Just for fun

[Myles]

Just for fun.   If you could travel back to 2012 and take the Browns offer of a trade for the Luck pick, who would you take.   The Browns had offered two 1st round picks, their 2nd round pick and their 3rd round pick.  

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_NFL_Draft

 

1 (1): Andrew Luck, Quarterback, Stanford

2 (34): Coby Fleener, Tight End, Stanford

3 (64): Dwayne Allen, Tight End, Clemson

3 (92 TRADE): T.Y. Hilton, Wide Receiver, Florida International

5 (136): Josh Chapman, Defensive Tackle, Alabama

5 (170): Vick Ballard, Running Back, Mississippi State

6 (206): LaVon Brazill, Wide Receiver, Ohio

7 (208): Justin Anderson, Offensive Tackle, Georgia

7 (214): Tim Fugger, Defensive End, Vanderbilt

7 (253): Chandler Harnish, Quarterback, Northern Illinois

 

Browns draft.   It was funny, the first thing that came up when I Googled it was "Browns 2012 draft.  Where are they now?"

 

RB Trent Richardson – Round 1 (No. 3 overall)

QB Brandon Weeden – Round 1 (No. 22 overall)

OT Mitchell Schwartz – Round 2 (No. 37 overall)

DT John Hughes – Round 3 (No. 87 overall)

WR Travis Benjamin – Round 4 (No. 100 overall)

LB James-Michael Johnson – Round 4 (No. 120 overall)

OT Ryan Miller – Round 5 (No. 160 overall)

LB Emmanuel Acho – Round 6 (No. 204 overall)

DT Billy Winn – Round 6 (No. 205 overall)

CB Trevin Wade – Round 7 (No. 245 overall)

RB Brad Smelley – Round 7 (No. 247 overall)

[Myles]

1st round pick - Luke Kueckly

1st Round pick - Whitney Mercilus

2nd round pick - Russell Wilson

2nd round pick - Bobby Wagner

3rd round pick - Brandon Brooks

3rd round pick - TY Hilton

 

Of course this isn't counting the extra picks for trading down which we could have had.  

[Smonroe]

48 minutes ago, Myles said:

1st round pick - Luke Kueckly

1st Round pick - Whitney Mercilus

2nd round pick - Russell Wilson

2nd round pick - Bobby Wagner

3rd round pick - Brandon Brooks

3rd round pick - TY Hilton

 

Of course this isn't counting the extra picks for trading down which we could have had.  

 

Ahh, if only.  Use the picks and FAs to build the O-Line.

 

But you left off the most important part of the deal.  We would have traded Grigson to the California Penal League.

 

 

[John Hammonds]

I'll answer honestly, based upon how I viewed the players back then, rather than what I know now.

 

Rd 1 Pick 3 - Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas A&M - We were building a new era after Peyton had left.  Needed a QB for that era.

Rd 1 Pick 22 - David DeCastro, G, Stanford - I was high on him.  Big time.

Rd 2 Pick 34 - Coby Fleener, TE, Stanford - I liked Fleener, regardless of how he turned out.  And cheered the pick.

Rd 2 Pick 37 - Jonathan Martin, T, Stanford - Yes, the guy who cried because Incognito was mean to him.  I liked him at the time.

Rd 3 Pick 64 - Dwayne Allen, TE, Clemson - I remember liking him, but I don't remember who I liked more.

Rd 3 Pick 67 - Mike Martin, DT, Michigan - I remember liking him.  I probably would have reached and regretted it.

Rd 3 Pick 92 - T.Y. Hilton, WR, FL Intl - To be honest, he wasn't even on my radar.  I'll do what the Colts did.

[jvan1973]

18 minutes ago, John Hammonds said:

I'll answer honestly, based upon how I viewed the players back then, rather than what I know now.

 

Rd 1 Pick 3 - Ryan Tannehill, QB, Texas A&M - We were building a new era after Peyton had left.  Needed a QB for that era.

Rd 1 Pick 22 - David DeCastro, G, Stanford - I was high on him.  Big time.

Rd 2 Pick 34 - Coby Fleener, TE, Stanford - I liked Fleener, regardless of how he turned out.  And cheered the pick.

Rd 2 Pick 37 - Jonathan Martin, T, Stanford - Yes, the guy who cried because Incognito was mean to him.  I liked him at the time.

Rd 3 Pick 64 - Dwayne Allen, TE, Clemson - I remember liking him, but I don't remember who I liked more.

Rd 3 Pick 67 - Mike Martin, DT, Michigan - I remember liking him.  I probably would have reached and regretted it.

Rd 3 Pick 92 - T.Y. Hilton, WR, FL Intl - To be honest, he wasn't even on my radar.  I'll do what the Colts did.

This is your honest redraft if it happened today?

[John Hammonds]

7 minutes ago, jvan1973 said:

This is your honest redraft if it happened today?

This is my honest redraft it it had happened back then.  Knowing what I knew back then.  Liking who I liked back then.