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UP MUCH BETTER THAN THIS. OVER THE WEEKEND. I TOOK A BROAD. LOOK AT THE ENTIRE NFL TO TRY TO JUST IDENTIFY THE SPOTS WHERE DEPENDING UPON HOW THE REST OF THE SEASON GOES THE COACH COULD BE, IN SOME DEGREE OF JEOPARDY. I’M STARTING TO GET QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BROWNS. ANDREW, BARRY THAT GM. KEVIN’S, A FANS GET THE HEAD SEASON? I DON’T HAVE A FEEL FOR IT. DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT EITHER THE GM OR THE HEAD COACH ARE UNLESS THEY YOU KNOW, WIN A FEW GAMES? IF THIS KIND OF CONTINUES IF 2 AND 8 BECOMES 2 AND 15 OR 3 AND 14 OR 4 AND 13 IS ANYONE IN TROUBLE FOR NEXT YEAR? WELL, I THINK THAT THE ORGANIZATION WILL PROBABLY LOOK AT THE WAY THIS WHOLE THING PLAYS OUT THROUGH THE END OF THE SEASON TO SEE IF THE PLAYERS ARE PLAYING REALLY HARD UH TO SEE IF THERE’S ORGANIZATION TO SEE IF THERE’S DEVELOPMENT. AND I THINK THE THING TO LOOK AT WITH THIS FOOTBALL TEAM, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A 2 AND 8, TEAM LARGELY, OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF THE ROOKIE QUARTERBACKS, THERE ARE SOME REALLY GREAT PERFORMANCES HAPPENING ON THIS TEAM AND I’M SURE THE RAVENS WOULD BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU, UH, THAT THEY FELT LUCKY UH, TO GET OUT OF THAT GAME WITH A VICTORY BASED ON THE FACT THAT MYLES. GARRETT HAD ANOTHER 4 SACKS IN THAT GAME AND THEN ROOKIE LINEBACKER, CARSON SWINGER IS PLAYING AT AN ALL-PRO CLIP IF YOU HAVEN’T GOTTEN A CHANCE TO REALLY WATCH HIM YET, HE HAS BEEN AMAZING. I HAVE NOT SEEN VERY MANY ROOKIES IN MY ENTIRE CAREER PLAY QUITE LIKE THIS. I THINK HE SHOULD GET. HE’S GOT TO BE A VERY STRONG CANDIDATE FOR NFL DEFENSIVE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR. QUINN, SEAN’S PLAYING REALLY WELL HAROLD FANNON. SO YOU CAN SEE BIT. BUT IT’S JUST NOT GOING TO GET DONE WITH THESE ROOKIE QUARTERBACKS WHO REALLY TRULY AREN’T REALLY READY TO GO OUT THERE AND PLAY ESPECIALLY WITH SOME PROBLEMS ON THE OFFENSIVE LINE. AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE RECEIVING CORPS. WITH THOSE 2 FIRST ROUND PICKS, THEY HAVE NEXT YEAR THEIR OWN AND JACKSONVILLE’S QUARTERBACK IS A POSSIBILITY BUT I DON’T KNOW WHO THAT QUARTERBACK IS GOING TO BE AND I ASSUME THAT AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, THE EVALUATION OF DILLON GABRIEL AND SHOULDER SANDERS IS ABOUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER 1 OF THEM COULD BE THE GUY SO WE COULD USE THOSE 2 FIRST ROUND PICKS ON OFFENSIVE, LINEMAN OR OTHER AREAS OF NEED. INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GO ALL IN AND TAKE A BIG SWING AT A QUARTERBACK. HAVE, DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY FEEL FOR WHAT THEY’RE GOING TO DO WITH THOSE 2 FIRST ROUND PICKS NEXT YEAR? I WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED IF THEY DO NOT TAKE A QUARTERBACK IN THE FIRST ROUND WITH 1 OF THOSE 2 FIRST ROUND PICKS OR SOMEHOW BOTH OF THOSE 2 FIRST ROUND PICKS. THEY’VE BEEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. SCOURING SCOUTING. THESE ROOKIE QUARTERBACKS THESE COLLEGE QUARTERBACKS AND I WOULD BE VERY VERY SURPRISED IF THEY DON’T COME BACK WITH A COUPLE OF THEM THAT THEY FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT UH THAT THEY’RE GOING TO TAKE A CHANCE ON IN APRIL AND HOPE CAN BE THEIR FRANCHISE QUARTERBACK. I’VE BEEN HEARING THAT. SOME OF THE QUARTERBACKS THAT PEOPLE THINK MIGHT NOT COME OUT ARE PROBABLY GOING TO COME OUT AND I DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHICH THOSE ONES ARE. UH BUT I’VE BEEN HEARING THAT UH THAT THE THE CLASS SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD IN THAT REGARD IN TERMS OF WHO DOES COME OUT. AND I JUST THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE 1 IF YOU’RE THE CLEVELAND BROWNS. NOW SOMETIMES THEY THEY THROW A CURVEBALL AT US AND THEY’LL ROUND. AROUND THIRD ROUND OR A LATER, ROUND AND FIND THEIR QUARTERBACK THERE. BUT I DON’T THINK YOU CAN MESS AROUND WITH IT. THIS YEAR. I THINK YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY, UH, WHICH 2 OR 3 ARE YOUR FAVORITES AND THE ONES THAT YOU THINK CAN GET THE JOB DONE FOR YOU AND PULL THE TRIGGER ON THOSE GUYS, AND THEN JUST GO FROM THERE. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE WE ARE DEALING WITH THE BROWNS HERE. WHEN YOU SAY USE BOTH OF THEIR FIRST ROUND PICKS ON A QUARTERBACK, YOU DON’T MEAN DRAFT 2 QUARTERBACKS IN ROUND 1. ALTHOUGH AGAIN KNOWS. NO, I I DON’T MEAN THAT UM, I I DON’T MEAN THAT. ALTHOUGH LAST YEAR, I WOULDN’T NOT HAVE BEEN COMPLETELY 100% OPPOSED TO SOMETHING CRAZY LIKE THAT. BUT KNOW THIS YEAR, I MEAN, TRADE-UP, DO WHATEVER YOU GUY THAT YOU REALLY WANT. AND UH, YOU KNOW, MANEUVER WITH SOME OF YOUR DRAFT CAPITAL AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN’T DO. COUPLE MORE QUICK UH ONES BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, ARE THEY GOING TO REPLACE PAUL DEEPEST TO THE CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER? WHO I I WAS NEVER REALLY QUITE SURE WHAT HIS STRATEGY WAS FRANKLY. I THINK THEY WILL REORGANIZE THE FRONT OFFICE IN IN THE OFFSEASON, IN THE WAKE OF PAUL’S DEPARTURE. UH, BUT I’M NOT QUITE SURE HOW THEY’LL DO THAT. THEY DON’T HAVE A PRESIDENT PER SE SO THEY COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UH, BUT I DON’T KNOW IF THEY WILL HAVE ANOTHER CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER, BUT I DO

