Browns select OT Shon Coleman at No. 76
April 29, 2016Browns select LB Joe Schobert with No. 99
April 30, 2016The Browns have found their quarterback and its not one that many expected. With their last of three picks in the third round, the Browns selected quarterback Cody Kessler of USC. He is selected before the more highly talked about Connor Cook, Dak Prescott and Cardale Jones. In 14 games last season, he completed 66.8% of his passes for 3,536 yards, 29 touchdowns and seven interceptions. He started three seasons at quarterback for USC, fighting through a lot of adversity, including coaching changes and sanctions. An interesting pick and definitely a eyebrow raiser to close out Day 2 for the Browns.
ESPN’s Mel Kiper ranked Kessler as the 13th best quarterback in the draft, while Pro Football Focus ranked him as the sixth best signal caller. Here is a breakdown of the new Browns signal caller:
STRENGTHS: Baseline accuracy is pro quality. Never had a completion percentage lower than 65 percent as a three-year starter. Will take what the defense gives them and keep the chains moving. Able to play “backyard catch” with open receivers underneath if defenses let him. Delivered from the pocket with a 70.4 completion percentage rate. Adequate arm strength. Good general sense of running an offense. Gets through progressions quickly. Has pocket feel with ability to climb the pocket to throw or escape from side doors when necessary.
WEAKNESSES: Just a shade over 6-foot-1, which is smaller than teams like. Below average move accuracy as a passer. Ability to hit targets with catchable throws falls off the table when forced to scramble. Doesn’t show poise or arm strength for deep routes needing additional time to develop. Footwork unsettled by perceived pocket pressure. Tends to hesitate over anticipating and trusting his arm. Low-risk, low-reward approach. Rarely makes the “wow” throws with velocity or touch. Feet look jittery when moving from read to read.
Here are some highlights from the newest quarterback of the Cleveland Browns:
2016 Cleveland Browns Draft Picks
1st: WR Corey Coleman
2nd: EDGE Emmanuel Ogbah
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Superbowl.
And this years Jeremy Brown award goes to….Cody Kessler.
A toast to analytics and completion percentages everywhere.
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I came away from his highlight video thinking…
Is that JuJu Smith-Schuster guy available this draft? He looks pretty damn good.
Love JuJu.
The first big test of our faith at the altar of Hue.
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Strange pick
Hue raved about him at the presser. Said his accuracy was huge factor. I guess we need to trust Hue. And also remind ourselves that the “top QB” prospects that we passed on are “top prospects” only based what the media says. Obviously, NFL guys think about this stuff differently. The Patriots taking that Brisket guy is a good example.
Don’t really like this pick. As a guy who has watched him plenty, I always thought he received far more praise than he deserved.
I hope to have much, much more on Cody Kessler (crossing-fingers on someone returning my emails), but my main comparison of Cody Kessler was A.J. McCarron, whom Hue Jackson had in Cincinnati.
Not a surprising pick when you realize the type of QB Hue likes (pro-style, able to go through progressions, accurate). Question is if we can improve his arm strength cuz his height is what it is.
Also, do not EXPECT a starter in the 3rd round. That is the spot-starter, backup range, which Kessler should fit neatly into. If he develops into more down the line, great. If not, we’ll have time to draft a QB higher later.
Brissett was one of my top guys. Love him.
Cook has character issues, Cardale Jones has tons of issues (exp., accuracy, etc.). So, not sure who any other top guy is. Kessler isn’t “plug him in to start” type of QB, but none in the 3rd round this draft are either.
I agree. The big name is obviously Cook. Media guys had him graded out well above the Kessler, Brissett, Jones cluster. Because of that, everyone views this as a reach. But clearly none ofthe NFL guys had Cook that high. Even Hackenberg went before Cook.
The highlight video above has him throwing a lot of 50 yard strikes with minimal effort. My guess is that his arm is “good enough.” But I agree — the goal is to have RGIII turn into our front-end starter and have this guy move into the #2 spot by end of next year when McCown goes away.
I am not saying smartest guys in the room syndrome but…
Who do we cut? Davis is getting paid, McCown is getting paid, RG3 is getting paid…
All pretty minimal by NFL standards and the team with the third most cap space.
Have to think Davis and Shaw are pretty disposable. Not sure yet how they view McCown in year one of their rebuild. He’s an easy backup to keep on the roster who requires minimal reps.
Maybe we trade Davis today for like a 7th rounder.
https://twitter.com/DustinFox37/status/726396479129174016
The theme continues….. They weren’t touching Cook, and it looks like neither is the rest of the NFL.
How big of a D must cook be for the entire NFL to treat him like a leper.
Really hard to unsee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQdUlfXcWWg
timing on intermediate routes is Kessler’s main bugaboo, but yeah, he’s got “enough” just not great IMO.
Cook on the field would have been a 1st rounder, but teams probably fear he’ll be killed before even OTAs are done (not exactly in good with his teammates).
Reminds me of Colt McCoy. Undersized, but accuracy the calling card. Was hoping for a DB with this pick. Need to emphasize defense in today’s 4th round.
dangit, now Im hungry
Well, there are now 5 QBs on the roster. I think Shaw is a goner for sure. Im not positive but I think the money on both Davis and McCown is a sunk cost, so whether either is cut or not, they’re still going to cost essentially the same amount. I think McCown is more likely to garner an asset in return, but I have a feeling his experience may keep him in town.
So, my completely uneducated wild guess? McCown stays, Davis and Shaw are gone
Better pocket feet, less mobile than Colt, but yeah.
Or McCown
His entire team in East Lansing treated him the same way. WARNING: Apocryphal story time: i have a 2nd cousin (my Cousins son) who goes to MSU, and word around the kiddie Table last Thanksgiving is that he acts like BMOC, and some people treated him as such, but lots of his fellow students just thought he was an ass. From what I hear, he had some run ins with other athletes on campus and his teammates backed him up, begrudgingly.
Also, my best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who’s going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it’s pretty serious.
I gotta think the experience keeps McCown in town. But, every day I know less about the NFL than the day before, so who knows.
Brian Sipe.
Someone else put it well, Cutler without the arm.
At least it will keep MKC occupied for a while longer.
Whatever you want to say about this pick, it certainly was a surprise in the 3rd round. The optimistic view is that the Browns were waiting for the late fifth round to take Kessler and got word that another team was hot on the trail for him. At least that would mean two teams (or more) thought he was worthy of a 3rd round pick.
Or the worst case scenario–this was a huge reach. I still have a lot of trust in Hue Jackson as a coach and offensive mind but I hope he’s not going to turn into Jon Gruden with a pet QB project in every Draft that clogs up the QB room and causes us to pass on more natural NFL talents in the high rounds.
The USC QB always gets hyped up out west. I thought he may have a breakout year last year, but he turned out to be less than impressive. Kessler is about equal to Hogan IMO, with both underachieving with above average offensive lines.
Bahahahah!!! What a dick!
I’m a ND kid, so I know this too well. The Hogan comparison is apt. Although, IMO Hogan did more with less.
Lack of strength debilitating injury helps I guess. But if this dude is Chad Pennington he’s still better than most of what we’ve had.
MKC now follows Kessler
Cutler never acted like BMOC. Quite the opposite- he never wanted to interacte with anyone he wasn’t friends with. He is “standoffish” and keeps to himself. Hates being recognized.
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