A Successful Trade Down with the Browns

by jgillentine7 on Feb 23, 2012 8:48 PM CST

1.4- Riley Reiff LT (Iowa)

1.22- Cordy Glenn OG (Georgia)

2- Lavonte David OLB (Nebraska)

2- Brandon Thompson DT (Clemson)

3- Chase Minnifield CB/KR (Virginia)

3/4- Joe Adams WR/KR (Arkansas)

4- Cyrus Gray RB (Texas A&M)

6- Danny Trevathan OLB (Kentucky)

7- Charles Mitchell SS (Vanderbilt)

Sign these free agents to round out the roster:

Cortland Finnegan CB, Titans

Manny Lawson LB, Bengals

Jason Jones DT, Titans

And a solid backup interior lineman

Re-Sign Brandon Lloyd WR

Re-Sign Danny Amendola WR

Re-Sign: SS Stewart, CB Hood, LB Chamberlain, OT Goldberg, QB Clemens, C Wragge, OT LeVoir, OG Mattison, DT Gibson

Thoughts?

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I Like What You Did

Solid players from top to bottom: especially on the defensive side of the ball. You did a nice job of focusing on stopping the run. Minnefield is a great CB.
I disagree with taking an OLT with the first pick. Saffold IMO; will do well in the new offense of Shottenheimer. Blackmon would be my first choice.
I think getting Cordy Glenn with the seond 1st round pick is a great choice. He has shown versatility playing both OG and LOT.
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by ValdezY on Feb 23, 2012 9:12 PM CST reply actions

Would rather have AJ Jenkins than Joe Adams

but still a very good mock. Would not be dissapointed if it turned out this way. We can get a receiver in 2013 draft I guess if we resign lloyd.

by zachmann21 on Feb 23, 2012 9:34 PM CST reply actions

Just a little unrealistic with the compensation imo.

Unless there becomes quite the bidding war, and the browns are determined to go all in to beat the redskins. I unfortunately dont see us getting both 1s, 2nd and 3/4.

It seems like it would be good, but they are moving up two spots and are giving us two first round picks this year. Prob have to take out the 2nd rounder and likely the 3/4. But you never know we could get lucky.

But Cleveland will ask themselves, is losing 3 picks in the first 3ish rounds worth moving two spots?

by TheRamsFan on Feb 23, 2012 9:34 PM CST reply actions

Your answer is not No. But HELL NO! If you want to trade two spots with cleveland, you get a 2nd thats it. Any more is way too much and Cleveland would not get true value for its draft spot. Sorry to have burst your bubble.

A bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist....
If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong!
My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch!
Once you start agreeing with TDSH, you know that you're wrong.

by J. W. on Feb 26, 2012 4:46 PM CST up reply actions

I also don't think we have the cap room

for all the free agents you list. Still, it would be nice.

by andyhawk on Feb 23, 2012 10:23 PM CST reply actions

You had me till the the dreaded "G" word popped up in the "re-signs" category-

Can’t understand why people continue to want to keep Goldberg on the roster.
Does anyone really pay attention to what he does/doesn’t do during games?
He gets physically dominated more times than not, rarely ever dominates unless he is part of a double team, ends up on the ground nearly more than half the time, etc etc etc
Come on everyone… open your eyes!! There once was a time when he could contribute to winning football, but that has past long ago.
Really though, nice post :)

by RadicalRamsFan on Feb 23, 2012 10:56 PM CST reply actions

Another 'G' is....

Gary Gibson Gotta Go

by DCRamFan on Feb 24, 2012 7:21 AM CST up reply actions

I think we all need to keep in mind that,

just because we trade with cleveland doesn’t necessarily mean we get both first rounders.If the browns and deadskins offer us the amount of picks(say their first ,second, forth and next years first)we’ll probably take the browns even if they only offer one fist rounder.

by linus98 on Feb 24, 2012 10:39 AM CST reply actions