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I think a top flight OT would help EJ's development more than any other position selected at #9 so I hope there is value there and we take one. I could live with Watkins or a defensive player but I would like to see an OT taken. It also gives us options down the road if Glenn proves difficult to sign or if Glenn is signed maybe we could trade the other OT much like the dream qb scenario everyone likes to reference if we pick another first rounder. At least we could get some playing time out of overloading the OT position. And for the record I'm fine with any of the three top OT's, I think Lewan is solid and his mental lapses will be curtailed once he gets to the NFL.

I've seen birds sitting in the sun, I guess they will get some benefit from it as opposed to not being in the sun. That and their feathers doing a good job insulating them...

Are they sitting in the sun?

I don't agree with that because it is different sides of the majority and the media reacts to what sells and fuels the distraction. But I will end this conversation now because I do not believe it is about football and I not here to argue.

You mean the comments where he felt obligied to say he really liked women because there were rumors that he was gay? He felt the need to comment for the same reason we've got discussion here. You may not like where we are as a society, but it's where we are. There have certainly been changes over the course of time, but these changes do not come in the night swiftly and silently. You may hope that it would but it does not. At the time "don't ask, don't tell" was a breakthrough but now it's seen as close minded. One example of how things change. You want to think I don't understand what's going on you are entitled to your opinon. I am merely pointing out that I don't believe most front offices will want to put up with the additional distractions. What's going to happen if he gets cut? Will it be because.... The talking points are there and therefore the distractions, right or wrong.

I didn't say it would be all, but I think it will be more than you think. Front offices seem to be very risk averse, guys have dropped in the draft for many reasons and there is so much taken into account. Somebody upthread talked about how the Titans in the 90's had a couple "rumored" to be gay but that was "back then". Guys that age are coaching now, so that attitude isn't totally gone.

Yes, but they rarely invite distractions, they have enough to deal with already. You don't think Tebow has enough talent to on be a practice squad somewhere in the league? Da'Rick didn't work hard enough, and he wasn't kept around, not even on the practice squad.

Do we have 8 pages on that? How's being a distraction working for Tim Tebow? Not many qb's have a playoff victory.

We have 8 pages on it here and counting. Did you even know who he was a week ago?

I think he's already made himself a distraction and I think there are very few coaches that like distractions in the locker room.

I wonder if they would make a play for Clowney if he fell to 5?

It's all about the math. Yes, he's got his warts, the proof will be next year of course. But he isn't George Edwards or Wannstadt "doing a favor" for his friend. He is a guy with some experience and as DC did a good enough job to get a HC gig. The position coaches have some pedigree also and are not all just coming with Schwartz from Det so if/when he leaves we will have a quality option to promote from within. I feel like this is a big departure from the past and is mainly a result of collecting enough talent where we don't have to flush half the starters because they "don't fit the system", aka there are a lot of "just another guys".

I've had my moments herding things out of bars, but I've never had that much to drink.

It's kinda nice being the hot chick at the coaching bar for a change. Thanks Buddy and Doug for putting these players together, now on to winning some games.

I am not finding confirmation on this. Not on the browns website, and the only article I see from bucks county does not confirm it.

Gotta think Schwartz is going to make the call on whether he has someone available before they let Oneil leave.

Uhhh, hello people! #1 on the list is core special teams players!

I'm going to say we're looking for a big receiver, the other guy is tall too. I wonder if they will come over top of these guys with a draft pick too. I think there are what, 4 tall wr's on the team now, just none of them have any pedigree?

Looks like there should be a decent pass catcher for us in the second round if we want to go that way. I don't know if Evans will run well enough to get into the top half of the first round, it seems every year these wr's are ranked pretty high and then the draft rolls around and most of them fall to the 20's and early in the second.

I agree. I think with CD not having an idea there was a problem leads me toward thinking he was doing what he knew from college but it wasn't enough for the NFL. And with 36 years of college coaching, they didn't want to teach the old dog any new tricks.

I wouldn't mind getting Brett Kiesel on a two year deal and pairing him with a third or fourth round ILB to stop the run.

I do not watch that much of Alabama football, but what I saw last night wasn't good. Saban tried to give him the ball when they were down and if I remember correctly they went three and out, maybe a couple times. I think this was toward the end of the third quarter/beginning of the fourth. Then they went back to the run primarily. Unfortunately it struck me as a T'eo moment for him last night, he had trouble finding the open guys and when he did he was not accurate. Last night the flare in the fourth quarter to Henery for a touchdown seemed like the throw he is capable of making and that's not an NFL throw.

I liked him a lot. McCarron not so much, no reason to spend a pick on him.

Under duress too.

Maybe they weren't concerned with special teams abilities when they were building the roster? I saw somewhere on here that there was a lot of turnover on the roster, I think a lot of that was in backups which are normally your St players. I think next year is the make or break season for Danny.