No way do the Browns trade down. They have far too much draft capital this year and have to capitalise at some point. With picks 1 and 4, they're so heavily armed.
I reckon it goes something like this in the top 10:
1. Sam Darnold - Browns 2. Saquon Barkley - Giants 3. Bradley Chubb - Colts 4. Minkah Fitzpatrick - Browns 5. Josh Rosen - Broncos 6. Baker Mayfield - Jets 7. Either Quentin Nelson/Vita Vea - Bucs (not sure on their more urgent need) 8. Calvin Ridley - Bears 9. Derwin James - 49ers 10. Either Tremaine Edmunds/Roquan Smith - Raiders (I'd prefer Smith)
The chat about Barkley going 1st overall is getting stronger. While I think it's a smokescreen, if that happens, and Cousins goes to the Browns, and they draft Fitzpatrick - oh my word Cleveland is going to be an interesting place to watch football next season.
The chat about Barkley going 1st overall is getting stronger. While I think it's a smokescreen, if that happens, and Cousins goes to the Browns, and they draft Fitzpatrick - oh my word Cleveland is going to be an interesting place to watch football next season.
Barkley looks phenomenal. Truly astounding.
Even if they took Barkley I cant see them getting Cousins, they seem to like Rosen, Darnold and Mayfield and at least one of them will be available at 4.
I think Cousins goes to the Vikings, maybe the Broncos.
There will be such a backlash if the Browns don't take Allen, Darnold or Rosen at #1. If that happens, you'd expect Barkley to go to the Giants if they don't take one of the remaining QBs.
No mock draft I've seen expects the Colts to go for Barkley, but why not? Gore has been released and Marlon Mack didn't exactly set the world alight last year.
Whatever happens, Barkley is not falling out of the top five.
The chat about Barkley going 1st overall is getting stronger. While I think it's a smokescreen, if that happens, and Cousins goes to the Browns, and they draft Fitzpatrick - oh my word Cleveland is going to be an interesting place to watch football next season.
Barkley looks phenomenal. Truly astounding.
Even if they took Barkley I cant see them getting Cousins, they seem to like Rosen, Darnold and Mayfield and at least one of them will be available at 4.
The big question of course is whether they'll prioritise Barkley or (imo) Fitzpatrick. They need more help in their secondary than their run game tbh, and obviously need no.1 is a QB.
If they pick up a FA QB in what is quite a saturated market, I'd love to see them draft Barkley and Fitzpatrick. Cousins? Probably not, but there's other serviceable options out there...
The chat about Barkley going 1st overall is getting stronger. While I think it's a smokescreen, if that happens, and Cousins goes to the Browns, and they draft Fitzpatrick - oh my word Cleveland is going to be an interesting place to watch football next season.
Barkley looks phenomenal. Truly astounding.
Even if they took Barkley I cant see them getting Cousins, they seem to like Rosen, Darnold and Mayfield and at least one of them will be available at 4.
The big question of course is whether they'll prioritise Barkley or (imo) Fitzpatrick. They need more help in their secondary than their run game tbh, and obviously need no.1 is a QB.
If they pick up a FA QB in what is quite a saturated market, I'd love to see them draft Barkley and Fitzpatrick. Cousins? Probably not, but there's other serviceable options out there...
You'll have to help me here, just getting into NFL and not quite sure how it works. Is the draft when teams get to choose the best college players? And am I right in thinking that the worst team picks first to try And level up the teams and make it more competitive?
Does that work? Why would a college player make more difference that exchanging senior players? I've probably missed something so please enlighten me! Thanks
You'll have to help me here, just getting into NFL and not quite sure how it works. Is the draft when teams get to choose the best college players? And am I right in thinking that the worst team picks first to try And level up the teams and make it more competitive?
Does that work? Why would a college player make more difference that exchanging senior players? I've probably missed something so please enlighten me! Thanks
You've pretty much hit it on the nose, all teams have a salary cap and basically players coming out of college are cheaper than veteran players
You'll have to help me here, just getting into NFL and not quite sure how it works. Is the draft when teams get to choose the best college players? And am I right in thinking that the worst team picks first to try And level up the teams and make it more competitive?
Does that work? Why would a college player make more difference that exchanging senior players? I've probably missed something so please enlighten me! Thanks
You'll have to help me here, just getting into NFL and not quite sure how it works. Is the draft when teams get to choose the best college players? And am I right in thinking that the worst team picks first to try And level up the teams and make it more competitive?
Does that work? Why would a college player make more difference that exchanging senior players? I've probably missed something so please enlighten me! Thanks
You've pretty much hit it on the nose, all teams have a salary cap and basically players coming out of college are cheaper than veteran players
Teams also aren't going to easily trade their best / senior players either. Six of the top ten rushers (running back yards) from last year were drafted within the last three years - two of them, Kareem Hunt and Leonard Fournette, were rookies.
I'm warming to the idea of Ravens taking a QB at #16. This could well be Flacco's last year - they can cut him after 1st June 2019 and save $10.5m. I think it's time. Trade for Landry and pick up another WR in the second round.
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I reckon it goes something like this in the top 10:
1. Sam Darnold - Browns
2. Saquon Barkley - Giants
3. Bradley Chubb - Colts
4. Minkah Fitzpatrick - Browns
5. Josh Rosen - Broncos
6. Baker Mayfield - Jets
7. Either Quentin Nelson/Vita Vea - Bucs (not sure on their more urgent need)
8. Calvin Ridley - Bears
9. Derwin James - 49ers
10. Either Tremaine Edmunds/Roquan Smith - Raiders (I'd prefer Smith)
In all seriousness inspirational stuff.
Barkley looks phenomenal. Truly astounding.
There will be such a backlash if the Browns don't take Allen, Darnold or Rosen at #1. If that happens, you'd expect Barkley to go to the Giants if they don't take one of the remaining QBs.
No mock draft I've seen expects the Colts to go for Barkley, but why not? Gore has been released and Marlon Mack didn't exactly set the world alight last year.
Whatever happens, Barkley is not falling out of the top five.
The big question of course is whether they'll prioritise Barkley or (imo) Fitzpatrick. They need more help in their secondary than their run game tbh, and obviously need no.1 is a QB.
If they pick up a FA QB in what is quite a saturated market, I'd love to see them draft Barkley and Fitzpatrick. Cousins? Probably not, but there's other serviceable options out there...
Does that work? Why would a college player make more difference that exchanging senior players? I've probably missed something so please enlighten me! Thanks
My 'thing' is the list of supported teams.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2762546-nfl-draft-2018-latest-1st-round-mock-and-odds-for-top-prospects-after-combine
I'm warming to the idea of Ravens taking a QB at #16. This could well be Flacco's last year - they can cut him after 1st June 2019 and save $10.5m. I think it's time. Trade for Landry and pick up another WR in the second round.
I think the new kits will be similar to the above, though, but with a bit more polish and imagination.