(12-05-2017, 12:22 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote:

(12-05-2017, 12:03 PM)Kane Wrote: Yeah... Outside of Mayfield, Rudolph, and perhaps Jackson... everyone else is gonna need quite a bit of work and learning.

At this point, where we are drafting and where Mayfield should go... we'll have to do a Rams (Goff), Eagles (Wentz), Atlanta (Julio) type move to get him.
I don't see it happening for a couple reasons. 
1. Bortles, Caldwell's baby. If he continues to play "well" they are gonna do something stupid
2. Free agent/Veteran possibilities; Eli, Drew, Bradford, Tyrod... there are a lot of options out there to hedge your bets... so many so that I'm not sure anyone would trade the farm for a singular QB...
3. Browns picking #1 -- They NEED a QB. Surely they can't screw it up again?

However........ say we are picking 25, and Rudolph is there at.... 10-15? 
I would not be opposed to that move up. It would cost some picks but wouldn't really mortgage the future.
This would allow the team to also do a lot at the veteran QB spot and while Rudolph would be a first round selection, with the right guy in front of him he could sit a year still if needed.
(I'm of the opinion you draft a guy in the first, he should play, right away)

I actually think Rudolph goes before Mayfield, because he has a squeaky clean image, whereas Mayfield is a bit of a risk, off the field. Right now, I have Rosen going #1 to the Browns, Lamar Jackson going to the Giants, Denver trading for Kirk Cousins, Washington taking Mason Rudolph via the Broncos pick and the Jets taking Mayfield. For the record, I have us selecting

1. WR Calvin Ridley, Alabama
2. QB Riley Ferguson, Memphis 
3. TE Ian Thomas, Indiana 
4. OG Skyler Phillips, Idaho State 
6. CB Deion Harris, North Dakota State 
7. LB Dalton Herrington, New Mexico State 
7. OT/OG Austin Corbett, Nevada

Franchise/ReSign: AR15 and Omameh
Bortles gets reduced pay or cut
Colvin/Lee/Lewis allowed to walk

1.) Anthony Miller - WR - Memphis  (I think this kid is going to be the next Antonio Brown...2 years in a row of 1400+ yards and 14+TDs)
2.) Riley Ferguson - QB - Memphis (I have been calling for this guy for over 2 months...I hope he last til this pick but we might have to trade further up into the 2nd round.)
3.) Troy Fumagalli - TE - Wisconsin (TE that can block and catch...our identity is still run 1st and Fumagalli will take over Mercede's role)
4.)Desmond Harris - OT - West Georgia (Off the field issues have caused him to fall but another big body to add to the OL)
6.)Jordan Wilkins - RB - Ole Miss (Bigger back that averaged 6.5 YPC and broke 1k for an offense know as a pass 1st team also has great hands)
7.) BACB
7.)BACB

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