Your thoughts on Donovan McNabb...

given that we don’t have much at QB now, i think we could get a decent replacement, that would certainly be an improvement, for less than what you propose. we need too much talent to let those crucial picks get away for a QB on the downside of his career.

I voted no; not because I’m not interested in McNabb, but because I’m not willing to throw a top 50 and a top 100 pick in for a 33 year-old QB whose mobility is likely to shorten his playing career in relation to other QBs.

I know the offer was take-it-or-leave-it, but to counter with our own take-it-or-leave-it offer, I’d propose #71 (3rd round) and #130 (from TB, 5th round). If the Browns were a competent QB away from being a playoff contender, I’d consider your offer. But we need talent everywhere, and giving up those two picks for a QB who may be past his prime is not a good fit for our team.

Basically, i think you’ll find willing trade partners with more to offer than the Browns.

I voted no; not because I’m not interested in McNabb, but because I’m not willing to throw a top 50 and a top 100 pick in for a 33 year-old QB whose mobility is likely to shorten his playing career in relation to other QBs.

I know the offer was take-it-or-leave-it, but to counter with our own take-it-or-leave-it offer, I’d propose #71 (3rd round) and #130 (from TB, 5th round). If the Browns were a competent QB away from being a playoff contender, I’d consider your offer. But we need talent everywhere, and giving up those two picks for a QB who may be past his prime is not a good fit for our team.

Basically, i think you’ll find willing trade partners with more to offer than the Browns.

I voted no as well, because I wonder if we would get more than two good years out of him. If we can get three good years out of him I think that would give us an extra year to find a QB and still allow him to sit for a year or two without completely hurting the teams chances for success.

Also I don’t know if we can become a playoff team in two years and I don’t know if I would want McNabb for that much for two non-playoff years.

I voted yes, but might be less reluctant to do such a deal if we weren’t able to come up with some sort of 3-4 year extension for Donovan since he is in the last year of his current contract.

I can see how as a fan of a team accustomed to winning, you would like to follow a popular player onto a team that will be a dynasty in this decade.
And you are welcome to become a Browns fan for other reasons.
It becomes a question of who made who. I don´t want our ascent skewed by “guarantee players”, as nice as they may be.
The Eagles is a good organization, and the purely football philosophy is similar to how ours will be. So I assume we will be interested in similar players. Chances are, you have players on your roster, that we would like. We do not want players you are done with.

No.

Cost is too high.

I voted no, as well. The value of the (hopefully) longer term investments in our team that need to be found with the picks in this draft outweigh the short term value of a player with McNabb’s abilities at this point in his career. Likewise, I don’t think we should use a first or secound round pick on any QB this year in part because we should give BQ a chance to be the unquestioned starter.

I voted yes, but now that I see why people voted no, I change my vote because it makes more sense.

I voted yes- contingent on us getting a long-term deal done with McNabb.

I know you said take it or leave it, but in real life, a negotiation might lead to a 2nd and a 6th or a 3rd and a 4th.

If it came down to a 2nd and 3rd, I’d still say yes. I think McNabb has a bunch of good years left. I’ve said several times that quarterbacks’ values are overrated, but at this point, I think we would need to take a chance on a damn good QB.

Bottom line, other teams will be more likely to give up more as winning in the short-term is a bigger possibility with the right QB.

I said yes, and I admit I did so without much thought for the consequences. I guess I just got excited over the possibility of a an honest to goodness good QB in the Browns’ backfield. Also, I just assumed that such a deal would have to include getting him for several years.

I think if the Browns can address the right side of the O-line that could lengthen McNabbs’ productive years.

I suppose after a bit of reflection I’ll change my vote to no because we need those higher draft picks, but not yet. I want to keep looking at that mental picture of a quality Browns QB for a while longer.