Why is everyone whining over the trade of Dobbs...
#1 Dobbs was/is not the future of the franchise. He was an insurance policy.
#2 Did you like what you saw from DTR in the preseason? If you didn't then I don't know what to tell you....
#3 DTR had/has a huge upside. There is large development potential. And the Browns were not the only ones to see it.
#4 The Brown were only going to hold 3 QB's. 2 on the Active Roster and one on the Practice Squad.
#5 If you think DTR was going to make it to our practice squad or even "stay" there once placed there...you are fooling yourself.
#6 The ONLY way to keep the potential FUTURE talent was to keep DTR on the Active Roster. That is why he was named #2
#7 Since DTR is going to be number 2 that means you are releasing the others. Including Dobbs. No way does Dobbs make it to the PS.
#8 Getting something for Dobbs was better than releasing him.
It had nothing to do with whether Dobbs is better than DTR at this very moment....It was about going for it now without completely mortgaging the future. And developing a guy that has a similar skillset/playing style that Deshaun has...They can't put DTR on the PS...he is gone if we put him there...and then you would be whining about Berry putting DTR there making him available to some other team...
Dobbs is doing well for himself this year...but we couldn't keep him unless we thought he would be Deshaun's SUCCESSOR. He was a backup...flat out. Dobbs was/is not a developmental player for us with the POSSIBILITY to be a successor...But DTR is.
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