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Shouldn't we wait for the Browns to be good before saying that teams should follow their strategy? Also they had a 3 year run of picking 2nd, 1st, and 1st, where they actively passed on opportunities to improve in order to get more draft capital (trading the Wentz pick for a haul). It's not really reasonable for any GM/coach to go down the road of being that terrible for that long.

Justin Houston makes a lot of sense, but I also feel like he'll have a lot of options and will probably get a very significant $$$ offer. He just turned 30 and every team knows signing him doesn't hurt the comp pick formula. If Suggs, who's turning 37 later this year, got a $7M salary, I think Houston, who is only 30, will get double that. I don't think he's an under the radar/bargain pickup.

I agree with all of what you said except calling him a "great player". He's a good player who is now paid like a great one. No red flags with him, it's just about is he good enough to warrant that price. He's never seemed like a player we couldn't have a fair chance of replacing/replicating.

Prime is a clear 3rd. Suggs had a lot more longevity though.

That was the first draft I watched. I remember the commentary being all incredulous about a the trade because why would a team trade up one spot? I remember being happy getting Ngata because of his cool name or something like that. Had a great career and was such a beast in his prime.

That's too many numbers, given roster sizes early in the preseason. I think just 52 will be totally off limits 20 years from now.

Future Brown. John Dorsey is getting all the breaks.

Because the random number generator spit out 8 this time.

Huh? The Browns have been rebuilding for decades, and took many tries of top draft picks to get some cornerstone pieces. They are the worst example of that. There have been good/lucky teams that didn't even rebuild for a year, getting franchise QBs or other star building blocks without a top 10 pick. Also no one ever says 5 years. 5 years means >90% roster turnover.

James Washington will be the next guy.

You can have Tony Jefferson if you want.

2 for 10 isn't bad at all

The timing of this thread is

You could have stopped at big money deal. I can't remember ever signing another team's free agent who was this valuable.

LOL