BBV Community Mock Draft: With 7th pick, Cleveland selects ...

by Ed Valentine on Mar 18, 2010 6:00 AM EDT in 2010 NFL Draft

Dez Bryant, WR, Oklahoma State.

Playing the role of Cleveland GM Mike Holmgren is 'Great Gatsby.' We wonder if 'Gatsby' donned a Holmgren-esque mustache while making this selection. Anyway, he writes:

Our feeling as an organization is that we have a few needs we would like to address as we move forward. With that in mind, one of the needs is to get more play makers. We feel Dez Bryant is one of the best play makers in the year's draft, and we hope he can be the that type of player.

(Sidenote: For the readers on BBV, if the Browns didn't already have Josh Cribbs, would have taken C.J. Spiller here).

My take: Interesting choice. With Sam Bradford and Jimmy Clausen off the board, quarterback is not an option. Browns would probably love Clausen here, but not in this draft. No Cleveland receiver caught more than 34 passes in 2009, so receiver is not a bad idea. Many experts think if they can't grab a quarterback, the Browns would look to upgrade their defense with cornerback Joe Haden. But, what do we know?

Remember that you can read explanations for prior selections by clicking on the highlighted player name.

The Oakland Raiders will be next, with 'Hoyadestroya85' playing the role of Al Davis.

POS	TEAM	PLAYER	POS	SCHOOL	DRAFTER
1	St. Louis	Sam Bradford	QB	Oklahoma	Soldier_
2	Detroit	Ndamukong Suh	DT	Nebraska	soulpower
3	Tampa Bay	Gerald McCoy	DT	Oklahoma	i_formation27
4	Washington	Russell Okung	OT	Oklahoma State	G Fan in England
5	Kansas City	Eric Berry	S	Tennessee	ronjohnson
6	Seattle	Jimmy Clausen	QB	Notre Dame	CCE718
7	Cleveland	Dez Bryant	WR	Oklahoma State	GreatGatsby
8	Oakland				Hoyadestroya85
9	Buffalo				The Greek
10	Jacksonville				jp2y
11	Denver				NYG_Slater
12	Miami				sunlion333
13	San Francisco				RIPShea
14	Seattle				CCE718
15	N.Y. Giants				Ed Valentine
16	Tennessee				Jason??
17	San Francisco				RIPShea
18	Pittsburgh				ross_stephen
19	Atlanta				daddyzander
20	Houston				BitterEli
21	Cincinnati				Woogie526
22	New England				Ryan Valentine
23	Green Bay				Dan Luibil
24	Philadelphia				Bye Dawk
25	Baltimore				Larry Soprano
26	Arizona				Snipah
27	Dallas				pataroons
28	San Diego				hakeemthedream
29	N.Y. Jets				Brooklyn58
30	Minnesota				hurikaine
31	Indianapolis				Charles L.
32	New Orleans				GiantsReignSupreme

Poll

Do you like this selection for the Browns?

Yes

76 votes

No

108 votes

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Comments

Ed

Have we stopped with the poll?

They drafted WR last year and I would be inclined to give them this season to develop.

I would have the Browns going either Haden, Thomas, McClain or even Kindle as they traded WImbley to the Raiders.

by G Fan in England on Mar 18, 2010 6:15 AM EDT reply actions

Kinda seems like Ed puts in the poll at random points…

Seeing as all those guys you mentioned are in extremely deep positions this year, and all of them except Haden would be a reach at this point (Haden would’ve been my choice), Dez Bryant isn’t too impossible.

From what I know of Man-gina and Holmgren though, I don’t think they put too much stock in WR. Mangini obviously only coached the Jets for a couple years, but they didn’t draft a WR then.

Holmgren, of course, runs a textbook West Coast Offense. That calls for short, precise routes from smaller quicker WR’s, right? Doesn’t seem like Dez Bryant’s kind of game.

by Charles L on Mar 18, 2010 6:36 AM EDT up reply actions

Just asking?

How did Jerry Rice look in a West Coast offense? My other two options were off the board,
and the receving corps has no playmakers, that was the basis of my pick.

by Great Gatsby on Mar 18, 2010 6:49 AM EDT up reply actions

As I mentioned

they took 2 WR in round 2 last year – Robieskie hardly played. Was it they were no good or was it the QB situation?

That is why I would give them another year to see if they improve with Delhomme.

I just see the Browns with bigger needs on D than WR.

by G Fan in England on Mar 18, 2010 6:53 AM EDT up reply actions

I'm old and forgetful, apparently

My bad, forgot all about the poll. I will go back and add it.

by Ed Valentine on Mar 18, 2010 7:19 AM EDT up reply actions

week year for WRs....

this will benifit Dez, I would not want to be a team looking for a WR this year, which makes me happy that we got Nicks last year.

…I think when all said and done, Demaryius Thomas (GT) might be the best WR in this draft, but he will need a little bit of time.

by NJDuke on Mar 18, 2010 6:46 AM EDT reply actions

weak not week, sorry

by NJDuke on Mar 18, 2010 6:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Dez gets a bad rep for talking to Deion

but that’s BS. Also not helping himself with the offseason either. Preseason mocks had Dez in the top 3 picks.

