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Next week we may be adding a name to this list TE Sal Cannella. I almost forgot about him. He looked good in the preseason and yesterday was a bright spot in the 2nd. If Fannon is out next week vs the Bengals I think Sal will be Sander's security blanket next week and show he has ability to make the roster next season. He is a nice-looking TE prospect.

I know he wasnt drafted but Campbell has been a great addition also

The 2025 draft went a very long way in getting where the Browns need to go. There are some very essential holes still needed to be filled so we will certainly see how that develops. If they can maintain the upwards trajectory and build on what they did during past off season the future could be bright. At this point I'm in wait and see mode.

I'm not as sold on Sanders as some are. He has some talent and it's not impossible he cold be the answer but I'm not even remotely convinced that will happen. But even a worse case scenario we have a decent back-up QB there and for a fifth round draft pick that in and of itself is a win.

I agree with the Sanders part. He has improved some, but below what I would like to see in a starting QB yet. Part may be the different game called by OC. Not all is him by any metric, but it still has issues to address. Thanks for the win, but it was lousy in spots. Hats off to rooks who played well.

Yesterday, I saw him beat a blitzer by dumping the ball off to a non-primary read.

This is huge improvement from that preseason game as well as when he came in vs Baltimore. IMO, that's a bigger deal than his (albeit small) collection of good plays he puts together each game.

While several of those guys are truly special (Schwesinger, for starters), let's not get carried away..... these are guys getting touches on a 4-win team that has been outclasses in nearly every single game all season.

Some of these guys are starting because of injury, some of them simply because we don't have anyone better to put ahead of them because we chose to get younger this year.

Graham: is very solid, and should become quite good.
Judkins:... sorry, but I see William Green 2.0. Dude is not a Nick Chubb caliber player.
Harold Fannin: looks like the real deal
Dylan Sampson: poor man's Kareem Hunt. I like him, but he's pretty raw
Schedeur Sanders: improving, but still not good. Yeah, a lot of his INT's are tipped balls.... but, he has an inordinately large number of tipped balls for an INT
Isaiah Bond, Adin Huntington, Raheim Sanders: they may flash, but none are special; all are likely 2nd stringers on a good team
Andre Szmyt: looks like he has a future here

RB Raheim Sanders looks really good too.

I appreciate your positivity,but lets not go overboard.Half of those dime a dozen players will be answers to trivia questions that only the most die hard Browns fan would know.What should impress you is that Jeudy not only got open,but actually caught the ball.

I appreciate your positivity,but lets not go overboard.Half of those dime a dozen players will be answers to trivia questions that only the most die hard Browns fan would know.What should impress you is that Jeudy not only got open,but actually caught the ball.

RB Raheim Sanders looks really good too.

He looks (to me) to be a decent battering-ram-type RB. I'm not gonna lie, I was kinda chuckling on plays where he was trying to make a move. I honestly think he'd be better served just running into the pile vs trying to hit a cutback.

That comes in handy during third and very short yardage situations. Especially at the goal line. I'm not sure however if that alone will be enough moving forward to secure a roster spot.

[quote=PrplPplEater]While several of those guys are truly special (Schwesinger, for starters), let's not get carried away..... these are guys getting touches on a 4-win team that has been outclasses in nearly every single game all season.

Some of these guys are starting because of injury, some of them simply because we don't have anyone better to put ahead of them because we chose to get younger this year.


Judkins:... sorry, but I see William Green 2.0. Dude is not a Nick Chubb caliber player./quote]

Nick Chubb, that's a very high expectation. I look forward to seeing how he does when his yards before contact average isn't near the bottom of the league, because his yards after contact is near the top. 2-3 of his long gains were called back. He can run; he just needs to quit getting hit behind the LOS so often.

We are seeing the beginning of a core of players that could really make a mark - the "Hungry Dawgs."
So which is it,the beginning of a core group,or,we don't know.
I like the nickname.It should have a place in the annals of NFL history,alongside the Purple People Eaters,the Steel Curtain and the Orange Crush,units that accomplished something.

Schwesinger is special.
Fannin is special.

Judkins has impressed me but he's not close to Chubb, but then chub was one of the best three running backs in the NFL so....

Szmyt has potential to be our answer at kicker which would be big.

All the others... Have been productive (or made the grade) on our bad team and can be good or backups.... Either way it's still a clever good draft haul.

Graham has been one of the best DT in the NFL over the 2nd half of the season.

Carson has been one of the best ILB, rookie or not, this year.

Judkins is going to be excellent with a modest OL in front of him. He was hit behine the LOS 57% of the time through mid December, when he got hurt.

Fannin is excellent.


Gabriel. Sampson, and Sanders ..... who knows? OL troubles have affected all of them, but they still might not be good.

IMO, Judkins is going to be a very good back when he has a competent O-Line in front of him. Shedeur, Sampson and anybody else we have in the backfield will be better also for that matter. Nick Chubb was special but he also had a very good line in front of him. For about 3-4 years our line was one of the best in the league if I remember correctly.