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NickZambo
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 Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 8:07 pm Post subject: 2011 to 2012. Yea he did that, Heckert knows more than you |
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Here is another interesting article about Heckert's 2011 draft. In 2012, a few people were left scratching their heads with the Hughes pick and some other ones, so I thought this might help settle down the masses. Good stuff, we should expect good things out of 2012s class, I cant wait. Thoughts?
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1166336-one-year-later-grading-the-cleveland-browns-2011-nfl-draft-class?utm_campaign=tsiphone&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=teamstream
Phil Taylor, 1st round, 22nd overall
| Quote: | | But then GM Tom Heckert did me one further and traded up for a relatively under-the-radar defensive tackle in Phil Taylor. All that for a defensive tackle and some future picks? |
Jabaal Sheard, 2nd round, 37th overall
| Quote: | | When you take the ninth player at a position in the beginning of the second round, and that player outperforms each and every one of those alternatives, your front office knows something others don't. |
Greg Little, 2nd round 59th overall
| Quote: | | Despite drawing opponents' top cover-corner on a weekly basis and an offense incapable of padding his statistics in any way shape or form, Greg Little managed to nearly outshine Julio Jones and A.J. Green. |
Jordan Cameron 4th round, 102nd overall
| Quote: | | After watching the production of Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski, and to a large extent Watson and Moore in Cleveland, Cameron could easily yet develop into a wise investment. |
Buster Skrine, 5th round, 137th overall
| Quote: | | The Browns invested in Skrine's speed in the fifth round. If he can emerge as a legitimate starter, this will go down as one of the absolute steals pulled off by GM Tom Heckert. |
Jason Pinkston 5th round, 150th overall
| Quote: | | Again, the Browns may have found themselves a long-term starter in the fifth round. In 2010, the Browns invested a third-round pick at guard when they selected Shawn Lauvao out of Arizona State. |
Eric Hagg, 7th round, 248th overall
| Quote: | | The sheer odds against a seventh-round pick remaining with the same team as a potential contributor are astounding. If Hagg even manages to fill in adequately at safety and make some plays on special teams, he blows the expectations of this pick out of the water. |
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 9:21 pm Post subject: |
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| I liked what he did last year. |
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pnies20
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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I like what he did this year. Immediate impact + quality depth = perfect draft
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| Posted: Tue May 01, 2012 9:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I remember in the post draft presser last year, and Heckert was like a little kid. He kept repeating how excited he was about the way the draft went and couldn't believe some of the players were still there for their picks. Even said he considered Sheard in the first. |
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 2:03 am Post subject: |
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In Tom I Trust.
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That draft was certainly a good one for you guys, and you got some great players but that write up is very flattering.
Taylor is a future All-Pro = great pick.
Sheard did not out-perform all of the DE's drafted ahead of him, but was certainly a very good pick.
Greg Little, 2nd round 59th overall
| Quote: | | Despite drawing opponents' top cover-corner on a weekly basis and an offense incapable of padding his statistics in any way shape or form, Greg Little managed to nearly outshine Julio Jones and A.J. Green. |
He wasn't even close to Julio or A.J on the eye test. Was force fed the ball and got better as the year went on.
Jordan Cameron 4th round, 102nd overall
| Quote: | | After watching the production of Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski, and to a large extent Watson and Moore in Cleveland, Cameron could easily yet develop into a wise investment. |
A nice way of saying he did nothing whilst invoking the names of two top TEs for seemingly no reason.
Buster Skrine, 5th round, 137th overall
| Quote: | | The Browns invested in Skrine's speed in the fifth round. If he can emerge as a legitimate starter, this will go down as one of the absolute steals pulled off by GM Tom Heckert. |
Whilst that is techncially true, Skrine didn't start a game last year. Huge If.
Pinkston and Hagg are good value picks.
Again good draft, but the evaluation is very rose tinted.
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dawgdish
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 10:25 am Post subject: |
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After the season Kiper put together a top 20 rookies list, Sheard was 8 and Little 20. Heckert knows a thing or 2 about finding players.
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pnies20
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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| 91jmay wrote: | That draft was certainly a good one for you guys, and you got some great players but that write up is very flattering.
