Just looked at your list ... and it was one of the first signs of being EXTREMELY optomistic (or just the first signs of being a browns fan in the offseason).
ASSUMING:
We get Luck or RG3 ... Colt and Seneca are a pair of VERY nice backups. I'd put that position at a strength assuming the QB we get is a real deal.
RTackle ... then we have a project line that includes Thomas, Mack, Pinkston, Lauvao (both more experienced) and a right tackle to be a strength. That's not counting if we brought back Steiny for one year and still have a few others like Vallos Hicks and Greco unless I am mistaken? Still young but more experienced and no major holes. The worst spots would be average and the best spots would be great.
Wide Receiver - Getting a guy anywhere in the draft to be a real threat who is either a game changer or even a burner to take the coverage off means this is improved. But thinking we can line up 4 or 5 wide and have a real number 1 means we could have Little and Momass lining up against safeties and nickle corners or linebackers. It also means guys like Cribbs and Norwood (if they are still around) are lining up against a team's worst cover guys .... I like it and that's only with one or two wideouts.
I know you didn't mention much else but in a short time we still have some BIG holes ... but for the first time in a while we may just have starting quality depth at some of our positions. That's not bad.
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If i had to place some sort of priority on holes to plug in order of impact, I'd go:
QB RT Safety Linebacker Corner WR
Running back can move up towards #2 if we don't sign Hillis.
I have a feeling free agency can plug a couple of those holes with good players....I am assuming when the Homie and Heck Show said they would be players in FA, they meant they would seek solid, proven vets and not just some guy like we did with Pashos.
We don't need to play so so money to someone else's crud. We need to pay big bucks to a player most teams would want.
It's hard to predict who we might get, but once that happens, the list will change....assuming we actually sign a player or two.....(we better if we want to get better)
It's to a point we will have to pay big bucks. You find out what they want and say OK.....sign here.
Other positions I wouldn't mind....well, we have one pro bowler, though Haden should have made it... He's the AFC Norths best corner.....basically we can upgrade at just about every position, but mostly we need a QB and RT to get the O going, and a safety on the defensive side.
If everybody had like minds, we would never learn.
Unfortunately, I've heard that Sanu probably won't be entering. At least that's what some anonymous source close to the team said in mid-December. He was someone I was interested in.
"12/16/2011 - A source close to the program tells Metro New York that Rutgers wide receiver Mohamed Sanu will bypass the NFL and is expected to return for his senior season. The junior wide receiver led the Big East with 109 catches for 1,144 yards and seven touchdowns this past season for the Scarlet Knights, who will play in the Pinstripe Bowl at Yankees Stadium on Dec. 30. He was largely considered a consensus top 50 pick in next spring's NFL Draft and a possible first-round pick. Sanu also has also returned punts and been under center for Rutgers' version of the Wildcat offense, dubbed "The Wild Knight." Speaking on condition of anonymity, the source tells Metro New York that Sanu has informed the coaching staff of his decision to return for his final year of college football. Rutgers released a statement Tuesday afternoon saying no decisions on any underclassmen declaring for the draft or staying school had been made. "There have been no decisions made by any of our draft-eligible underclassmen about their intention to remain at Rutgers or to opt for early-entry into the NFL Draft," the athletic department wrote in a statement. - Kristian Dyer, NY Metro US " http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/players/archive/1664646
I don't know much about Broyles, but Sanu, Jordan White, and Kendall Wright sound like decent options that might be available round 2.
I've seen Sanu play since he was a freshman and I've always thought he's had the potential to be good. This year he's been very good. Although I don't like how they run him under center a lot in the wildcat offense of theirs. But yeah, hopefully this "source" doesn't know what they're talking about. I'd like Sanu as a Brown. He's physical, quick, and he has good hands. He is their biggest weapon on offense and catches a lot of balls and scores a lot of TD's. He isn't a burner or anything though, so he'll have to outphysical people when going deep
That Jordan White out of Western Michigan looks pretty good too. He puts up ridiculous numbers, and watching him play Purdue the other night, he was really good. He made some great catches.
Kendall Wright of Baylor looks very quick too, and he'd be a good fit for our offense. I haven't seen too much of him, but he definitely looks quick with good hands.
People mention Ryan Broyles, but as I said, I've never keyed in on him or recognized him when I've seen Oklahoma
I'm really hoping this "source" is full of it though. I mean, one person, they say this a couple weeks ago. He hasn't made a decision himself. People change their minds all the time.
Yeah, the Knights are talked about on local radio (unlike Conn because it's NYC radio) and they're on local TV, so I watch them a lot.
He's a good player and definitely interests me on the Browns. Esp with our 2nd round pick, as I said, physical guy who makes a lot of reliable catches. Not like he's Mike Wallace (in that he's not a burner), but he gets out of jams very well and can make tight catches. He's 6'2 so one on one he can make plays deep, but it's not his thing. He's more like Greg Little, but his hands are reliable. May be not as strong (Little is a BIG dude)
I dunno if he's that home run number 1 receiver though. I dunno if there's one of those in this draft. No AJ Green, clear cut star, type of guy IMO. But he's a good route runner, gets off the jam well, who makes the tough catch and out-phyicals his opponents.
Quote: I think it was Mourg. or Deep who had Jordon White in the fourth .... I don't think the kid will make it trough the third round !
I've watched a little on him on Youtube. He looks like he's got good hands and he's certainly put up the numbers, but I don't see him as very athletic. He's not getting huge amounts of separation
He might make it to the 4th. But yeah, i'm kinda thinking third round too for Jordan White
I worked on a tug boat all fall. Finding time for football has been hard for me. I have managed to catch a lot of the Browns, but that's by making arrangements with the Captain and co-workers. Working 12 hours a day, sometimes your sports is right in the middle of when you really wanna be sleeping. Usually I only get to catch 1 half of the Browns anyway.
So college ball has been tough for me. Plus Ive lived in the Northeast, so I haven't had much time watching Oklahoma period. I get my UConn every week in CT, but on National TV we usually get the team's on the eastern portion of the US when they're nationally televised dual games. Just not too much Oklahoma. Just the beat down they laid on Conn last year in the Fiesta Bowl.
But if he's good, I'm sure our Front Office will be looking at him. I have a lot of faith in Heckert. I think he knows what's up
Broyles is pretty much a slot-guy only for the NFL with maybe some upside to spot start as a #2 speed-WR but I don't see much success on the outside for him....that said, he's an ELITE inside WR spec....he suffered a ACL tear which means his rookie season is pretty much a redshirted season, so his draft stock CLEARLY takes a hit.....this draft isn't very deep, so that saves his stock a little
considering all this, I'd happily burn a late 4th or 5th on him and stash him on the PUP list to start the season
#gmstrong
"Players come along at different points in time" - Ray Farmer
Quote: I do agree Sanu is a lot like Little, and maybe you don't want similar receivers, but I do know he would make us better.
I've been watching the Pinstripe Bowl (Rutgers vs Iowa State), and the commentators said that Sanu said he'd do what's best for his family (when talking about the draft). They said that usually means the guy's gonna enter that draft.
So it looks like that anonymous "source" close to the team might be wrong. Looks better that Sanu is gonna enter.
I'd like him in a Browns uni for sure. Not a great game against Iowa State, but they were all over him (double coverage and what not) to try and eliminate him from the game. That's why Rutgers was getting ridiculous rushing yards.
The Rutgers QB's suck, it's pretty impressive that he had such a good season with those guys throwing him the ball.
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