by trsteve1 » Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:29 pm
Hikohadon wrote:trsteve1 wrote:Hikohadon wrote:I like Kolb more than Colt. I even like Kolb more than Flynn.
How does this work? With an ALL-WORLD Receiver Kolb's only stat which was BETTER than McCoy [significantly] was his yards per attempt.
Why pay the money for someone who isn't astronomically better?
If we go get RGIII we can have a competition between Colt and him.
Flynn will be overpaid, and I rather it not be by Cleveland.
Let other teams pick up those guys. There is one LOCK in this draft at QB and that is Luck, and the Colts have become [again] ridiculously lucky (pun intendend?) to have the opportunity to pick up a sure thing at the top of the draft.
(RGIII has an huge ceiling, tons of potential, and will LIKELY succeed. But not a LOCK in the way Luck is)
I think Kolb would come cheap, and I think he has more potential to be good than Colt. Stronger arm. More experience in the West Coast (a system in which he DID have some good games).
I didn't say he'd be astronomically better, but if he's
any better than Colt and can be had at a reasonable price, you make that move. Just like with any position on the team, if you can upgrade - even if just a little - you do that.
I don't think that stops you from going for RG3. But if you just fall back on the RG3 plan and you don't get him, then there isn't much left out there in FA and you might be stuck with another year of Colt. Which I know I personally could do without.
EDIT - If the Browns draft RG3, he's the starter Day 1. There is no competition at that point.
In the end, yea, RG3 starts. Disagree on the "if you can get someone better, even if it's just a little, go get him" point however.. A minor upgrade in the NFL can cost MILLIONS of dollars, and often is not worth it. Yea, our QB situation stinks, but if your boat leaks, you don't plug the hole with a something that just "kind of covers the hole" either way you sink, it's just a question of how fast. If RG3 saves this franchise, get him. Kolb isn't going to save this franchise, NOT.A.CHANCE. He is mediocre, barely above average, tepid at best.. which is about what McCoy is, except shorter and a bit weaker armed.
Improving the QB position from a QB who can take you to a 6-10 record [McCoy] to a guy who might get you to 7-9/8-8 just isn't worth it. If we don't get RG3, I want McCoy starting with a bevy of talent around him. If he stinks it up, or we have injuries left and right and are in a position to take a top QB next year, then do it then. But grabbing someone who isn't the ANSWER just to get them, seems silly, and reaks of a PR move for a troubled organization/leadership trying to save face with a fanbase which is slowly seeing it for the inept failure that it is, and has been.
I substitute teach in Rhode Island. There are lots of Red Sox and Patriots fans. Students ask what my favorite teams are and I always answer honestly and proudly. They almost always laugh, but they are under the age of 14 and have never had a bad team to root for.
When an adult asks the same question, I respond similarly and get the, "ah, you from Cleveland?" and I reply, "yea" and am given his condolences.
However, the cake was taken when I was watching the Browns at a bar and was disgusted/disappointed, etc. The bartender says "yea, I know how you feel" I say, "Oh, really, how so?" his response, "yea, Man, I tell you, losing the Super Bowl twice to the Giants, just really sucked"
I wanted to punch him in his fat face.