Browns Equal Greens

The recent story has been about the Browns being interested in trading up to the number one overall pick and selecting Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford. As Flavor Flav once said, "Don't believe the hype."

This is a classic case of the Browns conjuring up interest in their number seven pick. If another team below the Bills first round pick (number nine overall) believes that the Browns want to select a quarterback (at that point Jimmy Clausen), the interested team will have to give the Browns a king's ransom to trade up to Cleveland's selection to grab the last blue chip quarterback.

My personal belief is the Browns would like to trade down from the seventh pick, and use some of their fire power (five picks in the first 92 selections) to possibly move back up and select a second player in the first round. The Browns could have the best draft of any team - if all the pieces fall into place.

As for Bradford, the possibility that any other player will be taken with the first overall pick is over. Thanks to the Browns "sharing" interest in Bradford to the media, quarterback's agent has even more leverage in the negotiations.

The Rams using Gerald McCoy and Ndamukong Suh as negotiation leverage would be disastrous. The media has hammered home the idea of St. Louis selecting Bradford for so long that perception would be that selecting one of the defensive tackles would be settling. Given the Rams quarterback situation that isn't a stretch. Expect Bradford's guaranteed money to be around $45 million.

The week before the draft is filled with misleading stories. I enjoy reading every single one of them.




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