Obviously, he’s a bit of a mystery as you don’t really know if he would’ve Taylor Mays or Brandon Spikes’d his final year.

I saw Andre Johnson when I saw Dez in college…so whoever gets him, is getting a legit beast mode WR. He ain’t DHB….he’s more like Hakeem Nicks except faster (he’s got the same freakish mits that Hakeem has)

I think the “Dez Bryant situation” is similar to the Randy Moss one when he was drafted, Dez may slip to the 20’s. Not saying he’ll be as good..but he’s an elite prospect.

As for the pick, in a pretty deep WR class(just not a bunch of 1st rounders…but the 2-4th are LOADED with talented WR) and Cleveland’s secondary BLOWS.

I think they go with Haden or I’ve been hearing rumblings of Earl Thomas.

Master of the squeegee

by FreeBradshaw on Mar 18, 2010 7:14 AM EDT reply actions

About Hoya and the Raiders

Does he pick the best player for the Raiders to take, or does he take who he thinks Al Davis would take?

You play to win the game!

by Simms-McConkey on Mar 18, 2010 8:14 AM EDT reply actions

Last year

Hoya guessed the Raiders would take DHB!

Has to be OT and Ed will reveal all soon!

by G Fan in England on Mar 18, 2010 8:28 AM EDT up reply actions

so

he should be in the mind of Crazy Al and not picking as a good GM.

TEBOW?

You play to win the game!

by Simms-McConkey on Mar 18, 2010 8:30 AM EDT up reply actions

He can do both

he picks OT B Campbell who is the athletic freak but is also likely to be overwhelmed at the NFL level!

by G Fan in England on Mar 18, 2010 8:35 AM EDT up reply actions

Pick coming

At 1 p.m. ET.

by Ed Valentine on Mar 18, 2010 8:45 AM EDT up reply actions

Booo

I finish work at 12.30 pm ET and will not look at the site again until 5pm ET.

by G Fan in England on Mar 18, 2010 8:58 AM EDT up reply actions

I dont,

"I'm not a scratch golfer. I don't know how to bowl. I can't read the stock market. Hell, I have a hard time rememberingmy wife's cell phone number. But I can call 'Flip right double X jet 36 counter naked waggle at 7 X quarter' in my sleep" - Gruden

by I_Formation27 on Mar 18, 2010 8:37 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

This could happen

But my guess is that Thomas or Haden get picked here. I also agree that Robiskie and Massaquoi (spellcheck) well get the bulk of the targets, which will obviously turn into INT’s unfortunately for them.

by I_Formation27 on Mar 18, 2010 8:40 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

it'll be

Haden. the entire browns hierarchy was at the florida pro day. WIth haden putting up respectable numbers, he’s their guy.

by NYG_Slater on Mar 18, 2010 10:35 AM EDT up reply actions

could you imagine this

Al Davis in a fit of rage after seeing the fast wr taken just before his turnbegins frothing and steaming….this condition is worsened when his staff insists that that fast kid from the pot head country(Usain Bolt) isn’t going into the NFL. Now in a blur of anger Davis attempts to pick “number 48”(Jimmy Johnson) again he is told no. Suddenly the Raiders war room cam goes to static…. when it comes back online there is only 1 figure left standing/levitating in the room and he selects….

by Flynner on Mar 18, 2010 9:00 AM EDT reply actions

Tim Tebow- Punter, Florida

Master of the squeegee

by FreeBradshaw on Mar 18, 2010 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions

He punts as well

He will be a steal at 8th.

by G Fan in England on Mar 18, 2010 9:19 AM EDT up reply actions

lol

by Flynner on Mar 18, 2010 9:45 AM EDT reply actions

Ed,

I hope you can re-post or link us to this mock draft a day or 2 before the real thing, I would love to compare

You play to win the game!

by Simms-McConkey on Mar 18, 2010 10:38 AM EDT reply actions

Eagles

season ticket to anyone who got the pick wrong!

by G Fan in England on Mar 18, 2010 10:47 AM EDT up reply actions

Good idea

I will post the completed table. Still not sure we are going to go a second round. We’ll see.

by Ed Valentine on Mar 18, 2010 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions

I think they have to give their current WR's a chance

Nobody will look good with Quinn throwing him the ball and especially since Quinn himself isn’t getting any time in the pocket

by mclaren_is_the_best on Mar 18, 2010 12:04 PM EDT reply actions

It will be Haden come draft day

and that would have been the right pick. A later round WR wouldn’t be out of the question, but you have to get your glaring weaknesses taken care of first.

Bleeding Blue since 1962

by sunlion333 on Mar 18, 2010 12:20 PM EDT reply actions

Yea

I like this pick, or a S/LB. I don’t why some mock drafts always have clevland selecting a cornerback. They have a good starting corner in Eric Wright. they also have a good safeties. their secondary problems are overratted in my opinion. Their defense just lacked direction(like ours), they have the talent there.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they pick mcclain or a pass rushing OLB other than Dez Bryant

by Nfpdawg on Mar 18, 2010 3:33 PM EDT reply actions