Some points:
Rosen isn't rich. His parents are.
The only QBs worth moving up for are Rosen and Mayfield. They are so far ahead of the others in every metric, that I'm shocked when I hear Darnold might be going No. 1.
Darnold and Allen are the Lockers, Hackenbergs, and Glennons of this draft.
Jackson is a sleeper. If the Bills stood pat, I wouldn't mind if they took him at 21.
Rudolph is the enigma. He has talent but hasn't really shown it, and his numbers are not great. I wouldn't touch him in the first round.
The Browns or the Giants taking Barkley is just retarded. Stop it.
Everyone is assuming that the Colts aren't in the market for a QB. They very well could be.
giants would be stupid not to take Rosen at 2. Eli is old and declining. But I hope they don't!
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Here's where we stand:
Either sign Cousins and keep our picks to fill out the team, but don't have any cap room left to go after any major FAs.
or
Give up a kings ransom in draft picks to move up to 2, draft Rosen or Mayfield (If the Bills do this to draft anyone else, I !@#$ing quit), but have plenty of cap room and money to sign some decent FAs that could plug some holes.
What to do? It's a conundrum. If we go with Cousins, we then have to rely on the Bills' drafting prowess to improve the team. Cousins is a known quantity and will most likely be decent. How decent is the question. On the other hand, if we give up three number 1s, Glenn, and maybe more, we may hit on our franchise guy for years to come. But there is obviously no guarantee. But we at least keep our picks and may hit another home run or two like we did with Tre. And who knows, maybe Jackson or Rudolph or one of the lesser QBs we could take in the 2nd becomes a stud.
It's a tough one and I'm not going to pretend to know the answer. I just know I hate trading up and giving up so much...but it seems to have worked for the Rams and Eagles...
They could announce to the world they are picking Darnold, Rosen, or the Prophet Mohammad, and there's not a thing any other team could do about it. The Browns don't need to be putting out "smokescreens."