DawgTalkers.net Forums The Archives 2018 NFL Season 2018 NFL Draft Browns select Antonio Callaway with the 105th pick

It's not about the use...it's about following the rules.

Cfrs15 said it best...lottery pick.

Didn't KC last year (dorsey) take that other Florida WR with alot of trouble...Man Dorsey likes his problem child's straight out the swamp

sounds like a smart kid

178th apparently

He and josh and be buds.

We got the Pats' 4th, (105) and gave them our 4th (114) and our 6th. (178)

Our remaining picks, if I am not mistaken, are the 5th (150) and 2 6ths. (175 and 188)

The birth of a child changes a ton, let's hope he can stick with it. Because I agree if our WR Corp plays all season, this may be the best we've had in long long time

I wish we had no more picks. They just keep getting worse. We need to hire Ozzie.

I think he is plagiarizing Gordon.

or we're one weekend party away from having nothing

Love this pick. Low risk, high reward. Kid could be a top receiver if he wants to be. Worst case scenario, he gets himself cut for dumb reasons. Best case, he lives up to the talent. I'll take that risk.

I also love the idea of introducing this kid to our locker room. Gordon seems to have found himself, Landry and Taylor bring high-end leadership and professionalism, Mayfield and Chubb have already brought some youthful optimism and excitement.

Perhaps best of all, you can be sure Todd Haley is going to ask Callaway who he wants to be - the guy making "where are they now?" lists after he throws it away, or Haley's next Antonio Brown.

Let's be real here - If one or two players from this round of the draft go on to be anything, it's a pretty good fourth round. The difference between us and the rest of the teams picking is that our guy undeniably has the talent.

It's the fourth round. I got no problems with taking a gamble.

Is this the kind of role player that Hue Jackson was trying to acquire when he signed, (I read he was his guy once here) , signed that guy mid season last year which didn't really plan out but saw a lot of playing time.

i wanted hamilton WAY more

All you have to do is read The Old Testament and then The New Testament to see that.

John Dorsey on Antonio Callaway: I've very excited to get a guy of this talent and caliber at this point in draft

From that article.

In an interview with NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport, Callaway admitted to wrongdoings, including smoking marijuana "several" weeks prior to the 2018 NFL Scouting Combine, but said the birth of his daughter on Feb. 7 has changed everything for him.


So he's saying all is right with this world since the birth of his daughter. But yet he tested positive at the scouting combine that was February 27 – March 5, 2018. Three weeks after his daughter was born.

Agreed. Low risk high reward. Without the off field issues this guy is a mid to late 1st rounder. Only cost us a 4th. Good pick.

"We thought that 4th round is right where you get a guy like this. Because you know you have certain resources to help young men develop ... He'll understand what it is to be a Cleveland Brown ... " — GM John Dorsey on Antonio Callaway

Kids don't change you until week 4.

Please tell me the winning lottery numbers tonight!

6 11 19 31 49 (14)

Cannot do that. I only know Dorsey does not have the winning combination,

To be clear, he could have smoked in late January and tested positive on Feb 27th. I also read he actually didn’t test positive for cannabis. His sample was too diluted. Which can happen to anyone getting tested. It happened to my girlfriend before a job, and she doesn’t smoke.
Again, not defending him. Just clearing up details.

With his history, I know which way I am betting.

So his wife/girlfriend is ready to pop and he's getting toasted? I understand your point, I'm just not sure I see it as that much better of a scenario.

Best case scenario is that he learns from Gordon's mistakes and applies himself like Gordon seems to be doing. If they both stay clean, we just became scary at WR.

Biggest "if" of the last few years.

Browns trade up to pick No. 105, select Antonio Callaway | cleveland.com
http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ss...ncart_big-photo

BEREA, Ohio -- The Cleveland Browns started their third day of the draft by trading up to pick No. 105 and drafting Florida wide receiver Antonio Callaway. New England previously held the pick, which they acquired from the Bears.

The Browns gave up picks No. 114, a fourth-round pick, and No. 178, a sixth-round pick that they acquired on Friday night when they traded down from No. 64.

Callaway carries with him a long list of off-field issues. He was suspended for 2016 spring practices for a sexual assault investigation. He was cleared of three charges by a Title IX hearing officer.

He also pleaded no contest to possession of drug paraphernalia in July of 2017 and suspended for the 2017 season for using stolen credit card information to make bookstore purchases.

Callaway also failed his drug test at the NFL combine. He told NFL Network's Ian Rapoport "he smoked weeks before but vowed, 'I take full responsibility for everything.'"

Callaway, who played at the same high school as Browns' third-round pick Chad Thomas, became the first player in University of Florida history and the 21st FBS player since 1996 to score a rushing, receiving, passing, punt return and kickoff return touchdown in his career.

One footnote on this trade: By giving up pick No. 178, this means the Browns have now made all the picks acquired via the trade down from No. 2 in 2016 that netted the Eagles Carson Wentz.

Like I said I wasn’t defending him.
As to the comment about ‘his wife getting ready to pop and him lighting up’... meh. I’m sure many expecting baby daddies enjoy beers in the days leading up to the birth of their child. Is that an issue? I don’t see it as one, anymore than burning some tree.
Now the fact that he’s an NFL prospect heading into the combine and burning tree. That’s a much bigger concern to me.

Yes, there is a chance. Remote, but still a chance.

j/c

All joking aside, this could help Gordon. In the 25+ years I've been C&S, I've met many people who credit their continued sobriety to being a sponsor (mentoring someone newly sober or with less sobriety.) Helping another learn how to live sober can be just what Gordon needs.

edited to add; I'm not saying this will happen, but it could.

I was wondering about that...

Anybody have the list of players?

Not you per se, but in general.

I don't know why the consenesous on this board always doesn't like our Best GM's.

Personally I find it very hard to hate a GM, but I do for a little bit, (I'm even over my hatred of the Chubb pick)
Dorsey is becoming one of our Best GM's I really liked Heckert, too and somebody way back when Romeo was coach.

Farmer was a little less than average but I liked him, not really but I didn't hate what he was doing.

Sometimes I think the only way to make this board members happy is for

99% of all player aquistions need to be edge rushers.
and the other 1 %

that 1% needs to be split between
edge rushers
edge rushers
and anything else.

So the Team drafts front 7 edge rushers for 4 and 1/2 years and the 1/2 year they actually focus on offense,

even though the team loses every fall while the offense is on the field,

the 1/2 year the draft is actually focused on offense, the consensous of the board is something like "these guys are nuts".

Defense wins championships? Only after the offense gets you there.

I guess there were also allegations of a sexual assault and an incident involving using a stolen credit card. Smoking up really only gets him in trouble with the League, but those things are serious, if true.

Carson Wentz for:

Corey Coleman
Shon Coleman
Cody Kessler
Derrick Kindred
Spencer Drango
Ricardo Louis
Jordan Payton
Jabrill Peppers
Deshone Kizer
Denzel Ward
Chad Thomas

(Lots of little moves in there not accounted for)

https://twitter.com/JaredKMueller/status/990277997717606401

Baker might have to give Callaway the DeDe Westbrook treatment (from Moving the Sticks Podcast-Baker Mayfield 360). Pick him up for work and take him home afterward, stay on him all the time.

And Damarius Randall
That was another move, take Kizer off the list add Randall but there were other picks involved there too