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Trading up for Sam Bradford, Seattle Seahawks, Tony Scheffler



For those of you who following my (elementary school) writings, you know that I would like nothing else than the Browns to draft safety Eric Berry.

Earlier in the week Denver WR Brandon Marshall was traded to the Miami Dolphins. Not really a huge deal for us Browns fans unless you see who else was interested in him.  The Seattle Seahawks.

If you happen to follow any mock drafts, many "experts" have the Seahawks drafting Berry as the 6th overall pick in Thursdays draft.  But with such interest in Brandon Marshall this gives us the perception that WR Dez Bryant could be much higher on the list of players that Seattle may want.

What if the Browns have set the bar much higher and want a franchise QB as the new face of the team to go along with the new front office?  For almost two weeks now I have heard that the Browns have inquired about what it would take to trade up in the draft with the St. Louis Rams and snag Sam Bradford.

I honestly don't think the Browns would do trade so many picks (including probably a first round next season) just to move up for one player.  We have soooooo many needs and holes to fill that I just don't see this being an option for us at this point.  But it never hurts to ask.

I think Mike Dikta made the example mistake for everyone else in the league some years ago when trading his entire draft to Washington Redskins for RB Ricky Williams.  You also have to consider that Eric Mangini barely kept his job after last season and if he traded his entire draft for one player and the team went 5-11 or even 6-10, he probably would be replaced at this seasons end.

Word on the street has it that the Denver Broncos are also looking to ship out TE Tony Scheffler.  He is sort of a TE/WR hybrid.  With the Browns lack of talent and experience at WR I think Scheffler could bring a nice addition in adding a viable receiver to the offense.  The only downfall is that he wouldn't bring much to the run game as he is not much of a blocker.

When the NFL announced that they were bringing this years draft to the prime time format, I have to admit that I was not really impressed.  However after seeing how much time time teams will have now between rounds, this will allow franchises much more time to orchestrate trades (example: the Rooney's shipping out Ben Rothlesburger in some sort of crazy mega-deal).

This could be one of the more exciting drafts in recent years.

Speaking of exciting drafts, remember when everyone thought that the Miami Dolphins were going to snag Brady Quinn and end up taking WR Ted Ginn Jr?  
My wife and I were driving up to the Indians game that afternoon and while listening to the radio we heard that the Browns had traded up when Quinn was still available and I was happier than ever (at the time).  While at the Indians game that day someone had pulled out there Kelly Holcomb jersey, stuck a piece of duct tape over the name on the back and filled in "Quinn".

There was such a buzz at (the then named) Jacobs Field it was really fun to hear everyone talking about what the Browns were doing that day.  And now look, Ginn's in San Francisco now and Quinn's in Denver.

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