Early look at the Draft

Round 1: Joe Thomas, LT, Wisconsin. If Thomas is already taken, trade down in the 8-13 range and pick up an extra 2nd rounder and 4th rounder. Then select either Justin Blalock, OT/OG, Texas, or Levi Brown, OT, Penn State. If both of these players are gone select Daymeion Hughes, CB, California.

Round 2: If OL was taken in first round, select Marcus McCauley, CB, Fresno State; Chris Houston, CB, Arkansas; or Fred Bennett, CB, South Carolina. If CB was taken in first round, select Arron Sears, OT, Tennessee, or Joe Staley, OT, Central Michigan.

Round 2 (if 1st rnd trade down occurs): select Johnathan Harrell, DT, Tennessee, or Adam Carriker, DE, Nebraska.

Round 3: Select Tim Duckworth, OG, Auburn; or Joe Anoai, DE, Georgia Tech; or Anthony Gonzalez, WR, Ohio State.

Round 4: If Michael Turner was not signed, select Tyrone Moss, RB, Miami. If Turner was signed select John Beck, QB, BYU; or Prescott Burgess, OLB, Michigan; or Dallas Sartz, OLB, USC; or Dallas Baker, WR, Florida.

Round 4 (if trade down occurred): If RB was selected with previous pick, select Beck, QB; or Burgess, OLB; or Sartz, OLB; or Baker, WR. If QB was selected with previous pick, select Burgess, OLB; or Sartz, OLB; or Bryan Robison, DE, Texas.

Round 5: If only one or two DL were previously selected, pick Bryan Robison, DE, Texas; or David Patterson, DE, Ohio State; or Marcus Thomas, DE, Florida. If more than two were already selected, pick Dan Mozes, C, West Virginia, or Dustin Fry, C/G, Clemson.

Round 6: Take fliers on players with physical attributes. Look at massive DTs Kelly Talavou, Utah, or Howie Fuimaono, UNLV; or Travarous Bain, CB, Hampton; or Ryan Moore, WR, Miami; or Selvin Young, RB, Texas.

Round 7: Look for large possession WRs for third down. Select Eric Deslauriers, Eastern Michigan or Eric Moore, Stanford, who might also be able to play TE. If both these guys are gone, take a look at Derik Landry, DE, Notre Dame.

Undrafted Players:
Roy Hall, WR/TE, Ohio State - He lacked opportunites to play while at Ohio State. Has 4.4 speed and is a chiseled 240lbs, making him quite a nice player for at TE. Even picture him blocking on a WR screen.

Nate Ilaoa, RB/FB, Hawaii - Very nimble and quick feet for a guy that weighs 250. Would be a great short yardage back.

Early look at Free Agents

At the moment the top free agents that could help the Browns are:

Matt Schaub, QB, Atlanta RFA - would be a great signing as long as we don't have to give up a first rounder to do it.

Nate Clements, CB, Buffalo, UFA - hometown guy would finally give us a lockdown corner, which we haven't had since Hanford Dixon was running around.

Michael Turner, RB, San Diego, RFA - size at 237 and 6.0 ypc would be an ideal fit. Plus has virtually no miles on him the past three years.

Leonard Davis, OT/OG, Arizona, UFA - mammoth who would be a great fit at RT or OG. I would rather draft someone to play LT than force him into that slot.

There are other big name guys out there like Lance Briggs, LB, Chicago, but we have some solid young talent at ILB in D'Qwell Jackson and Andra Davis and Kamerion Wimbley at OLB. So the massive amount of money does not have to be spent to upgrade this unit.

Mission

The mission of this blog will be to discuss ways to return the Browns to glory despite their years of mishandling. This will be done through discussions of draft selections, free agents, and coaching hires.