Cleveland Browns (2009 Season)

[Bucklion]

I do know we all have our opinions regarding what we might have gotten for Edwards during the draft but I think we would have gotten at least a #2 and #4. If the trade works out with the Jets and we do get a #2, then I'm happy but I am unsure if we will get that #2. There is a lot more value in a second and fourth round pick than a third and fifth rounder and I doubt if those players that we received are going to be game changers. We could have almost done without them.

Stuckey always looks good in the preseason...he might just be a guy who is waiting for an opportunity, and I imagine he'll get one. I wouldn't blow him off yet...he won't be a #1, but he could fit nicely into the rotation.

 

[NFBuck]

I do know we all have our opinions regarding what we might have gotten for Edwards during the draft but I think we would have gotten at least a #2 and #4. If the trade works out with the Jets and we do get a #2, then I'm happy but I am unsure if we will get that #2. There is a lot more value in a second and fourth round pick than a third and fifth rounder and I doubt if those players that we received are going to be game changers. We could have almost done without them.

Stuckey has some ability. Don't overlook him...his production has actually surpassed stonehand's so far this year. As for the draftday trade rumors, nobody knows exactly what was on the table, but I can see why he wasn't dealt. Stonehands was the only "legit" recieving threat on the roster. On top of that, he was going into a contract year. Mangini and Kokanis had every reason to believe he'd put in the work to have another good year. Obviously, that wasn't the case. He still drops almost everything that hits his hands and has loafed at times on the field. Now he goes out and decks a midget friend of LeBron's at 2:30 in the morning. His hours were numbered the moment he cocked his fist.

Now the question is, does he just need a change of scenery and break out in an offense that can actually move the ball? Or does he continue to loaf and drop everything thrown his way? Who knows. One knock on him has been that his passion is for everything that being an NFL player brings off the field vice the actual game. If that's true, he's doomed in NYC.

 

[Bucks21]

Trade Braylon Edwards? If I'm Cleveland Browns coach Eric Mangini, I do it, too - Terry Pluto | Terry Pluto: Plain Dealer Sports Columnist's Blog - cleveland.com - - cleveland.com

Good Terry Pluto article, agree with pretty much everything he is saying.

 

[ArmyVet83]

I call shenanigans, no one was offering much more than what we just got. I am surprised at what a team actually gave up for this turd. He can't catch, he is a cancer, and doesn't even know his plays. For someone to give us players that actually want to play plus two picks, I'm ecstatic. This is totally addition by subtraction. Hopefully, Robo can start getting some playing time.

Amen. Edwards wasn't going to do shat for the remainder of his tenure in Cleveland. I'm glad we got something for him. Two players and two draft picks. More than what we would have got at the end of the year. I do not care if he goes lights out in New York. He would not have done the same in Cleveland. PERIOD. It does appear that the rebuilding process has begun. This team I truly believe is at the bottom of the barrel. Question is who will we draft in the 1st round next year, QB or RB? Both are dire needs.

 

[exhawg]

I think exhawg mentioned it earlier...what are the chances that Brady or DA get dealt?

Anderson is the starting QB and Quinn has shown to be useless. They might be able to trade Quinn for a low pick, but it wouldn't be much value. At this point it's probably better just to keep them both on the roster for the rest of the season. I actually get much enjoyment watching Quinn ride the bench. Karma is a bitch.

Now they just need to go with Anderson until they can find a real QB sometime in the next year or two and then let Anderson walk to remove any doubt. It's time to end the QB controversies.

 

[jlb1705]

...and special teams star Jason Trusnik, a product of Nordonia High and Ohio Northern.

Poor guy probably grew up a Browns fan, and now he has to play for them? Unlucky bastard...

 

[Bucks21]

Amen. Edwards wasn't going to do shat for the remainder of his tenure in Cleveland. I'm glad we got something for him. Two players and two draft picks. More than what we would have got at the end of the year. I do not care if he goes lights out in New York. He would not have done the same in Cleveland. PERIOD. It does appear that the rebuilding process has begun. This team I truly believe is at the bottom of the barrel. Question is who will we draft in the 1st round next year, QB or RB? Both are dire needs.

Eric Berry.( Ed Reed v 2.0)

 

[ysubuck]

Here's to looking forward to draft day.

This move made my season. Edwards is a bum. You take yourself with yourself. He won't do shit in NY. You can't just switch that kind of thing on. Couldn't catch and an attitude problem at Michigan, couldn't catch and an attitude problem in Cleveland...

stay tuned.

 

[jlb1705]

Eric Berry.( Ed Reed v 2.0)

+1.

He's the only player under 275 lbs. I want the Browns to even look at.

 

[Bucklion]

Well one thing's for certain, Braylon gets to go and play on MNF the first game, so the whole wrold will be watching. He's got to be thinking how great it will be, playing for a contender on MNF, right up until his hands of lead let him down once or twice and NY talk radio lights up. I don't know anything about the Jets, but he'd better hope Stuckey wasn't a popular player with the fans, because if he comes in with his prima donna attitude and his limp dick work ethic and replaces a popular guy with shitty production, it's going to be that much worse.

 

[Bleed S & G]

Could have gotten Troy :(

Glad to see Braylon gone.

 

[ScriptOhio]

Anderson is the starting QB and Quinn has shown to be useless. They might be able to trade Quinn for a low pick, but it wouldn't be much value. At this point it's probably better just to keep them both on the roster for the rest of the season. I actually get much enjoyment watching Quinn ride the bench. Karma is a bitch.

Now they just need to go with Anderson until they can find a real QB sometime in the next year or two and then let Anderson walk to remove any doubt. It's time to end the QB controversies.

My guess is that nobody would want Quinn's contract, even for a low pick:

8 Aug 07: Brady Quinn has agreed to a five-year contact with the Cleveland Browns worth $20.2 million, with $7.75 million guaranteed, ending his holdout. The deal could grow to $30 million over five years with incentives.
Contract could be worth up to $30 million with incentives - NFL - ESPN

and

22 Sep 09: It's probably the last thing on Brady Quinn's mind right now, but if he does get benched, he stands to be out up to $11 million. Quinn needed to play at least 70 percent of the snaps this season to trigger the $11 million escalators in his contract that would earn him the maximum value of the deal.
Stunned by early season failures, players struggle to find a winning formula: Browns Insider | Cleveland Browns - cleveland.com - - cleveland.com

 

[NFBuck]

Eric Berry.( Ed Reed v 2.0)

+1.

He's the only player under 275 lbs. I want the Browns to even look at.

There is a precedent there, the Browns picked the late Eric Turner #2 overall in 1991. Turner was a very good player, but didn't necessarily produce at the level he was picked. That said, Berry is probably the best college safety I've ever seen. If he can be 75-80% of the player Ed Reed is in the NFL, assuming the Browns are picking top-3, I say take him.

 

[Buckeneye]

As much as I'd love to have a playmaker like Berry in the secondary (nice rythme) I believe our skill position and the right side of our Oline would be a more pressing need.

Oh yeah... As for the Braylon thing...

:highfive::cheers:

 

[NFBuck]

Also, Chansi Stuckey is now the coolest name in Cleveland since CoCo Crisp...