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NFL draft grades on Cam Ward, Shedeur Sanders or Jalen Milroe should make the Browns decision
With the Cleveland Browns owning the 2nd overall pick in the NFL Draft, people are discussing what they should do when pick #2 arrives on draft night. Some are in the camp of drafting a quarterback (the team needs one) with Colorado QB Shedeur Sanders or Miami QB Cam Ward. Others believe the team should take the BPA approach (“best player available approach”) whether it’s a cornerback in Travis Hunter or an edge rusher in Abdul Carter.
The logic that is being used for why the Browns need to draft a quarterback is flawed logic. “We need to draft a quarterback!, the Browns can’t afford to miss on someone who could be special” and “most good quarterbacks are first-round picks.”
Yes, the team needs a quarterback however they don’t need to draft a quarterback if they aren’t in love with the quarterback.
When the Washington Commanders upset the Detroit Lions this past weekend in the divisional round, the reason they did it was because of their rookie quarterback Jayden Daniels. Daniels turned out to be a lot better than people expected, and his gravity elevated the team to outperforming their expectations. Aside from Daniels, this past QB class is a lot better than this upcoming QB class:
Nix and Penix might have been over-drafted but both seem to be the guys to lead their respective teams while Williams and Maye were the consensus QB1 and QB2 leading up to the draft.
If you look at this current class, it’s a lot of question marks.
Sanders, whether his father doesn’t want him in Cleveland or not, would be an ideal fit and it would be a better situation for him to be in as considering how the Browns are more stable than people suggest. Ward, on the other hand, his style wouldn’t mesh with what Cleveland wants to run. He’s also closer to a project than people suggest. Some people are high on Ward, that’s fine but not for this team.
The Browns shouldn’t draft a quarterback for the sake of drafting one. If the team isn’t in love with either Sanders or Ward, then they shouldn’t draft either. It’s that simple.
“But we can’t afford to pass up on a potential franchise quarterback!”
It’s a bad team-building strategy and it’s one of the many reasons why bad teams stay bad. Picking a quarterback that you aren’t sold on is like going to the movies without knowing what movie you want to see, instead you are just going because everyone else is. Or, going to the grocery store without knowing what you want to eat, but you are going because you are hungry.
If a game-changing player is available at #2 that is a quarterback, take that player.
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