I highly doubt the Browns trade their pick. They've been getting lambasted for doing exactly that. Passing on Wentz, Watson, Trubisky, and taking Kessler 3-4 rounds too early (and 2 rounds ahead of Dak). Screwing up the McCarron trade. What's the use of trading down for more picks, and then just wasting them? A 2nd on Kizer, A 3rd on Kessler, almost another 2nd and 3rd for McCarron?
The Browns have enough picks. What they don't have is a future franchise QB. They've backed themselves into a corner. While pressure doesn't mean it's the right choice, I don't see how the media avoids destroying the Browns if they don't take a QB #1, especially if they trade back again.
Now maybe, after they take their QB, they might be interested in trading the pick they got from Houston, but even then, it extends not just to about QB's, but overall trading down and missing top talent for more picks is the stench Sashi Brown brought them.
They could of kept Sashi if that's what they were interested in doing. They got Dorsey to select 'real football players' with all those picks.
Still, a trade for the Houston pick would be at best a trade for the #3 QB.
As some said, if they sign a free agent QB like a Cousins, this could change things, but still, hearing Browns trading down is cringe worthy.
If we're interested in moving up, it would have to be with the Giants, and that too seems a longshot give the Eli situation. We don't know what a new GM/coach will decide, but it very well could be to move on from Eli, or use him one last year as a bridge.
I just don't think it's feasible for us or anyone else to pry away the top two QB's from them.
Maybe what we should hope for is that some unknown QB climbs up from Senior bowl, combine, individual workouts like a Wentz or Trubisky and supplants one of the top two and pushes them down to 3.
Or maybe we target who we think is best in the QB #3-6 range with our 1st or 2nd round pick. (or trade back up into the low 1st to have two firsts this year).
I've been saying it for about four years now, we need receivers. Our #1 receiver is basically a #3, Fitz. Our #2 and #3 are actually #4 and #5's. I wouldn't mind Brown and Nelson being back, but as #4 and #5 receivers. They can still fill that role, and wouldn't be out there taking the pounding and getting hurt as much. We've been expecting too much from them.
But what we need is a #1, #2, and a #3 receiver. Kirk is in the mold of Fitz (except shorter), but is stronger and more physical, like a Boldin. He's also blazing fast. He's working out hard here in the Valley, already has OBJ's agent, and from what I hear drinking this liver stuff and is getting huge.
It really wouldn't surprise me to see him go really high on draft day. I think we'll be lucky if he's available when we pick. Fitz can man the #3 slot again for one more year, if he returns, but we need to get a blue chipper, and Kirk imo is that guy.
Of course we need an OL, but I'm not addressing that here.
