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That's fine. I don't think the numbers would be on your side. And yes, need will vary the draft board to a certain extent from team to team. But if there were any way to prove it, I bet as far as pure talent most teams GM's would be on board with the top 5 to 10 players to a huge extent. Well, I mean except AB that is.

j/c

For those who were discussing Cousins this could end up having a direct impact on our draft......

Sources: Falcons expected to cut Kirk Cousins before $10M bonus due

https://www.espn.co.uk/nfl/story/_/...-expected-cut-kirk-cousins-10m-bonus-due

I'm kind of with you. Unfortunately, none of the "top" tackles do much for me. Banks gives me Wills vibes. Has the tools, but just don't see a ton of effort. Was looking forward to the A&M matchup, but he went out early so didn't get to see him against Scourton much really. But trade back-OT was the route I thought I wanted to go. Not sure I see the value there, either, though.

Not sure about edge rushers, but don't/didn't see it as a huge need. Though with Myles' recent position maybe it is. I had thought McGuire had been coming on.

Trade back looks like the play to me. Don't love any of the QBs. Probably try to gain something in 2026 and get a shot at a QB then. Contemplating if ballhawking safety is the play after the trade back. Might let us play press more (and finish pressures) if we had an eraser deep. Malaki Starks is a name I'm starting to dig into.

Not sure how I feel about Milroe. Or how we would use him. Wouldn't hate it, and it makes some sense, but not sure what the offense would look like. Like Myles, I'd want to know the plan.

j/c

Depending on the outcomes of the Jax and Panthers games, we could pick up one or two spots in the draft order. That could put us at #5 or #6 with two weeks to go....

Tankathon currently has us at 4th. They’re pretty good with being accurate and up to date. Going from 7th to 4th is a big deal. Now you’re really in potential top QB territory. But as luck would have it from everything I’ve read this is a dud year for QB’s. Still, on course for getting a top 5 player.

If we're in the top 5 I would trade down and see if we can get an extra #1 or 2. With that pick I would take a QB IF we thought he's got some potential. Sign Cousins when he is released. He's better than anything we have now, and KS and he can work together. I would sign another vet QB and keep DTR if we don't draft one. Then we take BPA at positions of the most need. JMO at this time.

Perish the thought! There is no way I want any QB with our 1st pick unless we trade down significantly. For that reason, I am content to stay in the #4 to #7 spot; I would be very fearful if we ended up in the top 2 spots. We will get a very good player where we are currently at #6.

Of the several draft sites that I just checked, all of them have us in the #5 spot....

A guy that intrigues me is LT Wyatt Milum of West Virginia, he has good size, good footwork and good hand placement. He isn't an Elite player but a very good one and most draft sites rank him as a mid 1st rnd pick.

A friend of mine is a Packers fan, lucky him, and he mentioned about Myles possibly wanting out. I told him that I don't blame Myles as we need a rebuild here and he's turning 29 soon. He said Green Bay could really use him and i mentioned a lot of teams could. I don't want to trade him, but we could probably get a #1 and maybe a #2 or#3 for him. It's something to think about. By the time we become really competitive again Myles will be 33 or 34 on the downside of his career. I'm sure he doesn't want to end up like Joe Thomas.

I agree Bone. I don't want to trade him either like I mentioned. It's just food for thought and looking at all options. Our D is still pretty good, but we could use another edge rusher, CB, Safety and a LB IMO. On O we need an O-line rebuild with 3 new guys, WR, RB, and obviously a QB. It can't be done in one draft and FA period. Maybe in 3.

Pretty sure Milroe started most if not all of 2023, too, so not sure the inexperience excuse really flies. Also was with Saban for 3 of his 4 years, so it would seem he was coached hard/"well."

There's even less time for coaching at the next level. I'm not sure how correctable the weaknesses are if he hasn't corrected them already.

Don't get me wrong, I see potential in Milroe, too. I've just been burned by potential too many times. It's too hard to guess what will actually get corrected. Is he functional at all at the NFL level if they don't? QB is kind of the one position where you need to have everything or you've basically got nothing. Can't really do a specialist role and grow from there at that spot.

Again, maybe it can work with him, but I'd care a lot about the plan.

Edit: I'd rather go the Fields route than Cousins. I think Cousins is done. I think putting him behind our OL would ensure it if he's not already. Also think the optimal offensive plan would be more similar for those two.

Cousins has fallen off the map late in the season and hasn't actually looked any better than what's available in the Browns QB room as of now. I understand why some find it attractive because he had success when working with Stefanski before but you can't bring back talent that's no longer there.

Much like yourself I believe when you try to line up cost with need Fields may end up being the best option available to the Browns during the off season.

I would take Cousins and him possibly regaining past form, over anything we have now. Id like to draft a QB but I dunno about the prospects. Reading here it doesn’t sound favourable.

Cousins needs to be the bridge

If a QB we like is there in the 2nd round, take him to learn behind Cousins. Build the O line or D line with the 1st pick. Grab a great back in the 3rd round and maybe even another in the 6th

Something not mentioned in the way of trades....trade Njoku. I don't know what you can get, maybe a 3rd rounder.

This draft has some really good TE prospects. Fannin, Warren, others. Tight ends are fairly safe picks, meaning their college performance translates to NFL performance. We could plug and play either of Fannin or Warren.

if we can get travis hunter, that would be amazing. we already have Garrett and Ward on defense in their primes right now. we need a a generational talent on offense

Then we'd better have the 1st pick in 2027 when Jeremiah Smith is draft eligible.

J/C

I don't dislike Hunter. He looks good in the highlights. I do wish more full game cut ups were readily available.

Unfortunately, he looks like a Patriot to me. A weapon for Maye, and they have valued versatility and I think that sticks post-Bill.

Maybe we get in front of them in the draft order, who knows.

The Plan: Haslams hire Kevin Costner for our draft, he duplicates Draft Day, The Land is happy forevermore. We actually never needed that kind of windfall than we do now and for the next couple years.

hopefully we dont have to wait that long cause who knows if we get a better pick than #4, cause Travis Hunter is him. Exclusively on offense and use him like Deebo Samuel.

i feel you. i feel like even though the QB's in the draft are huge question marks, we wouldn't be wrong if we drafted a Sanders or someone like that. at the least it would signal that Watson is officially done and we dont have to think about him, cap hit be damned.


but if we dont go QB, and for whatever reason we go into the season with some version of Watson, DTR, and winston or whatever, then we need an explosive talent on O, and thats hunter.

Is Jalen Milroe definitely coming out?

I don’t want us to draft Sanders either for the reasons you mentioned. Besides, I’m sure Deion doesn’t want him to come to Cleveland. We’ve had enough nonsense between Manziel, OBJ and Watson. We need to keep things under the radar and our FO to do its job and draft solid, talented and productive players.

Another player that I am interested in seeing during the college football playoffs is Cam Skattebo Rb arizona st
Saw some highlights and loves how he runs angry