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Poetic's Prophetic Mock Draft


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Round 1 Pick 11 (TENN): Jake Matthews, OT, Texas A&M

Round 1 Pick 13 (STL): Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M

Round 1 Pick 27 (N.O.): Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State

Round 2*Pick 7ish Stanley Jean-Baptiste, CB, Nebraska

Round 3 Pick 19: Carlos Hyde, RB, Ohio State

Round 6 Pick 4: Dri Archer, WR, Kent State

Round 7 Pick 3: Kirby Van Der Kamp, P, Iowa State

 

 

Listen, I understand your concern with me neglecting the LB/CB positions with this draft. What I tried to do was to fill the parts of the team with the best available player and the order of importance to the overall team. As far as those positions go- I felt that the other positions were also important and made us better. The only thing I would have done differently with hindsight is I would have swung a deal and used some picks from next year to make sure I got Stanley Jean-Baptiste in the second round. I would have traded a 2 and a 3 from next year to draft SJB in the late second.

 

Here's what I'm doing and why I'm doing it. Taking Jake Matthews early after a small trade down gave me the ammo to move back up from 26, I really had to work the draft and picks to gather up the ammo to get a 3rd first rounder without sacrificing next year. we have a contingency program in place that also benefits us right now. Matthews boosts the OL so much it was the best choice. It garentees that whoever is playing QB next season is afforded the opportunity to let routes develop. Then taking Evans solidifies our WR group for the future.

 

Gordon/Evans/Hawk/Cameron/Little/Benjamin - that's a lot of targets to have there. I mean they could take Watkins(if he was still there when they picked) but then you miss out of Matthews. We missed out of the last two sons of our hallowed and beloved linebacker from fathers past, Clay Matthews. I say we gotta get Jake Matthews if just to appease the spirits and gain some positive mojo. But don't take Matthews lightly, I've never seen a OL like him since Joe Thomas. He protected for Johnny fucking Football. That has to hectic. So I feel he's ready for whatever, he would be an AWESOME RT!

 

Yeah, I know many don't want a RT early, but look what that does to the OL, it makes it SO DAMN ELITE. Thomas/Greco/Mack/Schwartz/Matthews fuck, Tom Brady would want to play here. Then not only do you have that line but if you manage to get Evans also, you have chemistry in the offense from both those guys already.

 

Matthews/Evans > any single player at 4. It makes the offense automatically elite. That's no small feat for a team that hasn't been offensively dangerous in nearly 7 years. But we're not done there. This draft so far alone though would be hard pressed to find itself out of the running for best draft since the return.

 

So now we're looking at the QB/CB2/ILB2/FS/RB... I feel defensibly we are very legit already, our main problem last year was keeping the defense off the field. Without some offense the defense will eventually fail. It's demoralizing and you could see it. Fatigue and the crushing of hope that no matter what you do, Weeden/Campbell/Seneca/McCoy/Anderson/Quinn/Delhomme/ect was going to find a way to muck it up. Hoyer may be our best chance yet, but we can't put everything of that. All the other positions are manned okayly...

 

We have to go QB- You might not agree with me now, but you'll see it in the NFL. Carr is going to be the guy that steps in and puts the cherry on the top of this offense that is coming together nicely. Hoyer could be the guy, Carr will be the guy. Bridgewater will go like Geno Smith(I'm still not sold, I mean he's okay, but so was Dilfer, for a while at least) We need the next Sipe/Kosar/Graham_______ It's time. We need a star QB. Bortles is not Rothlisberger, he's not. He'll disappear into the NFL backups and live off his wifes twitter or whatever.

 

Manziel will be around RG3 I believe. Exciting, endorsements, distractions and injuries. I want him to be great and I might even take that chance with him if not for Derek Carr. DC is ready for the NFL. He was built for the NFL. His brother and he share that same mold, Derek has it between the ears more than David did. He's versed and fluent in what is to come. It's like when you're helping your kids with their homework. Back then it was alien and different, but now, looking at it it's like, "Oh, okay that makes a lot more sense to me now." That's kinda like what it's like.

 

Derek Carr now has an Elite OL, which means he has time and protection. He also has an Elite WR corp. to throw to. Gordon/Evans/Cameron means guys will be open. Now, we already have Ben Tate but we decide to take local star Carlos Hyde. I don't know about you guys but the guys I work with watch a lot of Buckeyes and they love Carlos Hyde. They could care less about the QB they just want Hyde in a Browns Jersey. Hyde is no slouch. He would put to rest RB by committee by declaring himself chairman. He could be a 3 down bruiser and Tate could take some of the load off and keep him fresh. We have a Bruising FB now and Hyde barreling down is almost guaranteed to net positive yardage every time.

