(11-16-2017, 02:20 PM)BlueEyedJag Wrote:

(11-16-2017, 01:49 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: As many as it takes to finally find a true franchise starter and if they make the moves I predict, Kessler would be released, leaving them with McCarron, Kizer and their rookie. Kizer would then probably be relegated to 3rd string where he belongs. 

You say Cleveland will go QB, but when I said they would go QB, you said they wouldn't? The Browns and Bengals already had a deal done for McCarron that got messed up, why wouldn't the same deal get done after the season? Why would the Browns not add the concensus best player in the draft at a need position (Barkley) and still get one of the top QB's in the draft with their other top 10 pick? I could easily see the Giants drafting a QB, but since I have them trading for Cousins, I negated that. They have HUGE problems on the O-Line, so I just can't see them sticking a rookie back there without fixing the O-Line first. A veteran like Cousins would make much more sense, but if they didn't deal for him, I believe they would take a LT. The same goes for Denver. I believe they fix a depleted O-Line before placing yet another young QB behind that O-Line. The Chargers make the most sense as a landing spot for a rookie QB. In any case, I believe Kirk Cousins will land somewhere with one of the teams mentioned here. Washington has to get some compensation for him, because it's highly unlikely he re-signs after all the waiting they've made him do for a long term deal. They seem completely non-committal to him anyway. Tagging him yet again, would just be delaying the inevitable and this would be a good draft class to find his replacement.

Cincinnati will absolutely not take a QB. I live in the Cincinnati area and the local sports radio shows here are laughing at the idea that people think believe they'll take a QB. Their O-Line is trash and that is where the problem lies. They must come out of this draft with at the very least, a new LT and a new Center, but they could use so much more.

I don't think they go McCarron and QB is what I've stated multiple times...What does McCarron bring to the table that you want to give up a 2nd rounder for if you are going to draft a QB in the 1st?

If we play the game using your hypo... Rosen/Rudolph go...then LAC goes with Jackson....I could easily see the NYJ or any QB hungry team that views Mayfield as the last "starter" trading up with TB to grab Jackson ahead of Cleveland.  Then who does Cleveland go with at #10?

I agree, but the truth is, they technically did give up a 2nd round pick for McCarron, the deal just got turned in too late, so there is no reason to believe that the same deal wouldn't be re-visited. What has changed that you believe they wouldn't cut the same deal? As I said before, the Browns cannot pass on getting a franchise QB and they would also need a transition QB. They already know that Kizer is looking like a dud. No matter what they do, Kessler is likely a goner. McCarron would give them a likely short term starter who is familiar with Hue Jackson's offense and a first rounder would give them a QB of the future.

I don't think that will happen, so I can't comment. As I said before, I don't necessarily believe this is how the draft will go. I believe we will trade up and get our QB. I just don't predict draft day trades in my mocks. I don't wanna miss out on getting a franchise QB and I don't think we will. My guess is that we target picks #5-8 to tray and trade up to make a deal. It will cost a lot, but it would be well worth it to get our QB of the future.

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