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April 15, 2013Albert Breer of the NFL Network considers the Cleveland Browns a “wild card” to land West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith in the upcoming NFL Draft.
When it comes to Geno Smith, Cleveland may wind up being a wild card, maybe in a trade down, maybe at 6. Tough to forecast where Geno goes.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) April 15, 2013
Smith, perhaps the most polarizing player in this year’s class, is one of the many players to have been worked out by the Browns. Many are resigned to the fact that Brandon Weeden will be the Browns’ quarterback heading into Week 1, but Smith’s name continues to creep into the picture for the sixth-overall pick–or a potential trade-down—as the draft inches closer.
Sports Illustrated’s Peter King says that the Browns “badly” want to trade down, but also links them to Smith. Scouts Inc.’s Todd McShay’s most recent mock draft also has Smith going as sixth-overall, stating Browns general manager Mike Lombardi “hasn’t hidden the fact that he was not a fan of the decision to pick Brandon Weeden in the first round in 2012,” so Smith could very well be the team’s pick.
Smith is currently ranked as the No. 1 quarterback in this year’s class, but there remains a debate on how he will pan out at the next level after some inconsistent play during his final season with the Mountaineers. He threw for over 4,200 yards to go with 42 touchdowns in 2012.
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14 Comments
Do not want.
Ugh.
First of all, no one in Cleveland was a fan of picking up Weeden when we did.
Second, for the love of , can we stop drafting QBs for just one year?!
also, that’s supposed to be [insert your deity here]
Hey, anytime you can draft a QB who was in the top10 in fumbles each of the past 3 seasons, you have to do it!
(honestly, I don’t mind Geno, but I wouldn’t get it at #6. he’s just a younger version of Weeden. at that point, why not give Weeden a year to prove himself?)
What Albert Breer has given us is some 24-karat silly-season gotta-post-somethin’-or-go-on-probation-again sack full o’ nuthin!
The Browns MAY be . . .
. . . a WILD CARD . . .. (what does that even mean?)
. . . MAYBE in a trade-down . . .
. . . MAYBE at 6 . . .
. . . Tough to forecast where . . .
Gee, Albert, thanks for that hard-hitting investigative tweetage. Now that you got that out of your system, all you gotta do is wipe, flush, wash your hands, and hope nobody took your barstool while you were gone.
Any progresse made with the new regime will be nullified if they draft geNO
Agreed. Although if the Browns wait a year Taylor Martinez will be available, at a much cheaper price, and he’s an even better fumbler! #T-Magic2014?!?
this is all so much bird droppings. At least Peter King has the decency to frame his whole article as My Predictions Are Always Wrong/This Year is Tougher Than Most to Predict.
Draftniks have to publish predictions even if they don’t have a source or a clue – even if the teams themselves haven’t yet decided. And whether Geno Smith goes at #3 or #18, afterwards they’ll all have a confident analysis of why that happened. Ah, the sweet smell of Silly Season.
So the Browns don’t want Weeden, but they want a shorter quarterback who played in the same offense Weeden played in at Oklahoma State.
Does someone see the flaw in this logic?
Great Pat Shurmur reference
What a hideous pick Geno would be at #6.
Move along, boys. Nothing to see here, nothing to see….
The closer we get to the draft the more excited I am to add Geno Smith. The Browns are finally going to get it right at QB.