(04-12-2018, 01:30 PM)pirkster Wrote: I'm still not following the logic of the Browns bringing in Allen as a way to "amp up" the market.

Vegas shows Allen making a serious move towards favorite as #1 overall.  This from betonline.ag:

Josh Allen +125
Sam Darnold -175
Josh Rosen +800
Saquon Barkley +600

Barkley has dropped from early favorite to #3.  Allen is closing the gap as we get closer to the draft.

If the Browns are relatively happy with any of the top QBs it's possible they still want to trade out of #1 and still get their QB with #4.

They could also select Barkley at #1 if they can't trade out, and still get their QB with #4.  So, let's not assume their interest in Allen isn't real.  There's nothing that would benefit the Browns otherwise.  Realistically, the Browns have no interest in affecting the rest of the QB market if they control their own destiny on which one they're going to take.  If anything, they'd be doing the opposite (cooling the QB market) so that they could defer their QB pick to 4 and still get their pick of who they feel are the best candidates.

I still think they're all going too high at the top, but then that's what the position commands.

You are basing it on the browns being the ones "leaking" the news. That's likely not the case.

The giants for example have a lot to gain from teams thinking Allen is going #1. Everybody looking to move back benefits from QB uncertainty, even if only a bit. It's part and parcel of the games they play every year.

Barkley has been out of the #1 spot for a good while now. It's been Darnold for ages, I don't buy the sudden surge of Josh Allen #1 being spread through the media.

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