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Cleveland Browns (2013 Season)

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Not sure how many cases of Adderal Browns would need to make Smith NFL-caliber.. I am SURE it's a smoke screen to make someone take him so Browns can get their REAL target.. please tell me this is so.. there is nothing Smith has that is an improvement over Weeden.. certainly not arm strength.. and ability to read defenses and coverages
 
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exhawg;2327581; said:
I really hope all the Geno Smith talk is the Browns trying to game other teams. If they do draft Smith anywhere in the first round I'm going to have a lot more free time on Sundays.
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Has to be an attempt to make a team go full retard to trade up...it has to be. No really, it has to.
 
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NJ-Buckeye;2327578; said:
Thin at LB - only if you mean quality.. cuz quantity-wise we still have 9 and I would be surprised if we don't add 1 or 2 in this draft

RB - why did we re-sign Ogbo? despite his size, for some reason I think of him as a similar back to Lewis.. altho I admit the 5'7 (who probably is 5'5") can hide behind behemoth linemen... I kinda like having Hardesty & Ogbo in reserve... and I think of Ogbo as a 'scatback'

Ask me how thrilled I'd be to pick up Boren and let Owen go.. but then I'd also take Stoney too.. homer yes, but I think those two can help us in areas of need.. and are better than what we have.. Stoney as a backup

I would like to have 27 WRs on the roster.. with the hope of finding TWO worth a crap.. behind my keeper, Gordon... IF we're ever going to step up to playoff contender, not sure we can do it with Little and his inconsistency... can't recall a 'dropper' fixing himself (interject Braylon in here as proof)
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Yes, thin in terms of quality. Marecic is gone. I can't in any way envision him being a part of this team next year. I'd also be happy to bring Stoney in. I'm hoping they do. I don't see him as a backup though. Sure he isn't the best inline blocker, but he is a hell of a receiving threat and his combine performance only re-affirmed what many of us knew - he's a great athlete at the position.

I'm not saying Little "fixed" the drops in the 2nd half of the season, but they went the way of the do-do pretty damn quick. In fact he made a few highlight worthy grabs along that timeframe as well.
 
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Buckeneye;2327589; said:
Yes, thin in terms of quality. Marecic is gone. I can't in any way envision him being a part of this team next year. I'd also be happy to bring Stoney in. I'm hoping they do. I don't see him as a backup though. Sure he isn't the best inline blocker, but he is a hell of a receiving threat and his combine performance only re-affirmed what many of us knew - he's a great athlete at the position.

I'm not saying Little "fixed" the drops in the 2nd half of the season, but they went the way of the do-do pretty damn quick. In fact he made a few highlight worthy grabs along that timeframe as well.
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Agreed....

Marecic is gone and it's seemed pretty clear from the Browns camp talk that Obby will be at FB; staff has loved his pass protection as well.
 
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Regarding the running backs situation one thing is for certain. They will not trade Hardisty. I heard Haslam during an exhibition game last season on television and he started talking about Hardisty and that he was from UT. He also said that he was one of the best running backs when he was in high school. He talked like he was the next Jim Brown as a RB.
 
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Buckeneye;2327589; said:
I'm not saying Little "fixed" the drops in the 2nd half of the season, but they went the way of the do-do pretty damn quick. In fact he made a few highlight worthy grabs along that timeframe as well.
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Yeah, I was trying to find something on this, as it was my recollection that it had gotten better, though I had only my spotty memory:

The new Browns coaching staff has been "very impressed" by Greg Little's improvement on tape as the 2012 season progressed.He reportedly "seems to be a significant part" of the new regime's plan. Little had six drops and only 11 receptions in the first five games, before catching 42 balls with just three drops over the final 11. We've yet to see many glimpses of Little's supposedly explosive run-after-catch ability, but he's definitely getting better and will be just 24 in May. He's on the back-end WR3 radar for 2013.
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http://www.rotoworld.com/player/nfl/6575/greg-little
 
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AKAK;2327595; said:
Yeah, I was trying to find something on this, as it was my recollection that it had gotten better, though I had only my spotty memory:
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I remember one of those 3 last drops being just off the tips of his fingers. Would have been hard for any WR to get ahold of. If he was tagged with a drop for it, that's quite sad. Either way, the improvement he made in a short amount of time was lightyears better then what Braylon did over the course of his entire career.



bigdog3300;2327591; said:
Agreed....

Marecic is gone and it's seemed pretty clear from the Browns camp talk that Obby will be at FB; staff has loved his pass protection as well.
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Obby is a willing blocker in pass protection - but if you're talking about being a lead blocker for Trent? No way.
 
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Buckeneye;2327596; said:
I remember one of those 3 last drops being just off the tips of his fingers. Would have been hard for any WR to get ahold of. If he was tagged with a drop for it, that's quite sad. Either way, the improvement he made in a short amount of time was lightyears better then what Braylon did over the course of his entire career.
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I was trying to find some kind of percent caught of thrown to split, but, I could only find leaders (and those are mostly RB's).

Every reciever drops balls, of course the ones with the most are usually the ones with a lot of time thrown to, at any rate, I'll take 3 drops for 42 receptions all day.
 
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Absolutely. If there can be some consistency on offense this year and good health, big things could be in store. I'm not saying SuperBowl, but with the stagnation of the Bungles, the Ratbirds losing damn near everyone valuable on defense and Flacco's best offensive weapon.... Toss in the severe decline of the Steelers (pretty sure they just lost Sanders to the Pats too).

This year 8-8 could be a wildcard spot. Hell, 10 wins might even be a real possibility.
 
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Buckeneye;2327598; said:
Absolutely. If there can be some consistency on offense this year and good health, big things could be in store. I'm not saying SuperBowl, but with the stagnation of the Bungles, the Ratbirds losing damn near everyone valuable on defense and Flacco's best offensive weapon.... Toss in the severe decline of the Steelers (pretty sure they just lost Sanders to the Pats too).

This year 8-8 could be a wildcard spot. Hell, 10 wins might even be a real possibility.
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This year will be a huge test for the coaching staff. If they can fill CB2, FS, and an OG with competent starters and keep injuries to a minimum we should at least expect a winning season. IMO even with everything else that happened last year the Browns could have been 8-8 with better coaches.

If they draft Geno Smith I put my money on no more than 5 wins.
 
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Now I see why they traded Acho. It was all part of a master plan to get more linebackers:lol: Oh wait, he was with Philadelphia.
The Browns today were awarded linebacker Ryan Rau off waivers from Philadelphia, the club announced.

Originally signed by the Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2012, Rau appeared in four regular season contests last year and totaled three special teams tackles. He spent the first 13 weeks of the season on Philadelphia’s practice squad.

A four-year letterman at Portland State (2008-11), Rau registered 287
career tackles and led the team in that category each of his final three seasons. He also added eight career sacks, three forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries. Born July 30, 1990, the 6-1, 230-pound Rau is a native of Folsom, California, where he attended Folsom High School.
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http://www.cleveland.com/browns/
 
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I'd love for the Browns to trade down, but who would want to trade up in this draft? The only plausible scenario I see is a team wanting to trade up to get a LT...If we do trade down, I really like Desmond Trufant...The Washington CB...alot in the mid first round...

I was on record wanting Warmack but the way the NFL works OG isn't a premier position where high first round picks are spent...I wish we could get back in the 2nd round but I don't really see it happening..

I guess we will know in a little over a week...
 
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