 

This leaves the only positions needing addressed CB2/ILB2/FS - We have guys that can play there but they are not elite, okay, but few teams are completely elite. However if we do what I'm suggesting do, we could be very close to being elite everywhere. All we would need is one more draft to be Great on Paper. I think that we could move a couple picks and jump back into the second/third though and take a player like Stanley Jean-Baptiste, that would give us the CB2 and move Skrine to NB which would make him great IMO. Jean-Baptiste is a BIG guy at nearly 6'3" tall he's bigger than Josh Gordon and fast!

 

So we've built a foundation of studs at LT/LG/C/RG/RT/QB/TE/WR1/WR2/WR3/WR4/RB/3RB/DT/RDE/LDE/OLB1/OLB2/ILB/CB1/CB2/CB3/SS

 

That's a lot of talent ~ now if we can't win because we are not elite at ILB2 and FS, we never will.

 

...plus, there's always next year minus a 2nd and a fourth/seventh we used to get another pick this year for Jean-Baptiste.

 

Oh, I also had us taking Archer(local guy that could be Cribbs 2.0) and a punter that the only knock on him is he is an average tackler. He can nail the coffin and break the window and all that crap. but for some reason his name reminds me I need to buy the kids some more fish-sticks.

 

We can build on this and draft the best MLB in next years draft when everyone will be clamoring for the newest crop of QBs we'll sneak in and grab the LB then. There is really are no great MLBs like Matthews Jr., Ray Lewis or Patrick Willis this year anyways. Unless you are just hoping Mack can convert to MLB and beat out Dansby his first year it's a waste to miss out on what you could built from what I've demonstrated or you could just take Mack at four and have another Mingo. I like Mingo but we could sure use RT/WR2/QB more than two Mingos... wait, nah, you can never have enough Mingos.

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Round 1 Pick 11 (TENN): Jake Matthews, OT, Texas A&M

Round 1 Pick 13 (STL): Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M

Round 1 Pick 27 (N.O.): Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State

 

OMG. WTF? What is happening to me? I don't feel right............But, I (I can't believe I'm about to say this) like this 1st rnd........ There I said it.

 

I doubt it would take too much to jump up to 27, and we do have the ammo to make the jump, as long as that ammo doesn't include a 1st rnd pick, I'm good. Those 3 players would make the entire draft............... I feel dirty

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OK PG, that draft is theoretically possible. And You finally have Carr slotted about where most pundits think he's going to get picked.

 

However, In reality I have the Browns at about a 0.002% chance of drafting an offensive lineman first. Why? My gosh, I should let Ghoolie back on for a couple of weeks so he could tear your premise apart. We already have two first round Pro Bowl players on the line in Mack and Thomas, and a second in Schwartz. We don't need any more high picks on o-line. What we really need is a serious upgrade at RG- you don't draft a RG in the top 10, and you don't draft a talent like Matthews or Robinson (in the first five picks) to play RT either. . Never, ever- got it?

 

The only team I can think of that made the all stud o-line work was the Titans when they made their Super Bowl Run- and that was pretty much a flash in the pan. We need impact players, (like Evans, and maybe Carr- if he can learn how to chill out when he sees a rush coming at him) not a RT.

 

PS with Tate on the roster, we don't need Hyde, and we already have an Archer clone on the roster in Benjamin.

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i doubt seriously that matthews will be there at 11 nor evans at 13. what makes more sense at 11 and 13 is mosley LB and gilbert CB. both should still be floating in that area. THAT IS of course if the browns were to trade up into the first again after trading down.

 

they could do just as much damage moving around in the second round without it costing as much.

 

i think we stay pat until we see what is there. i mean i've seen so many mocks now it's crazy. from everything from bortles going first, st. louis staying at 2 and picking the OT the jags getting watkins leaving mack there and us taking manziel instead of mack.

 

shit is nuts.

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your homerism with hyde and archer.......although i appreciate the ohio love, the picks are off-base.

I don't think they are off base from the standpoint that he is reaching to get those players.

Hyde going in the third round and Archer going in the 6th would not be out of the question at all. Whether the Browns would take them if available is another story as it would depend on their evaluations and needs and what they already selected...but those position would be about right.

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well my point is we don't need a rookie RB in the 3rd round where we'll prob be targeting our OL or WR or LB depending on the earlier picks. also we have a speedster in benjamin why even contemplate another return guy?

 

don't get me wrong i like both these guys but when you look at the number of picks we have (10) and you subtract prob 3-4 from that to move around, you can't afford luxury picks.

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well my point is we don't need a rookie RB in the 3rd round where we'll prob be targeting our OL or WR or LB depending on the earlier picks. also we have a speedster in benjamin why even contemplate another return guy?

 

don't get me wrong i like both these guys but when you look at the number of picks we have (10) and you subtract prob 3-4 from that to move around, you can't afford luxury picks.

Right. That is my point. These guys may not be what the Browns want or are looking for, but they could easily be taken where PoeticGizz says.

It would not bother me if the Browns take them. Good lord they can use all the weaponry they can get.

But, yea, QB/OG/LB/CB may be higher priorities at this point.

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