Doug Pederson (8) / Tim Couch (7) / Spergon Wynn (1)
2001 Tim Couch (16)
2002 Tim Couch (14) / Kelly Holcomb (2)
2003 Kelly Holcomb (8) / Tim Couch (8)
2004 Jeff Garcia (10) / Kelly Holcomb (2) / Luke McCown (4)
2005 Trent Dilfer (11) / Charlie Frye (5)
2006 Charlie Frye (13) / Derek Anderson (3)
2007 Derek Anderson (15) / Charlie Frye (1)
2008 Derek Anderson (9) / Brady Quinn (3) / Ken Dorsey (3) / Bruce Gradkowski (1)
2009 Brady Quinn (9) / Derek Anderson (7)
2010 Colt McCoy (8) / Jake Delhomme (4) / Seneca Wallace (4)
2011 Colt McCoy (13) / Seneca Wallace (3)
2012 Brandon Weeden (15) / Thad Lewis (1)
2013 Jason Campbell (8) / Brandon Weeden (5) / Brian Hoyer (3)
2014 Brian Hoyer (13) / Johnny Manziel (2)/ Connor Shaw (1)
2015 Josh McCown (8) / Johnny Manziel (6) / Austin Davis (2)
2016 Robert Griffin III (5) / Josh McCown (3) / Cody Kessler (8)
2017 DeShone Kizer (15) / Kevin Hogan (1)

 

Suddenly 75% of the remaining junior class quarterbacks are declaring for the draft, since the Browns aren't interested in a QB

 

Who?

 

I remember Charlie Frye’s One game. He only made it out alive because they pulled him.

 

Couch could have been decent but he was pummeled behind a terrible o-line

 

Out of that entire list, I think McCoy and Anderson are the only semi-decent BACKUP QBs on the list. How can one team fail so thoroughly on QB selection? Dumb luck should have seen them sign a few decent QBs.

 

To the point of literally crying.

 

The Browns biggest problem is they don't take the time to actually develop anybody. This will be unpopular, but I think Deshone Kizer has a world of talent. He showed some flashes last year. I think the Browns would be better suited to build around him than draft a QB. I'd skip out on a first round QB if I was them.

Either way, I don't see the Browns winning more than 5 games next year. They will probably can Lewis and Haley at the end of the season. So it dosent matter who their QB is. The next coach will have them in the market for a new one anyway.

 

I dont care if you have johnny unitas. U have to build from inside out. They dont get that. Fix ur line and then get your qb. They have passed on some guys like thomas u can pencil in for 10 12 years.

He is only one they have selected

 

I agree the problem is with consistency they haven't had any and when they do start the same QB two years in a row the other problems conspire to cost that QB. They lose talented wr''s to drugs, they draft a power running back for a west coast system, they lose starting OL guys to injury. They change coaching staff and philosophy. They rake up tons of picks but aren't sure where to build and how one can build on another.

I have said it in the last few months, they should draft Barkley as their feature back in the first and compliment that. Kizer can run his read option offense off that with Gordon being the top WR and look to work in throws to the TE. Heck copy the Jags offense and run that. Johnson is a solid number 2 back and if Joe Thomas returns you have a corner stone on the line

 

Fixed it for you.

 

they should take barkley #1 and then probably trade down a few picks and take lamar jackson...... i'm obviously hoping though, that they blow it again, since i'm getting quite comfortable with counting them as automatic wins every yr

 

If your going to list it like that, than the Steelers starters would have been Tomczak, Stewert, Kent Graham, Maddox, Ben, Charlie Batch, Dennis Dixon, Byron Leftwich, Michael Vick, Landry Jones. O'Donells last regular season game was 95

 

I thought the Kordell guy was "He who shall not be named?"

 

They also figured out a way to pass on a QB named Ben Roethlisberger. Still trying to figure out how they managed to screw that one up.

Not that I'm complaining by any means...

 

To be fair the Steelers missed on Dan Marino....

 

Oh no, I'm still trying to figure that one out as well...

It haunts me when I daydream about what that team could've done from 1992-1998 with a Hall of Fame QB

 

Nope. He not only lost us the Super Bowl but turned around a month later and signed with the Jets. He tried to say it was bc the Jets were the team to beat. I gonna be nice and stop right there. I have not said his name in decades.

I actually liked Kordell.

 

Steelers seem to be really interested in Mason Rudolph? It's really got me wondering if we actually might take. QB?

 

They went to his Pro Day, but they had dinner with his receiver. Maybe a smoke screen. Maybe not.

Also at the dinner was safety Tre Flowers. (edit)

 

Now that the Jets have elected to pay a king's ransom towards moving up to number three overall, Cleveland can manipulate this draft anyway they see fit.


Realistically, I would not be shocked if they took Barkley at number then Bradley Chubb at four. As asinine as the Chubb pick sounds, picture this;


A God Tier athlete in Myles Garrett paired up with an elite talent in Bradley Chubb flanking sides within the most competitive division in football? One quick way to let the NFL know that Cleveland is taking the right steps to get back into relavency.


Besides, Cleveland can just trade back up into the First Round with their abundance of picks and nab their guy there or nab whomever is available at pick 33 (likely Mason Ruldolph but we shall see).

 

And yet the Browns sent their A team to watch Sam Darnold ace his pro day in the rain:

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft...mpresses-throwing-in-the-rain-at-usc-pro-day/


@APGroover

Don’t see this everyday... Browns sent their entire scouting army to LA for USC pro day: Owner Jimmy Haslam, HC Hue Jackson and new OC Todd Haley #SamDarnold

11:05 AM - Mar 21, 2018