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Reuben Droughns-RB-Browns Mar. 4 - 2:58 pm et


There was reportedly talk in Denver last week that Reuben Droughns could be traded back to the Broncos.

Cleveland may cut ties with Droughns, a below average starter in the league. Droughns came to the Browns in a trade with Denver in 2005.
Source: Cleveland Plain-Dealer , Broncos

We should start some sort of frequent flyer program with the Bronco's.

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Traded for what, I wonder...

You have a link?

I don't know. It's from rotoworld that's all it says.

http://www.rotoworld.com/content/Home_NFL.aspx

This is Savage seeing if he can get anything for Droughns before he releases him.

Well, if he is indeed traded, I think it's safe to say we are going to go and get Peterson in the draft... what else could it mean?

Going to wait until the smoke clears ( in a couple of weeks ) before I start running my mouth

Man... if that happened, could it be any clearer we're going for Adrian Peterson in the draft?

There is nothing but Tony Grossi saying that there was talk.... so the sole basis of this is a Cleveland reporter claiming that there was talk of this in Denver. Not surprising, I'm sure somebody somewhere in the city of Denver thought of trading to get Droughns back.

From Grossi's article:
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Here and there:

There was talk in Denver last week that Droughns could be swapped back to the Broncos. The team has its annual void at running back after shipping Tatum Bell to Detroit in the deal for cornerback Dre Bly.. . .

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I'm going to leave this one alone, but don't be surprised if one of the other Refs deletes this as being just rumormill garbage.

Besides, what are they gonna do, trade a DLine back to us??

Or maybe thats what Phil wants it to look like !

That seems to be the case. It sucks that everyone will know that now though, somebody like Houston could move ahead of us and take him.

Rumour or not, and bonus aside, let's discuss the possibility of losing Rube.
What happens if?

I think Droughns may not be seen as worth the cash to keep him, considering his age. It wasn't all his fault but he didn't look good last season, and he's getting older for his power running style. He also has a fumbling problem.

Good point, Purp... only talk at this point.

That 1.75 million bonuse due in a few day does make it likely something is done with Droughns.

That is a pile of cash to spend on a dime a dozen back.

It would make sense to get rid of him before the bonus is due... I am not saying I dont Like Droughns but he has been hurt over the seasons weve had him.. PLUS he still has his house there..(Remember: Domestic Violoence w/ wife) If we get rid of him I hope we Dont get Chris Brown.. Travis Henry Maybe...Jamal Lewis..Nice... But I would miss Droughs...But you have to put the team first..

I have never really liked Reuben so it wouldn't matter to me. I mena I respect him and was glad he put up 1,000 but he just isn't a very good back.

He is just entirely too slow. Hell if we would haave had Adrian Peteson in here the year Reub rushed for 1,000, AP probably would have rushed for 1,800 .

True... but it's also chump change compared to our cap situation.


Didn't we give him an extension last year? Anyone know what his signing bonus was? How much are we looking at accellerating onto this year if we trade him?

I would rather have Brown than Henry or Lewis.

Until our oline proves they can consistently open holes, I like having droughns here. Peterson would be crushed with the line we had last year. Droughns is tough and always pounds an extra yard or two out of his runs. Sometimes that was difference between a stop for no gain and a 2 yard gain.

Speed is useless if there is no hole to dart through. Droughns has power and enough vision to use it well. If he goes and our line doesn't improve drastically, we might seriously regret it.

Droughns has been on thin ice for a while...from his off-season escapades to his poor production this year to sitting out the 1st Pittsburgh game...

Methinks Droughns is done in Cleveland.

Not to start a debate here, but have you seen Peterson run? The man gets the extra yards.

Yep , in College !

There were plenty of time i scene hole open for him and he wasn't fast enough to run through them

But I thought Brown was a walking injury waiting to happen.

That goes beyond "chump change".

I don't know the specifics of his contract.

Ah yes , the wisdom of those who have crystal balls

Well, I´m not really sure he´s worth the roster bonus and while neither FA nor draft class is great there are some players who would be an upgrade....

I really like LaMont Jordan and he´s on his way out in Oak as a scapegoat for a horrible overall Offense (he was the best there imho.....and his 3.8 avg is repectable considering the rest of the offense)...he´s also a good receiver out of the backfield

In the draft...who knows...maybe Brian Leonard in the 2nd? (no I´m not joking.....we have reportedly been looking at him a lot and our FO seems to love the guy)

At 6' 1 1/2"/220, it's not like the guy is a dimuitive wall flower. (Not to mention that he's pretty fast at 4.38-4.4) What's Ruben, 5' 11"/220? I don't see a big drop off here. Granted he hasn't played a down in the NFL, but I don't think gaining yards will be one of his problems.

.. " seen a hole? "

Thats a hole down the road a bit !

Do we have any plans to bring in Domique Rhodes (spelling ??)??

You think it takes a crystal ball to figure out Droughns is a bum?

Actually it just takes a TV and a couple hours every Sunday in the fall, you should try it sometime.

this is all just to get a trade done before the draft IMHO. It's a bunch of smoke screen to make it look like we will take AP. If we do trade ruben then I'm sure we will go after Lewis once we complete a trade.

The Toad is going to have to send back his Fit to size Rueben Droughns Golden Shaleleigh...

Seriously though, I dunno about this move... Might be more smoke from Berea as we try and maneuver teams jockeying for our pick... Will be interesting to see how this all plays out...

listen to toad, everybody, he's right.