I think Colt McCoy should be our guy. Gil Brandt gave him a full endorsement for the WCO. Not sure why you would mention his accuracy. Not like he broke any NCAA records for accuracy or nothin'.

@ Jon

I heard Brandt's comments and fully respect his opinion, hence the statement "Plenty of potential to be great". People seem to love or hate McCoy. Comparisons are either Joe Montana and Drew Brees or Ty Detmer and Rex Grossman. I think that if McCoy is going to be successful, it will need to be in a west coast offense with a shorter passing game. By accuracy, I didn't mean that McCoy will be Brady Quinn style bounce passing the ball to receivers or erraticly over throwing them. McCoy obviously is accurate on his short and moderate passes based on his 76.7% completion percentage in 08 and 70.6% in 09. It was more a question of whether his deep ball will be decent enough to keep defenses honest. He benefitted in college from getting quick reads out of mostly shot gun formations and the spread offense keeping defenses spread out and passing lanes open. My question was simply if faster NFL defenses set up to take away his short to moderate game, will he be able to find and fit the ball into tighter passing lanes. I guess accuracy wasn't the correct wording, I was just trying to keep the description short.

I'd like us to take the tallest, most accurate, mobile, inteligent and passionate QB we can find.

Brandon, thanks for explaining. I understand your point of view a little better now. Although I did see him make quite a few great deep throws in college, he did play in the spread meaning he didn't feel too much pressure. But it seems nearly every QB coming out now played in the spread. I still feel Colt is the man, but of course, that's for H&H&M to decide upon.

Take Skelton in the 3rd round. He's the third best QB in the draft.

I'm not convinced that Mangini, Daboll, the ineffective receivers coach and the "experienced" QB coach didn't have a lot to do with how poor the QB play was in 2009 (without intending to praise Quinn or Anderson for their play before then because I think there WAS truth in the grab-them-by-the-throat style of leadership which neither had, and I don't think anyone on the team even liked Quinn, let alone defend him if another player beats him up). Maybe Delhomme with his experience and Wallace with his direct pipeline to the team president will be Bernie-like in their resistance to Daboll-ball (although it must be noted that the Browns did win 5 games, including 4 in a row, with much poorer overall QB play than even Delhomme's in his worst year).

Under those circumstances, why not draft Tebow if he's there in the second round? Sometimes the unorthodox succeeds by the personality and will of the player (look at Bernie and Flutie and Rivers). If not, maybe Holmgren can find another free agent when Delhomme is done.

Question: In this strategy phase, what did you think of the logic of trading Wimbley for a late 3rd round pick and tendering some others (Jackson) with a 2nd round pick?

All I've found that was said was that the coaches were asked to come up with ideas for getting more draft picks.

The chickens will come home to roost shortly.

My guess is that last year the Browns had poor quarterbacks who were poorly handled.

This year, despite their 'warts" I suspect both quarterbacks will be better. As for handling, lets see what the CZAR forces Mangini and Daboll to do.

And he will force them!

I agree with Keith, why are we not even considering Tebow? The guy is a winner and I have no doubt that he will do whatever it takes to keep it that way. He is an athletic and smart team player with a infectious passion for the game. It sounds like we bought ourselves two years to find the QB of the future. If he doesn't look like he will make the grade after the first year, draft or trade another one and turn Tebow into a tight end.

Tebow? Maybe if he still available in the fourth round only.
The Browns are a team that is so deviod of talent on the defensive side of the ball that one of the most dependable playmakers is only worth a "low 3rd rd" pick. And that was the best offer.
The first five picks of the 10' draft should be focused on acquiring "talent" for the defense. No more WR or TEs or QBs. Its a team sport, but everybody seems fixated on the "glamour" offense positions. Look at the bigger picture, championships are won with defense.

If I could get Tebow in round 2 I would take him.

Both Mangini and Holmgren were present at Florida's pro-day, watching Tebow workout his new throwing motion.

I agree that defense wins championships. But honestly after watching this team for the past decade I noticed something: our team plays great defense in the first 7 minutes of each half. After that we implode. Why? My thought is that our offense is so inept that they can't stay on the field long enough to give our defense a rest. I agree we need to add defensive talent, but honestly we need SOME sort of offense that can give our defense a rest. Who on our current roster is an offensive player where you can safely say "Yeah, he'll convert that 3rd down". No one. A 3 and out kills our defenses ability to get a rest. Focus on an EVEN draft. Talent on both sides of the ball.

Pike no question. tall, accurate, needs to be developed (which is our situation). seems perfect to me