Mike Florio and Mary Kay Cabot map out adjustments the Browns must make if they want to become competitive next season, from draft strategy to front office changes and more. #NBCSports #NFL #ProFootballTalk
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7 comments

  1. This bish just said that their record is because of their rookie qbs? Hahah they were awful with Flacco too.. acting like coach/gm don’t deserve the blame for the offense is crazy

  2. I get DeShawn was supposed to lead them to the promise land with Stefanski but with ….BAM!!!!! Race card, ANY minority coach with a .452 "winning" percentage in his 6th season would have been A$$$ OUT by his 3rd season hovering around .500. Perhaps trade Sean McDermott and Kevin heads up. Kevin gets Josh Allen, Sean gets a monster defense.

  4. With all due to respect to Mary Cay's sources — they might be Cleveland scout sources anyway, but there are quite a few columns on the QB class being weak — just Ty Simpson, Fernando Mendoza, Lanorris Sellers (who I feel must stay in school), and Dante Moore are possible first rounders. How can that mean the QB class is rich?

    It's not like the NFL lowered the underclassmen entry age to let Julian Sayin enter. That would be the Browns new savior!

  5. Parents of ALL 2026 QBs in Draft are PRAYING to avoid the Browns‼️
    Do the Browns even have Cap Money to afford a 1st Rd QB salary?? They’re in absolute deficit for final wasted year of Watson’s Guaranteed Contract.

  6. Bring back Jonny Thunders, they can find him passed out in a back alley with a bottle in one hand and a coke spoon in the other. Worst team all time all sports. Total Garbage.

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