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What position should the Browns draft?


I know it is very early, but I am interested in which position people think the Browns should draft next year, at this point in the year. If this receives well with everybody, I will try to post a couple of these throughout the season as both the Browns' and the college season progress. But for right now I will just put positions down, as the seasons progress and we get a better idea of what the Browns need and what players will go into the draft, I will narrow things down.

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Which position should the Browns draft in 2011?
QB
18 votes
RB
2 votes
WR
30 votes
OL
42 votes
TE
3 votes
DE
52 votes
NT
2 votes
LB
37 votes
CB
3 votes
S
2 votes

191 votes | Poll has closed

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i find it nearly impossible to even think about this right now.

1. i’m excited that the season is starting and don’t care about the draft in august.

2. we have no idea what will become of the players we already have, so we have no idea what we’ll need at this point.

by Dawg Nuts on Aug 13, 2010 10:29 AM EDT reply actions  

This. I’d like to luxuriate a bit in the potential of our current players, not guess which ones won’t develop and will become our big weak spots going forward. Give it a couple of months and I’ll probably feel differently!

by RelapsingDawgCatcher on Aug 13, 2010 3:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

After this past spring and the flood of draft posts by bross and jaws, I doubt I’ll ever want to talk about the draft.

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by golanbatrac on Aug 13, 2010 3:35 PM EDT up reply actions  

What happened to jaws anyways? He disappeared?

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by Kimble_79 on Aug 17, 2010 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions  

Bronco’s fan.

Something about them drafting a winner.

by Bernie19Kosar on Aug 17, 2010 5:27 PM EDT up reply actions   1 recs

No option for Kicker, so I didn’t vote.

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by golanbatrac on Aug 13, 2010 10:55 AM EDT reply actions   1 recs

Hahaha, was Mangini the one that drafted Mike Nugent in the second round? If so I may have to add kicker.

by OSUMoneyball on Aug 13, 2010 11:38 AM EDT up reply actions  

I don’t think it was mangini, especially since he was the coach and not GM, and i think it was the third round. then again, I’m just going from memory here

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by notthatnoise on Aug 13, 2010 12:37 PM EDT up reply actions  

Definitely second round, definitely before Mangini’s tenure as head coach of the Jets.

by TheDriveStillHurts on Aug 13, 2010 12:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

I voted for OL…right side is still looking weak at this point and time. That may change as the season progresses.

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by Kimble_79 on Aug 13, 2010 12:22 PM EDT reply actions  

Best player available who isn’t a LT or C. You might be able to add CB and RB to that list depending how the season turns out.

Also, I think anytime you don’t have a franchise QB and you think a franchise QB is on the board, you take him.

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by rufio on Aug 13, 2010 12:22 PM EDT reply actions  

Agreed

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by Roger Dorn on Aug 13, 2010 1:45 PM EDT up reply actions  

yep. I would have voted for QB but I didn’t think luck would be available (just thinking about where he will likely go and where we will likely draft in my mind).

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Intensive Purposes? I could care less...

by bross09 on Aug 16, 2010 5:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

I agree with Rufio’s post but if I had to bet where we would go, I would say QB or OLB pass rusher.

"I spoil a lot of people with my play." -Lebron James

by Roger Dorn on Aug 13, 2010 1:45 PM EDT reply actions  

Well I would say first you have got to look at QB. You have two stopgaps (if that) and a third round draft pick. Luck and Gabbert to me are the best QBs, but its doubtful they both leave. Mallet, Locker and Johnson are some other names worth mentioning.

WR is a hard posititon to ignore with it looking like a need and with how strong the receiving class looks this year. The top guys look like AJ Green, Michael Floyd, Jonathan Baldwin, Julio Jones, and DeAndre Brown who you might know for this

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by TheRealSlimShady on Aug 13, 2010 5:16 PM EDT reply actions  

Gabbert on the Browns would be too much for me to handle right now, let’s let the season play out before I get excited.

"I spoil a lot of people with my play." -Lebron James

by Roger Dorn on Aug 13, 2010 7:13 PM EDT up reply actions  

He has a ridiculous ceiling. Just saying.

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by TheRealSlimShady on Aug 15, 2010 1:29 AM EDT up reply actions  

If we get a pick around 10-15 next year then I could definately see us going after a WR in the draft. Even if MoMass and Robiskie play well this year that is still going to be a big need for us; we don’t have a WR who is a game-breaker. And I think the low teens is a good place to start taking WR’s.

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by Buckeye Brad on Aug 13, 2010 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

Next year might be the one year where I wouldn’t be pissed if we took a 1st round WR as it’s a deep WR class.

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by Roger Dorn on Aug 14, 2010 6:51 PM EDT up reply actions  

If you think some guy could be the next ______ (insert elite receiver here) then it wouldn’t be a bad pick.

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by TheRealSlimShady on Aug 15, 2010 1:28 AM EDT up reply actions  

Serious question, if we had drafted Jimmy Clausen in the 3rd round would you refer to him as a “third round draft pick?”

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by StuckInPa on Aug 14, 2010 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions  

Yes, but I never have liked McCoy as a pro prospect.

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by TheRealSlimShady on Aug 15, 2010 1:28 AM EDT up reply actions  

Also if you really want a RT, Carimim seems like a great prospect with Barksdale for LSU being another good one.

Robert Quinn is the best player as of now in the draft. But he will probably require a top 5 pick which could happen (no offense). If he is available and you think he could transition to OLB it’d be hard not to take him. Von Miller is a good college 3-4 OLB and had a ton of sacks last year.

DE is stacked this year with Dareus, Crick, and Clayborn all being top 15 prospects.

