Above you will notice old faces with whom you may have a jersey of sitting in the back of your closet collecting dust. With names such as Richardson, Mingo, Manziel, Green, Weedon, Quinn, Robiskie, Little and the list goes on.
Like most red blooded Americans, we like flash, we like bling, we like sexy. Drafting D-line or O-line personnel are not these things. When your team decides to trade down in the draft and draft a center from Cal, its just not SEXY.
Draft me a guy who will suit up in the number 88 and catch for 1400 yds and 11 TD's in round one.
However...........
DT Leonard Williams could be a stud. Phil Taylor has been hit by the injury bug in each of the last three years and never really seemed to be the real play maker we need on that defensive front.
OLB Dante Fowler Jr like Williams above, the Browns will need to trade up if they would like him practicing in Berea this year. He totaled 25 sacks his last two years at Florida and if Barkevious Mingo does't kick his game up a notch, Fowler would be a great bookend to Paul Kruger.
OT Brandon Schreff from Iowa is a mountain of a man and can play both tackle and guard. This is the "non-sexy" pick I spoke of earlier. But if you can get a real quality O Lineman who can play multiple positions in case of injury is never a bad thing.
DE Shane Ray. An extremely productive player while at Missouri but his performance at the combine was a little less than ideal. He's been dealing with turf toe issues and probably needs to gain about 20 lbs but his motor runs high and I think will be a pretty good player down the road.
Again these are some possibilities, I still think we need to look at our WR situation. Dwayne Bowe and Brian Hartline are just short term answers.
Tomorrow, WR's TE's and QB's
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