Holy Crap!

[Phantom]

Especially these OU fans.

 

[PEOPLESCHICKEN]

YES! High School records are so important when looking at the NFL. Just like all these hs "superstars" that think they know football.

6'2? If he is 6'2 then Tim Couch is going to the Hall of Fame

 

[Phantom]

Hey Romeo! The Cleveland Browns just called. They want to know how many time BM beat Texas. They didn't know. They want to give him top dollar now!

 

[ralphiewvu]

Ohh NO, Washington just had a top 10 pick. Everyone brace yourself for photos.

 

[Wild Turkey]

I don't have a problem with drafting Mayfield in the first round, but they are idiots to lose out on Barkley. They could have gotten Barkley and had a QB left to draft at #4 -- and likely mayfield would have been open with the 4th pick. Just absolutely dumb. Unlike Mayfield, I think Barkley is a rare talent.

Nailed it.

 

[7Samurai13]

They should have taken Barkley 1 and they still could have gotten Mayfield at 4.

 

[Bedlam131]

Wait and see. I was not happy to see him go to the Browns , I would rather him gone to the Broncos or maybe the Jets but, I am betting T. Taylor better step up his game because Baker is gonna make him work for the job. We will see this fall.

The cool thing about it, to Baker all this hate is fuel to learn and play better.

 

[Codaxx]

I don't have a problem with drafting Mayfield in the first round, but they are idiots to lose out on Barkley. They could have gotten Barkley and had a QB left to draft at #4 -- and likely mayfield would have been open with the 4th pick. Just absolutely dumb. Unlike Mayfield, I think Barkley is a rare talent.

Should have traded the pick to the Jets. I hate drafting RBs early. Biggest reason is the #2 pick is going to get 30 million. Barkley will be paid like an elite RB from day 1. If you take RB early you better be right. It's not like hitting on a QB, who will get a ton more money on his second contract

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Ok, OP. Ignore the analytics if you want, but calling Mayfield a B level QB in this class is BS.

 

[romeo212000]

Ok, OP. Ignore the analytics if you want, but calling Mayfield a B level QB in this class is BS.

He’s a butthurt whorn.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

He’s a butthurt whorn.

'Tis clear. Can tell who just wants to bash the Browns for being the Browns too just looking at the random jeering over a bunch of mostly nothing.

Browns can easily get Landry and then Guice or Chubb tomorrow. They're doing more than fine.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Should have traded the pick to the Jets. I hate drafting RBs early. Biggest reason is the #2 pick is going to get 30 million. Barkley will be paid like an elite RB from day 1. If you take RB early you better be right. It's not like hitting on a QB, who will get a ton more money on his second contract

If you're a team like the Browns, you need to take that chance. They had the potential to walk out of this draft with an elite RB and QB prospect. Instead, they chose just a QB. See what Fournette did for the Jaguars. A chance at flipping a backfield like that doesn't come very often.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

1. If you're a team like the Browns, you need to take that chance. They had the potential to walk out of this draft with an elite RB and QB prospect. Instead, they chose just a QB. See what Fournette did for the Jaguars. A chance at flipping a backfield like that doesn't come very often.

   There are plenty of RB's despite the Seahawks reaching for Pluto in Penny. If the Browns get Landry and Guice- this isn't gonna look so hot.
   
   Also: Fournette did jack shit for the Jags

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

1. 
   There are plenty of RB's despite the Seahawks reaching for Pluto in Penny. If the Browns get Landry and Guice- this isn't gonna look so hot.
   
   Also: Fournette did jack shit for the Jags

Huh? he was a top 10 RB is year 1. He finished tied for 3 in terms of TDs by RBs. Saying he didn't do shit for the jags is just wrong.

 

[Fountain City Blues]

Huh? he was a top 10 RB is year 1. He finished tied for 3 in terms of TDs by RBs. Saying he didn't do shit for the jags is just wrong.

3.9 YPC. He achieved those things because his QB- Blake Bortles is bad at football and they needed to keep the ball away from him as much as humanly possible.

 

[7Samurai13]

3.9 YPC. He achieved those things because his QB- Blake Bortles is bad at football and they needed to keep the ball away from him as much as humanly possible.

So if they had a quarterback that had seen a football before, the defense wouldn’t be able to stack 7-8 in the box?

 

[Fountain City Blues]

So if they had a quarterback that had seen a football before, the defense wouldn’t be able to stack 7-8 in the box?

And the QB still threw a shit ton of interceptable passes like Bortles usually does even if they weren't intercepted. Pretending a RB in any form takes precedence over some of the most impressive pass D's statistically by DVOA for the better part of 20 years is borderline trolling as far as I am concerned.

No RB has that big of an impact on the NFL level. Not gonna say Fournette sucks- but pretending he was the differencemaker when the Jags saw minimal losses when he was actually out is friggin' absurd.

 

[Codaxx]

And the QB still threw a shit ton of interceptable passes like Bortles usually does even if they weren't intercepted. Pretending a RB in any form takes precedence over some of the most impressive pass D's statistically by DVOA for the better part of 20 years is borderline trolling as far as I am concerned.

No RB has that big of an impact on the NFL level. Not gonna say Fournette sucks- but pretending he was the differencemaker when the Jags saw minimal losses when he was actually out is friggin' absurd.

Jags had success because the defense did the heavy lifting. Superbowl champs the last 20nyears have proven that you don't need to pick a RB high.

 

[Deep Creek]

I don't have a problem with drafting Mayfield in the first round, but they are idiots to lose out on Barkley. They could have gotten Barkley and had a QB left to draft at #4 -- and likely mayfield would have been open with the 4th pick. Just absolutely dumb. Unlike Mayfield, I think Barkley is a rare talent.

There are a lot of good running backs in this draft. I think they should have gone Chubb first and then picked a QB with the 4th pick. But, WTF do I know? I'm rattling around on a discussion boards with a bunch of you morons! Doesn't say much good about my life does it?

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

3.9 YPC. He achieved those things because his QB- Blake Bortles is bad at football and they needed to keep the ball away from him as much as humanly possible.

That argument goes both ways. Speaking from personal experience as a Michigan fan, if you don't have a QB then the defense plays your run game hard. The Jags went from 3-13 to 10-6. Some of that was coaching, but it's hard to argue that a lot of that was not Fournette's production.

Back to the topic -- the Browns really suck and needed a RB and QB.