04-01-2020, 11:05 AM
(04-01-2020, 03:55 AM)Nicomo Cosca Wrote: Not every Heisman winning QB accomplished what Burrow did though. In fact, none did. He pretty much had the best season we’ve ever seen. It wasn’t a typical Heisman season. The one question nobody in the pro-trade camp ever seems to be able to answer is if another team thinks Burrow is worth giving up such a haul for why in the world would WE give him up?
As for the bold, even if you hit on your picks, who do you think the Browns would rather have? All 3 from the first column, or one from the second?
Miles Garrett
Jabrill Peppers
David Njoku
Patrick Mahomes
Deshaun Watson
The Browns had a chance to draft a Heisman winning franchise QB who had done unprecedented things in Lamar Jackson and they passed on him twice. He was the 4th(?) QB off the board in that draft. I'm sure they'd do that draft differently now.
Mahomes and Watson weren't the first QB off the board either.
I want Burrow but picking a franchise QB is a lot easier with hindsight than it is at the time. Burrow isn't necessarily the slam dunk we hope he is. If he isn't people will look back and point out the red flags - a one year wonder, weak arm etc. It could be that Herbert or Tua or Love or someone else becomes the franchise QB and in years to come we'll be looking back thinking how stupid we were to pass on them at the top of the draft and how, like with Akili, that king's ransom could have transformed the franchise. Or it could be Trevor Lawrence who becomes the new Brady and we are left ruing not accepting all those future picks from Miami that might have handed him to us on a plate.
