The Browns have been recently discussing the option of trading up from their number 7 draft position to the number one spot to take the highly touted Sam Bradford with the number one pick. Which rumored to involve them having to give up their No. 7 pick, next year's first-rounder as well as a third- or fourth-rounder. Mike Holmgren who is the Browns newly hired president, is reluctant to put all his eggs in one basket by doing such a thing. Holmgren went on to state, “So the fans don’t get … I don’t want everyone to … then pull the rug out from everybody in our first draft,” “He’s a coveted young man. To be able to go up and change somebody’s mind ahead of us, you’d have to mortgage the ranch." Which may mean that either they couldn't work a trade out, or Homlgren put an end to these nonsense talks, once and for all.
Even though any fan can tell you that the Browns are in desperate need of a quarterback, it doesn't look like they will be finding one through the draft this year. Mike Holmgren has already said he doesn't think Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen is the right fit in Cleveland, so don't expect them to take him at No. 7.
But not trading up to grab the No. 1 overall pick from the St. Louis Rams to take Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford may be one of the smarter moves Cleveland can make. At the seventh pick there are still going to be right of the bat contributors, which will give them the possibility of landing Tennessee safety Eric Berry (if he falls), Texas safety Earl Thomas, or even a pass-rusher in Georgia Tech's Derrick Morgan or South Florida's Jason Pierre-Paul. Also, with Colt McCoy looking to slip into the early second round, it may give them the option of getting a better quarterback for their system there. Only time will tell what they decide, but with the draft this week, fans wont have to wait much longer to see who will be taking snaps this fall.
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