Taylor is a future All-Pro = great pick.
Sheard did not out-perform all of the DE's drafted ahead of him, but was certainly a very good pick.
Greg Little, 2nd round 59th overall
| Quote: | | Despite drawing opponents' top cover-corner on a weekly basis and an offense incapable of padding his statistics in any way shape or form, Greg Little managed to nearly outshine Julio Jones and A.J. Green. |
He wasn't even close to Julio or A.J on the eye test. Was force fed the ball and got better as the year went on.
Jordan Cameron 4th round, 102nd overall
| Quote: | | After watching the production of Aaron Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski, and to a large extent Watson and Moore in Cleveland, Cameron could easily yet develop into a wise investment. |
A nice way of saying he did nothing whilst invoking the names of two top TEs for seemingly no reason.
Buster Skrine, 5th round, 137th overall
| Quote: | | The Browns invested in Skrine's speed in the fifth round. If he can emerge as a legitimate starter, this will go down as one of the absolute steals pulled off by GM Tom Heckert. |
Whilst that is techncially true, Skrine didn't start a game last year. Huge If.
Pinkston and Hagg are good value picks.
Again good draft, but the evaluation is very rose tinted. |
It's pretty easy to put a negative spin on any team's draft unless they are all widely considered all pros... They all have question marks. Big deal. Our 2011 draft was great.
Late round starters/contributors is rare anywhere.
Sheard nearly had double digit sacks and 5 FF.
Eye test? Really? Little had over 50 catches. Not saying he's Green or Jones but they didn't blow him out of the water... But he did blow a few people up blocking which was sweet.
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Mastercheddaar
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| Posted: Wed May 02, 2012 11:29 pm Post subject: hmmm |
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Honestly I loved the 2011 picks. Our improved D shows it was a good draft. I was pissed a little with the Weeden pick but like Shumur I'm going to give the dude 6 games before I start and the whole season before I damn. You heard it here first! Feel free to quote me if I start too early.
That is all
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NickZambo
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 12:25 am Post subject: Re: hmmm |
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| Mastercheddaar wrote: | I was pissed a little with the Weeden pick but like Shumur I'm going to give the dude 6 games before I start and the whole season before I damn. You heard it here first! Feel free to quote me if I start too early.
That is all
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I knew there was a purpose for this thread!
And IHWT
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| 91jmay wrote: | | Sheard did not out-perform all of the DE's drafted ahead of him, but was certainly a very good pick. |
He was like 3rd among all rookies in sacks iirc.
Do you consider Von Miller and Aldon Smith to be DEs?
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 3:04 am Post subject: |
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| bulldog wrote: | | I remember in the post draft presser last year, and Heckert was like a little kid. He kept repeating how excited he was about the way the draft went and couldn't believe some of the players were still there for their picks. Even said he considered Sheard in the first. |
To be completely fair, he was like this after the 2010 draft too, which was far from a good draft.
He was so worked up talking about Clifton Geathers that I thought he was gonna start spanking his monkey any second the way he was raving about him.
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| 91jmay wrote: |
He wasn't even close to Julio or A.J on the eye test. Was force fed the ball and got better as the year went on. |
Green was pretty force fed himself.
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Was Jabaal the best pass rusher of his draft class? NO
Was Jaball the best complete DE of his class? Probably
Like Candy said, Smith and Miller are monsters, but were used mainly as pass rushers. Jaball was on the field every down and I thought he was a beast against the run.
I'm looking forward to having him here for a LONG TIME.
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| Posted: Thu May 03, 2012 9:36 am Post subject: Re: 2011 to 2012. Yea he did that, Heckert knows more than y |
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| NickZambo wrote: |
Jabaal Sheard, 2nd round, 37th overall
| Quote: | | When you take the ninth player at a position in the beginning of the second round, and that player outperforms each and every one of those alternatives, your front office knows something others don't. |
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People here arguing whether Sheard is the best DE in the class are missing the point of this statement. Were any DE's drafted behind him markedly better? What about the ones geniuses like Kiper, McShay etc. had ranked higher than him still on the board when we took him? That's the relavent point here.
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