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Cleveland Browns (2013 Season)

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I feel like I'm in bizarro world....but I actually don't hate the trade. We're clearly in tank mode, and we're in the market for our future QB in the next draft. I think this organization is hoping for a crack at Bridgewater, although it came out yesterday they've sent scouts to the first two Texas A&M games. The Browns clearly want a duel threat QB, and they want a top 5 pick.

The issue with Richardson is two-fold. One, we're paying him too much to run behind our mediocre line and the production isn't good enough. Two, if you can fix the right side of our line, RB isn't a hard position to fill. IMO, the biggest issue with 2013 has been the bust that has been Mitchell Schwartz and no one could have predicted the debacle that is O'Neal Cousins. Our OL was supposed to be a strength and it's one of the leagues worst. Having a second first round pick will help us rebuild the offense (QB and OL maybe?) while our young defense continues to gel.

Our defense looks respectable for the second straight year, and we'll have another off-season of decent money to spend, especially with Richardson off the books. I kind of appreciate the balls it takes to make a move like this, you just hope they make the right pick in the draft which is a whole other discussion.
 
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billmac91 said:
I feel like I'm in bizarro world....but I actually don't hate the trade. We're clearly in tank mode, and we're in the market for our future QB in the next draft. I think this organization is hoping for a crack at Bridgewater, although it came out yesterday they've sent scouts to the first two Texas A&M games. The Browns clearly want a duel threat QB, and they want a top 5 pick.

The issue with Richardson is two-fold. One, we're paying him too much to run behind our mediocre line and the production isn't good enough. Two, if you can fix the right side of our line, RB isn't a hard position to fill. IMO, the biggest issue with 2013 has been the bust that has been Mitchell Schwartz and no one could have predicted the debacle that is O'Neal Cousins. Our OL was supposed to be a strength and it's one of the leagues worst. Having a second first round pick will help us rebuild the offense (QB and OL maybe?) while our young defense continues to gel.

Our defense looks respectable for the second straight year, and we'll have another off-season of decent money to spend, especially with Richardson off the books. I kind of appreciate the balls it takes to make a move like this, you just hope they make the right pick in the draft which is a whole other discussion.
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You were going soo strong up until this point... There is no more hope with this team. We expect them to waste both first round picks to trade up for Jonny fubar foosball, who like so many other college QBs before him, looks great on Saturday, but looks like road kill on Sunday, the list is too long to even start... The team just needs to move atleast then we can bitch about not having a team instead of a team that with a FO/Owner/Coaching staff that would lose on "Are you smarter than a 5th grader"
 
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AuTX Buckeye said:
You were going soo strong up until this point... There is no more hope with this team. We expect them to waste both first round picks to trade up for Jonny fubar foosball, who like so many other college QBs before him, looks great on Saturday, but looks like road kill on Sunday, the list is too long to even start... The team just needs to move atleast then we can bitch about not having a team instead of a team that with a FO/Owner/Coaching staff that would lose on "Are you smarter than a 5th grader"
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I get it...we're Cleveland and we're cursed. At the same time, I'm actually a bit more optimistic than I was yesterday in some regards. This franchise has just told us indirectly they're moving on from Brandon Weeden and the previous regimes offense all together. That is a good thing IMO, because Weeden sucks and is 29, and our best player on offense is averaging 3.1 yards a carry.

Keep fine tuning the defense through prudent free agent moves and build the offense through the draft. Take our franchise QB in round 1 this year, and hopefully take a RT to help protect him. Target a late round RB and all of a sudden this team looks somewhat respectable on paper.

I don't know....I've hated everything about this franchise for so long. I actually kind of respect this direction and think they might be onto something here. And as pessimistic as I have been for the last decade, this move makes me feel somewhat optimistic. These guys actually saw how horrendous of shape we were in with Weeden at the helm and we aren't going to flail in medocrity for another 7 years. Address it now. Tank. Get your Cleveland Cavaliers on and make this a 2-3 year project vs. a decade more of pure shit.

I'm down with it.
 
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billmac91 said:
I get it...we're Cleveland and we're cursed. At the same time, I'm actually a bit more optimistic than I was yesterday in some regards. This franchise has just told us indirectly they're moving on from Brandon Weeden and the previous regimes offense all together. That is a good thing IMO, because Weeden sucks and is 29, and our best player on offense is averaging 3.1 yards a carry.

Keep fine tuning the defense through prudent free agent moves and build the offense through the draft. Take our franchise QB in round 1 this year, and hopefully take a RT to help protect him. Target a late round RB and all of a sudden this team looks somewhat respectable on paper.

I don't know....I've hated everything about this franchise for so long. I actually kind of respect this direction and think they might be onto something here. And as pessimistic as I have been for the last decade, this move makes me feel somewhat optimistic. These guys actually saw how horrendous of shape we were in with Weeden at the helm and we aren't going to flail in medocrity for another 7 years. Address it now. Tank. Get your Cleveland Cavaliers on and make this a 2-3 year project vs. a decade more of pure [Mark May].

I'm down with it.
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I'm all for it as long as the QB isn't Jonny Foosball/Rees/Gardner, right now it seems like Bridgewater or bust.. honestly this doesn't seem the year to tank for a QB
 
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billmac91 said:
I get it...we're Cleveland and we're cursed. At the same time, I'm actually a bit more optimistic than I was yesterday in some regards. This franchise has just told us indirectly they're moving on from Brandon Weeden and the previous regimes offense all together. That is a good thing IMO, because Weeden sucks and is 29, and our best player on offense is averaging 3.1 yards a carry.

Keep fine tuning the defense through prudent free agent moves and build the offense through the draft. Take our franchise QB in round 1 this year, and hopefully take a RT to help protect him. Target a late round RB and all of a sudden this team looks somewhat respectable on paper.

I don't know....I've hated everything about this franchise for so long. I actually kind of respect this direction and think they might be onto something here. And as pessimistic as I have been for the last decade, this move makes me feel somewhat optimistic. These guys actually saw how horrendous of shape we were in with Weeden at the helm and we aren't going to flail in medocrity for another 7 years. Address it now. Tank. Get your Cleveland Cavaliers on and make this a 2-3 year project vs. a decade more of pure [Mark May].

I'm down with it.
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Well what happens when Chud shows his true colors of sucking hard? Start over again?

Is DA available? At least he won us some games...
 
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AuTX Buckeye said:
I'm all for it as long as the QB isn't Jonny Foosball/Rees/Gardner, right now it seems like Bridgewater or bust.. honestly this doesn't seem the year to tank for a QB
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There are only (6) 0-2 teams to start the year. Of the (6) only Tampa could potentially be in the market, and they're supposedly high on their back-up rookie QB. I don't think the market is going to be hot for QB's next year in general. Most of the retreads that continually circle the bottom of the barrel (Buffalo, Washington, Miami, Carolina, even Oakland) seem to be invested in what they have. The extra first round pick is added insurance we'll get who we want.
 
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There are only (6) 0-2 teams to start the year. Of the (6) only Tampa could potentially be in the market, and they're supposedly high on their back-up rookie QB. I don't think the market is going to be hot for QB's next year in general. Most of the retreads that continually circle the bottom of the barrel (Buffalo, Washington, Miami, Carolina, even Oakland) seem to be invested in what they have. The extra first round pick is added insurance we'll get who we want.
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You're forgetting Jacksonville. Beating them could screw the whole pooch.
 
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