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Originally Posted by chuck
Unless Watson turns into a better McNair in his prime the Browns are going to smoke the Texans in 2020.
Mostly thanks to the Texans, who effectively gave up two firsts and a second to get a guy who in a sane world would be a second.
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They gave away those picks for a guy you describe as a 2nd and the right to subtract Osweiller. I realize that the 2016 Texans payed large amounts of money to get Brock, but that doesn't mean it wasn't a great move for the 2017 Texans to get rid of him. They could have kept that 2nd and that first and floated stories about Brock's internal improvement all offseason. They could have lied about how year 2 in the offense would be great, but in the end it would have been surrendering 2017. So if they had to waste a draft class to maybe fix the QB problem instead of keeping future picks to have the QB position definitely broke, I'm glad we have no picks next year.
And the Browns now have a bunch of the same draft picks they've blown for years. I don't think that automatically makes them good in 3 years. Everyone fell into that trap when Jacksonville picked high and put a bunch of paper "talent" together. A year after you've been in the NFL, nobody cares where you were drafted (except the Colts who will give up a 1st round pick to get a 3 ypc RB who used to be drafted high). So until the Browns can put actual talent on the field I will pass on congratulating them for getting draft rights they will probably blow.
But the reverse is true that the Texans will be hurting in 3 years when they have a missing draft class from 2018. My guess is that we are going all in for JJ's remaining healthy years. If that is the case it would be a huge departure from how we've done things, and one I would applaud.