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April 2, 2010(Ed. Note: This article was written prior to the trade with the Eagles occured this morning. The Browns traded away two draft picks. This article has been updated to reflect this.)
In years past, there would be little time between the last pick in the first round and the first selection in the second round. But with this season’s NFL Draft taking place on three separate days this season, there will be several hours between the 32nd overall pick (by the New Orleans Saints) and the 33rd overall pick (by the St. Louis Rams). And while the three-day draft may be a bit much for some, the new format should actually benefit those teams looking to make moves in the later rounds.
The Cleveland Browns have stockpiled 12 10 draft picks for this year’s draft and have made no secret about their desire to either add more or combine those that they have to move up. Just last week, head coach Eric Mangini told the media that the Browns are not restless, but are definitely looking to shake things up even more.
“There’s some other things that hopefully will get done in the next couple of weeks,” said Mangini. “A little bit of [the Quinn and Wimbley trades were] done in anticipation of being able to get some other things done that will involve draft picks.”
Once the first 32 players are selected, the landscape becomes a lot clearer for the team selecting sixth overall that very next day, and it would not be far-fetched to assume that Mike Holmgren and Tom Heckert will be tearing through their cell phone minutes over that 20-hour stretch. Needless to say, once the Browns make their selection at No. 7 overall – assuming they stay put in the first round – the talks will begin about what quarterback the Browns will look to acquire.
Florida’s Tim Tebow, Texas’ Colt McCoy and even Northwestern’s Mike Kafka are three of the handful of quarterbacks that have been linked to the Browns in recent weeks. As it has been reported for some time now, Tebow’s value continues to be a great debate as some see him being selected at the end of the first round while others see him more as a third-round selection. McCoy will likely go in the second or third round while Kafka is a player that could be selected from the third round on.
Other positions of need continue to be defensive back, wide receiver and linebacker – both inside and outside.
The second round has typically been very rewarding for general manager Tom Heckert in his last few NFL Drafts. In 2009, the Eagles drafted explosive running back LeSean McCoy. In 2008, they landed Pro Bowl wide receiver DeSean Jackson. And while the Browns will not be alone in terms of having the added advantage, more time to ponder their upcoming second-round selection could possibly be the best thing that the rebuilding Browns could ask for.
24 Comments
Yay we get Brown!
Wow. 12 picks. Some blog this is. You do know that they traded two picks, right? No? Oh.
Oh look, the guy who complains about blogs in every comment is back.
@2
Yeah, totally. Scott should have been able to travel forward in time to get news of the trade before it actually happened. Alternately he should have written an article based on an assumption of a trade that hadn’t been finalized yet.
Yeah, those would be great qualities in a blog.
(Actually, you guys should get to work on that first one.)
I like the trade; getting players who can contribute immediately and stregthening a glaring weak spot at CB. The new regime continues to make meaningful trades to improve the Browns roster. I’m very excited to see what happens as we approach the draft.
It is nice to see the Browns being proactive and at least attempting to become relevant again. That being said they haven’t played a single game yet so hopefully Browns fans aren’t wetting themselves with the news of another move.
Been saying for over a week now that the 20 hour gap between rounds 1&2 could not have come at better time for the Browns this year. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a trade from #38 to one of those first 4 picks in round 2 for a player like Colt McCoy.
Btw Evan Turner AP Player of the Year in NCAA basketball, just sayin’.
Great angle and beat me to the punch on it! I think the 2nd round will be the Wild West now that teams have a night to regroup and scheme about trades. Even after this trade of 2 picks to the Eagles, I think we still try to work our way back into rd 2. And Heckert has drafted some damn good players in rd 2 in past years.
this is awesome
@ boogeyman – Non-sequitur much?
@10 Well I didn’t see you write anything on it so I just thought I’d help out. Pardon me. Btw I didn’t think you had it in you to use that kind of language. Certainly not based on your customary comments. Impressive.
“I didn’t see you write anything on it so I just thought I’d help out.”
Said ‘help’ can be done by sending tips to our tips address. This isn’t a message board. And for what it’s worth, I addressed Turner’s award on Twitter today.
Sheldon Brown was the guy who lit up Reggie Bush
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9jgP1brUn8&feature=related
@ boogeman – Let me know when you start your own blog. I’ll be first in line waiting to make comments regarding your perceived intelligence.
A bit frosty in these parts today. I’m just happy the Cavs are on national TV tonight so I can finally catch them, it seems it’s been awhile (how’s that for non-sequitur).
On this, I think a 4 and a 5 are very reasonable and a good use of the draft picks we’ve accumulated to get proven (and capable?) vets added to our D. Given the level of draft day activity last year, I’d expect even more of the same this year given the extra day in between rounds.
I’ve never quite understood the anointing of Lesean McCoy. The Eagles have (had) a good offense, McCoy looked decent in it. But how can you say he’s any better than James Davis? Just sayin’.
Anyway, yeah, the time off between rounds will definitely be a big help. Everything’s coming up Brownie these days. It’s pretty awesome.
@ Denny
If you’re going to continue responding to boogey, you’ve got to keep your words to two syllables or less. Grammar, punctuation and syntax are not his long suit. But then, he doesn’t know that.
“Grammar, punctuation and syntax are not his long suit.”
Clearly, NIKKO have mastered grammar.
Just like it always made the first pick of Day 2 a big deal (see Green, Shonn), the time between rounds will give everyone a chance to clear their collective heads. Just think how enriched our lives would be as Browns fans had we never rooted for Quincy Morgan or Chaun Thompson. The trade today looks great as well, I have this weird emotion where I dont feel like everything is 90% crap when it comes to the Browns…like things may be okay…Robin Williams is hugging me and telling me its not my fault…is this Optimism?
@Scott sorry don’t use Twitter but I thought something like an Ohio State player being named the AP Player of the year would be worthy of this site. My mistake.
@Denny I’m not into blogging entirely to many people do it who think they know what they are talking about these days.
Have a nice day! 🙂
@Frowns, because McCoy’s played in an NFL game during the regular season. Just sayin.
@boogey – Turner AP Player of the Year article posted Saturday at noon. Thanks for the tip.
Maybe I’m just late to the party with this, but I didn’t realize there actually was a chart of relative draft pick value. I apologize if everyone else was thinking of this for relative value, but if it’s actually used as ESPN purports, it’d probably help all the trade up/down scenarios thrown around. According to this, if we want to move up to #2 like some silly people have said in these parts, we’d need to throw in the equivalent of the #14 OVERALL pick along with our #7.
Also, according to this, the best possible 3rd and 5th round picks are worth the same as the 28th pick in the 2nd. Keep that in mind for people who think we could get all kinds of ridiculous players for 3rd and 5th rounders. Is that player worth the 28th in the second, or are they worth a first-rounder?