Tag Archives: Robert Griffin III

Is a Browns trade down as likely as a trade up?

March 8, 2012 – 5:22 pm

It was good to see Tom Heckert looking healthy and spry Thursday morning. Heckert met the media for the first time since he had heart surgery. He said he was doing well, and all was good. He did not want to go into detail, but looked like he had lost weight and said he felt [...]

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Of draft trade rumors and a couple free agents …

February 28, 2012 – 5:14 pm

The draft is two months away, free agency two weeks away. That has not stopped plenty of rumors from floating. Most are about the draft, with all sorts of stuff coming out. One of the major dot-coms reported that the Rams had decided to trade the second overall pick. No kidding. And the Patriots will [...]

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NFL Scouting Combine XV: Griffin’s 40 time

February 26, 2012 – 11:46 am

Let’s put Robert Griffin’s 40-yard time in perspective in two ways. His (unofficial) time of 4.38 seconds was evidently the second best ever run at the NFL Scouting Combine. Mike Vick ran a 4.33. That makes Griffin fast. But he should be fast. He’s a world-class hurdler. So it woud have been surprising if he [...]

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NFL Scouting Combine XI: Billick weighs in on quarterbacks

February 25, 2012 – 1:13 pm

Former Baltimore Ravens coach Brian Billick now works as an analyst for FOX. Billick was his usual blunt self when he made a cameo at the combine podium. He had glowing things to say about several players, among them: —Andrew Luck: “I am on record that he is the most dynamic quarterback and talent to [...]

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NFL Scouting Combine IX: One advantage to a rookie QB over a veteran

February 24, 2012 – 12:59 pm

As the Cleveland Browns and other teams assess their quarterback situation, they will assess whether tis wiser to go for a veteran free agent like Matt Flynn, or whether tis better to try to acquire a rookie in the draft like Robert Griffin III. As the the best free agent quarterback, Flynn is in the [...]

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Scouting Combine VI: Pat Shurmur at the podium

February 23, 2012 – 9:19 pm

Some Q and A from Browns coach Pat Shurmur at the podium at the Combine: Q. Is the organization hesitant to spend picks to move up in the draft? A. No, I think you evaluate everything. I wouldn’t say we’re hesitant to do anything. We’re excited about the fact that we’re going to make our team [...]

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NFL Scouting Combine V: Quarterback talk and the Browns

February 23, 2012 – 5:38 pm

The Cleveland Browns admitted they could trade up from the fourth spot in the NFL Draft, but they also admitted they could stay right where they are. “We’re open to anything,” coach Pat Shurmur said Thursday at the NFL Scouting Combine. “We’re excited we can do nothing and pick nine good players.” Though the Colts [...]

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As for Sam Bradford being traded to the Browns — never mind

February 21, 2012 – 11:39 am

Yesterday I opened the door to discussion about the Browns acquiring St. Louis quarterback Sam Bradford via trade. It was spurred by an article Charley Casserley wrote on NFL.com, in which he opined that a viable option for the Rams would be to trade Bradford and use the second overall pick in the draft on [...]

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What about Sam Bradford and the Browns?

February 20, 2012 – 4:29 pm

One quarterback option rarely mentioned for the Browns would be to try to make a trade with St. Louis, not for the second overall pick but for their starter: Sam Bradford. Browns president Mike Holmgren thought very highly of Bradford when he left college, and he now has two years experience. Would Bradford be worth [...]

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Draft chatter involving Browns and Bengals

February 13, 2012 – 3:40 pm

There’s been a fair amount of chatter about the NFL Draft already, and with the Scouting Combine a week away in Indianapolis the chatter will only increase. The genius of the NFL is that it is never out of the news. There are some who do not think it’s a foregone conclusion that the Colts will [...]

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