Jacobs4Heisman wrote:Is it just me or is there a giant black cloud of death over the clowns and their draft picks? Did anyone the previous ownership drafted actually pan out or are they all terrible and/or stupid? I feel kind of bad for Chucky Frye because he's now destined to fail in the league just because the browns drafted him. I mean, I despise cleveland as much as the next guy, but this is becoming just plain sad. At least they didn't draft J5. That may be the best omen for him in cleveland.
The only picks from the Dwight Clark era that are worth a crap are McCutcheon as a 3rd rounder in '99, and Northcutt as a 2nd rounder in '00.
From Butch Davis' time as draft guru his first day picks were awful, but he wasn't terrible in the 2nd day of the draft. Anthony Henry in the 4th was a good pick. Andra Davis in the 5th was a VERY good pick. He did grab Lee Suggs in the 4th round, which was also a very good pick, if he could stay healthy.
Where the Browns have really failed is with first rounders...it's uncanny, especially with so many of them taken so high:
'99 Tim Couch #1 overall
'00 Courtney Brown #1 overall
'01 Gerard Warren #3 overall
'02 Willie Green #16 overall
'03 Jeff Faine #21 overall
'04 Kellen Winslow #6 overall (traded #7 & 2nd rounder to move up one spot)
WOW...is that a who's who of who not to draft!? In fairness to them many people really liked some of these picks, myself included. Couch looked real good in college, my biggest beef there was that we didn't even work out McNabb, who I was really high on at the time...he made plays at 'cuse. Courtney was unstoppable in PSU, and who I definitely would've taken. Gerard was a Butch move. Apparently they had agreed to take Richard Seymore with that pick, then Butch comes in on draft day and overrules everyone and says, Gerard...a lazy tub of goo. Willie Green was reaching for a need. #1 RB in the draft, but none of the RBs were that good. Same with Faine. Winslow was touted as the best TE prospect ever and instant impact...I liked the pick, but not what we gave up to get him.
Of those picks Couch is out of the NFL. Courtney was let go this offseason due to injuries. Gerard was shipped off, essentially for Trent Dilfer, to Denver because he's a lazy ass. Willie Green smokes too much Green. Jeff Faine could become a good center, but the old regime went out and drafted an athletic, mobile center and tried to make him a mauler...STUPID. Hopefully the new regime will better use his talent. Kellen will likely get stabbed with a busted bottle in a bar fight any day now and we'll never see him again
If I were Braylon I'd buy a new house with padded walls & no windows. Only one door with 10 deadbolts on it, and he should only allow those in who know the password, which he would change 6 times daily. When he does leave the house he should do so in an overcoat, and ride a mule, never exceeding 5 mph.
I think Mel Kiper fell off his chair laughing when they announced the pick.
