(11-02-2017, 08:29 PM)JaguarsWoman Wrote:

(11-02-2017, 07:56 PM)D6 Wrote: If the Bengals organization, either the Brown Family, Marvin Lewis, or the key football in the front office thought A.J. McCarron realistically could be a Franchise QB, I don't think they would have traded him unless another team offered them the moon.That much more to a divisional opponent.  

A major reason why I thought this was a bad trade for the Browns is they likely would have passed on a QB in the 1st Round unless the value was through the roof. The impression the Browns give is they are accumulating and then throwing darts hoping to finally hit the target.

Yet Marvin Lewis sounded happy the Clowns botched the trade. Go figure. That to me indicates Mike Brown made an arbitrary decision without listening to Lewis.

I agree 100% on your second point. If the Browns had any level of competence, their QB would be Carson Wentz. Shasi Brown said during the draft process his strategy of collecting picks is to throw darts. If he misses, he can try again. That is a horrible draft strategy, as we have seen over and over again with the later picks they collect. To me if you need a guy who has been widely projected as a top five pick and have a top five pick, passing on him intentionally to keep trading down is asking for failure. Imagine what our defense would be like without Jalen Ramsey and Dante Fowler.

Marvin Lewis is likely looking at the situation from a coaching survival standpoint.  The future draft picks aren't going to help him if he gets fired in the coming months.

There are times that trading down from the top 5 makes plenty of sense.  In the Browns case though,  they seem all over the map what they are trying to do. 

If they end up firing Hue Jackson,  many of the players they have added the last couple of season might be on the move when a new coaching staff comes in.  It seems like an endless cycle for the Browns.   With the QB situation at best remaining highly questionable.

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