ILB isn’t worth a early first round pick unless its a P Willis-type guy, and Donta Hightower isn’t at that level.

"Young men, I have no doubt that you're gonna do well today. But I have 1 favor to ask of you... SAVE JIMMY JOHNSON'S ASS FOR ME!" Lou Holtz

by TheRealSlimShady on Aug 15, 2010 1:39 AM EDT up reply actions  

PS I left someone out intentionally to get a reaction out of some of the guys here.

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by TheRealSlimShady on Aug 15, 2010 1:40 AM EDT up reply actions  

Heyward.

"Young men, I have no doubt that you're gonna do well today. But I have 1 favor to ask of you... SAVE JIMMY JOHNSON'S ASS FOR ME!" Lou Holtz

by TheRealSlimShady on Aug 15, 2010 12:06 PM EDT up reply actions  

I was just messing with ya. Seems like I didn’t do it too well.

by Bernie19Kosar on Aug 15, 2010 2:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

I was just messing with you, brad and rufio. Guess I didn’t do it too well

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by TheRealSlimShady on Aug 16, 2010 1:01 AM EDT up reply actions  

I really don’t take it personally when you underrate OSU prospects. Plus, there is a lot of football to be played before the draft.

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by rufio on Aug 16, 2010 9:29 PM EDT up reply actions  

I agree with you. If we can get Gabbert or Luck, I would take a QB but
a) they may not come out
b) we may not be in a position to get them

Therefore, I go WR with all the great players available.

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Intensive Purposes? I could care less...

by bross09 on Aug 16, 2010 5:20 PM EDT up reply actions  

Linebacker, for sure!

It’s not a lie if you believe it.

by Brownie's Year on Aug 13, 2010 7:22 PM EDT reply actions  

It is a bit premature for this discussion. Naturally, we’re all hoping the new guys will dramatically improve the team. I agree with rufio about getting the franchise QB and BB about the game-braking WR. My first thoughts, though, were 1. a Joe Thomas clone for RT, 2. a dominant pass rusher at LB, and 3. the game-braking WR.

Colt McCoy... the cure for Cleveland's Eric Berry man-crush.

by dawgtribe on Aug 14, 2010 5:08 PM EDT reply actions  

Taking the question as pure fantasy, ie ignoring franchise QBs and best available player at that position, I voted DE, out of possible DE, OLB & RT. Because:

I think we have spent enough of the OL, two firsts & as top drawer free agent. You can’t sdrop all your resources on OL, you need a couple of lower rounders/ outside shots. I’m seriously hoping Luvao comes though.

I think our LBs may actually be underrated as a unit, certainly with Rob running the show. And despite lack of one outstanding player our pass rush was actually good last year.

Assuming Rogers doesn’t make some unnaturally good shift to DE, our DEs are very old and purely sacrificial clogging DEs. I bet Rob could do a whole lot more with the defense if he could get someone more dominant on the line.

For QB & WR (and ILB) I’d give it another year to see how previous investments pan out….

Welcome Joe!
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by LondonBrown on Aug 15, 2010 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions  

our age along the D-Line worries me as well.

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by notthatnoise on Aug 15, 2010 1:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

RT RT RT then RG RG RG then look at something else the repeats were for emphasis and not multiple picks!

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by Suppa Bob on Aug 22, 2010 2:16 AM EDT up reply actions  

Robaire Smith is a fine player but he ain’t the future. The other end I think defines the term “Journeyman” whoever you pull out of the hat.

Whereas some of our young LBs have a glimmer of hope about them.

Welcome Joe!
Go Seneca!

by LondonBrown on Aug 15, 2010 2:09 PM EDT reply actions  

I’d say star w/ DE as ours are getting older then concentrate on the right side of the line

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by Drexel Dawg on Aug 17, 2010 4:32 PM EDT reply actions  

When I first read the headline on this I thought, “Hell. 32nd, of course.” I’m more than a little wishful. Then I read the post and realized you meant something else entirely.

by JustBob on Aug 17, 2010 10:15 PM EDT reply actions   1 recs

I like the way you think.

by Bernie19Kosar on Aug 18, 2010 2:08 AM EDT up reply actions  

Love the optimism.

"My mother always told me: ‘You will see the light of people when they hit adversity. You’ll get a good sense of their character." - Ironic words from LeBron James

For the love of Joe Thomas.....

by North Coast Flea on Aug 18, 2010 9:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

I think this makes sense. I really think we have a shot at the SB. I think this is our year. I mean, it better be our year if Cleveland has any hope of actually winning a championship before LeBron James does.

… But realistically, I don’t think we will win the super bowl. However, I really think that we will finish in 3rd place in our division ahead of the Steelers, and I think that feeling would be next best feeling to winning the super bowl.

by shep615 on Aug 19, 2010 2:42 AM EDT up reply actions  

i think the next best feeling to winning the super bowl was last year when the browns beat the steelers… finishing ahead of them in the division would be nice but i don’t think it would compare to last year’s upset.

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by davus on Aug 19, 2010 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions  

There’s not much talent on the Browns team, to be honest. Draft the best player available. I hope we get a decent set of RBs this year so we don’t have to worry about the ground game. TE and OL (left side) look good. If Haden develops, we can forget CB.

The quarterback situation… I’ll leave that to wiser people.

My biggest concern is DL and LB. No talent there. We’ll just have to see.

by BuenosAires_Dawg on Aug 29, 2010 11:15 AM EDT reply actions  

I’m happy with BDPA. (Best Defensive Player Available)

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by Simmsinns on Sep 1, 2010 6:46 AM EDT reply actions  

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