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Since we're in the lull before training camp and the active subjects of discussion are few I'm offering this question. Disclosure, it was asked on one of the Browns facebook group pages, even still it was interesting, to me.

Question. If you could bring back a historical Browns' player to place on the current roster who would it be? Let's go one offense and one defense. Although I don't expect you guys to observe that limit, LOL.

Offense: Joe Thomas
Defense: Michael Dean Perry.

Joe Thomas
Eric Turner

Joe Thomas
Joe Thomas (at DE)

That works!
Lets add Clay Mathews

Let's look at where we need the most help.

Linebacker: Clay Mathews or Chip Banks

OL: Joe Thomas or Joe DeLamielleure

Clay was next. Turner was a HOF talent that never got to see it through. RIP
No knock on Clay but we haven’t had an enforcer at S since he left.

Why not Special Teams? We could really use Phil Dawson right now.....or Matt Bahr

Good call

Well yeah there is that

Special teams? Why not Benny Thompson? ( I think that was his name) He was just a madman on kickoff coverage.

Paul Warfield, O

Clay Matthews. D

Ozzie and Jim Brown

If on D...Jack Gregory was much under rated...he was a good DE

The other, lets go Clarence Scott or Hanford.

O - Joe Thomas
D - Clay Matthews Jr.

ST - Phil Dawson

Coach - Bill Belichick

FO - Paul Brown

I agree with looking at positions of weakness -

Joe Thomas
Clay Matthews

To your sig.....probably because most of it's fans are under 60 years old.

Offense:
RT - Cody Risien (and Thomas at LT, of course)

Defense:
FS - Thom Darden

Special Teams:
KR - Metcalf (and Cribbs, of course)
K - Dawson

I have to go with this thought process as well. I believe that in the teams history there may well be players just as, if not more deserving of being brought back. But for this team, at this moment, these would be the two I would select to best help our team today.

whats funny is JT could actually come back right now and help. I kinda wish he would, he deserves to be a part of this run

At some point you have to consider the punishment your body has taken and the future with your family above the game. Joe did just that.

So so many to choose from......


For some reason or another, on D?

Joe "Turkey" Jones



D runner up?

Donnie Rogers

Imo had a chance to be mentioned with the all time greats. Tragic.



On O?

Phil Dawson.....

.....cause Kickers are O.

Remember walking to this game. Huge gust of wind on west 3rd bridge wiped out about 70-80 of the roughly 200+ fans on it at the time. Watching Dawson pregame, he was practicing 45+ yard fg's and have to kick the ball almost outta bounds and let the wind take it to the goalposts.



O runner up?

Greg Pruitt

The tear aways, etc, etc. On pins/needles every time he returned a kick, punt.




So, those are my 2. 1 on Offense and 1 on Defense.

Offense: Joe Thomas

Defense: Eddie "The Assassin" Johnson (close second, MDP and Dixon)

It would be great if he were 10 years younger. I mean it literally.. he was an especially dominant player around 2009 if I remember correctly.

Age takes a toll though and it's not the same for everybody. He might be 250 lb right now with shot knees.. I don't know if any degree of skill could realistically overcome that at this point. The NFL is a tough league.

Steve Everitt. He NEVER stopped giving everything he had in a crappy time. He stuck with us fans until the end and is my definition of a Cleveland Brown! He'd be deserving of leading us into good times!

Right now I think that Joe Thomas and Clay Matthews would probably help us the most.

Nice topic, guard.

I am going to lean towards need when I choose these two guys, but will not solely depend on it.

LT: Joe Thomas. Many have listed him, but let's get real. He was one of the greatest ever at LT in the NFL and it is a position of need. I think Jim Brown was the best Brown ever, but we need a LT way more than a RB.

CB: I'm torn between Mighty Minni and Hanford. I think Minnifield might have been a bit better in coverage down the field, but Hanford's physical presence was something else. I'll go w/Hanford because he was my favorite Brown back in the day. But, Minni was just as good.

Going by need:

LB: Clay Matthews. Should be in the hall of fame.

Phil Dawson as our kicker.

Offense: Kevin Mack
Defense: Eric Turner My favorite browns player of all time.

Cool to see everybody having fun with this. I'm sticking with my picks because as I've said most of the offseason I'm concerned about our interior D line depth. But, if I was going to go with one of my favorite defensive players it would be the underappreciated Felix Wright. Dude was sneaky good.

I have to go with Joe & Clay too.

Offense: Joe Thomas is the obvious choice here.

Defense: Michael Dean Perry. Man, he would rock in today's game that requires pressure up the middle.

Jim Brown
Clay Matthews

Put me in the Joe Thomas and Clay Matthews group.

I"m wanting to watch Jim Brown in action. No way I'm picking an olineman over witnessing arguably the best running back of all time, the great Jim Brown.

On defense, my choice is Clay Matthews.

By Need:

Joe Thomas
Clay Mathews

By Talent and Dominance:

Jim Brown
Len Ford

William Green & Quincy Morgan

Offense? No debate from me it would be Jim Brown. Consider what he could have been with modern training methods and nutrition. I strongly suspect his quality of life in the NFL would have been better as well.

Ernie Davis - man I would have loved to have been able to see how his career may have turned out if he was healthy.