Filling Holes After the Draft.

Well the 2010 NFL Draft has come and gone, Indians are under .500, with the worst batting average in the league and the Cavs are making there push into the second round of the playoffs for a title. (Celtics vs Cavs game 1, Saturday May 1st, 1pm)

The only thing for the Cleveland Browns now is to figure out what is going on with restricted free agents FB Lawrence Vickers, MLB D'Qwell Jackson and what exactly is going on with the legal situation and Shaun Rogers?

Cleveland has completely overhauled the secondary by way of trade (thank you again Philly) and draft (see list of fun YouTube videos at the bottom of this post). But what I find a little odd is that after trading out only sack threat in Kamerion Wimbley (yes at 6.5 sacks last year) to Oakland, why did Homgren and crew wait until round 7 to grab a defensive lineman?

Many of the turnovers that a defensive backs get credited for start with the pressure that a DL and LB create in the box. That's hard to do when:

A: Our current DL are over 30 and already beyond inefficient.

B: Outside of our gun toting Jihad wanna-be NT Shaun Rogers, can you name another DL on the current roster?

Adalius Thomas was just released from New England but really never made the hoped production from the 46 defense in Baltimore to the 3-4 with the Patriots. Also, AT is currently pushing his mid 30's only only recorded three sacks last season along with 34 tackles. Would the Browns take a chance on someone like him?

Links of Interest:

Why Safety TJ Ward and not Taylor Mays?
Al Davis/Oakland giving up on Jamarcus Russell?
Colt McCoy to ride bench rookie year.

As always you can follow me daily on Twitter @postal38sp.

Joe Haden
TJ Ward
Montario Hardesty
Colt McCoy
Larry Asante
Carlton Mitchell
Clifton Geathers

Finally, I thought it would be funny to ask Yahoo Answers if the Browns would make the playoffs in 2010, follow here.

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