Browns Select LB Kaluka Maiava in 4th Round

by Chris Pokorny on Apr 26, 2009 12:45 PM EDT in General News

With the Cleveland Browns' first Day 2 pick, they selected USC linebacker Kaluka Maiava at No. 104 overall.

Here is what Yahoo Sports says about him:

Maiava is the unsung linebacker on the USC defense, but is a very good prospect in his own right. He is tough as nails and will compete inside for astarting MLB spot in the Browns' 3-4 defense.

Apparently, Maiava played second-fiddle to the trio of Clay Matthews, Rey Maualuga, and Brian Cushing. That doesn't degrade his talent level in any way; you could look at it as getting a good linebacker at a lesser price because of the talent in front of him.

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Usc must have had better LB than we did last year. Me like…

Baseball fans are junkies, and their heroin is the statistic. - Robert S. Wieder

by jerseywahoo on Apr 26, 2009 1:45 PM EDT reply actions

What I like

about this draft is that it gives me hope for playoffs this year. The two defensive players from the Jets will put veterans on the field. 5 new Jet defensive players.

I read that the Jets were #9 in the league in run defense.

Combining the best of what the Browns had with some of the better Jet defensive players means that we will have a representative defense on the field.

Like I said yesterday, It will take a while to round out the roster to go deep into the playoffs, but for now just being in the playoffs is OK with me.

Hope the Brownie players do not read this because I want a SB this year.

Eternal hope.

by vincefitz on Apr 26, 2009 1:52 PM EDT reply actions

Love this pick. Extremely great value at this point.

Resident Josh Freeman fan.

by gahnki on Apr 26, 2009 2:20 PM EDT reply actions

this guy is really good. best pick of our draft, if you ask me.

by DontCallMeJoey on Apr 26, 2009 4:55 PM EDT reply actions

“Football players”.

Not sure if I like that strategy, but I am willing to let ManKok run their show. I agree with gahnki, great value here.

by rufio on Apr 26, 2009 5:32 PM EDT reply actions

Five hours of no Day 2 draft coverage? Why?

by ploni on Apr 26, 2009 6:24 PM EDT reply actions

With several sixth-round picks, I figured a separate post for each of them would just be clutter, and that I’d just include them in my Day 2 recap later tonight.

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by Chris Pokorny on Apr 26, 2009 10:56 PM EDT up reply actions