Someone mentioned Cleo Lemmon earlier. A look at our QBs down the stretch/after Dan Marino...
13 Josh McCown
19 David Garrard
24 Luke Falk
Trade up for what? You think the team bad enough to pick him #1 is going to all of a sudden realize that they need picks more?Even if Miami somehow finishes with 5-6 wins, they've acquired a good amount of draft picks in 2020 to possibly trade up? It's just thinking about the worst case scenario with Fitzpatrick under center, meaning more wins then originally thought. I truly believe Miami is going to trade down from #13. The 2019 draft is deep and they could get more ammunition for 2020 in doing so? Fitzpatrick isn't going to change the plan, except adding win or two more.
I think I’ll go with TitFaninNOVAHe's back, thought you would have changed your user name to Titansfaninbuffalo !
I have a feeling it’s QB this draft and the first game of the year will be Ryan vs draftee in camp.
How does a 37 year old career back-up help this team rebuild other than being what he is- a career back-up and a contingency plan?
He’s a great addition if he holds a clipboard and mentors a kid. Other than that, he’s a waste of time and snaps IMO.
I don’t think the FO is banking on any “If's” next year. The odds are that one of the top 3 QBs will fall to 13. And he’ll either sit or beat out Ryan in camp.
First move by the FO so far that is disappointing to me and by the posts on this thread, it seems that I’m in the minority.
Now, that I like. It’s nice to see the positivity on this very important decision.
I’m not with it unless it’s a QB or a trade down.
At least Sundays will be all the more exciting. Which QB will we get, the looks like a HOF QB or the please pick up a water bottle and make yourself useful QB?
Fan base: We have trouble selling season tickets as is. You think that if we tank and then become the Browns the following year that all the fans aren't going to show up? The Browns... THE BROWNS... have a waiting list now for season tickets.I refuse to sit here and be ok with intentionally or secretively losing games.. sacrificing the fan base...player development....the culture...injuries...jobs...for a top pick. Talk about having no integrity. Play to win and whatever the record is at the end we deal with that. Make deals to get who u want. Cant believe some here are on board with this way of thinking.
Lets just say you're right and that we still get a top 3 pick. We're still loosing a comp pick plus a great chance to play two young QB's to see what we have with them. Instead we're going to give those snaps to a guy that the whole world knows will not be a part of our future so even if we lose out and get a top pick, this is still a bad move for the future of this team.
He was, but don't think he should have been.Why go with him at all? Guy was benched twice for Winston.
We were never going to go into the season with Falk and Rudock at 1 and 2 and I'm not sure why anyone thought that was a realistic possibility.Here's the thing. No one really knows how the compensatory pick works, so the addition of Fitzpatrick might not cost us a pick, especially at the price we've paid. If it does then how bad a move this is depends on what pick we lose. If it's a 6th or 7th rounder, I'm not overly concerned; if however it's a 3rd or 4th, then I'd be annoyed.
With that said, it is hard to imagine this team heading into the season with Falk and Rudock. Yes as fans it might be interesting to see who comes out on top, and how good these can be. But realistically it's a hard sell for anyone paying their hard earned going to watch. Granted Fitzpatrick isn't exactly a reason to attend, but the offense should fit better with him under center unless we've got a diamond in the rough.
The other thing to consider here is there's no guarantee he will start. If there's an open competition maybe one of the youngsters wins the job and he backs them up. Or maybe we draft someone in the first round or day two (e.g. Grier) and they land the job. It's early days to anoint Fitzpatrick our starter.