Colts Trade for Brown's Richardson

[mraynrand]

why pay that much money every year to protect shit?

well, that's the point - next year they might have something worth protecting. Still, If Thomas continues to slide, by next year he may be no better than Bacteria. Although he acknowledged in the off season that last year he was bad and that he worked hard to get better this year, through two games, he's been so-so.

[Patler]

only 6 million of it was a signing bonus, and i have no clue how the get 44 million guaranteed from

he counts 12.3 million next season, and if traded, the browns would only get hit with a 2.4 million dollar hit

they might just cut hit. why pay that much money every year to protect shit?

He also had a reporting bonus and a roster bonus the first year for another $5 Million. I think the extension was signed after TC started, so the payments probably were due on signing, and guaranteed. He still had a year left on his rookie contract, plus another voidable year on the rookie contract. Whatever was due under that might have been guaranteed, too.

[Upnorth]

Joe definitely is not worth that kind of money. At this point I think we should all just agree I was right that we should have went after Winston. Right???

[Fritz]

As for the trade, it smacks of desperation in Indy, and it sounds like the Browns actually did something smart. Running backs have a short shelf life anyway, and if Richardson was already banged up, and if he wasn't turning into the next Adrian Peterson, then it was smart to ditch him.

The problem for the Browns is that they'll probably end up using two of those picks to draft Clowney, who sounds like a blend of Mario Williams's body and Cletidus Hunt's head, and Johnny Football, who sounds to me like Colt McCoy prettied up.

[Guiness]

Put me in the 'Johnny Manziel isn't an NFL QB' camp. If the Browns fall in love with and draft him, they're in for another bunch of years of suckage.

Ozamataz Buckshank, the new Browns starting RB. Yes, he's surprised

[3irty1]

They have a naming convention for their heartbreaking sports injustices. Cleveland has earned the right to be wist.

[Bossman641]

I think it's a smart trade for the Browns in the long run but a nightmare from a marketing perspective. Could you imagine being a Browns fan? Who the hell would you buy a jersey of? Joe Haden is the only "big name" they have outside of Thomas.

[Cheesehead Craig]

Screw Manziel, this is a play to get Bridgewater. Cleveland has now said with this move that they want the #1 overall pick with this trade. I wouldn't be surprised if they parlayed a bunch of those picks to move into the first round for a 3rd pick with one of them being used on a WR.

[hoosier]

As for the trade, it smacks of desperation in Indy, and it sounds like the Browns actually did something smart. Running backs have a short shelf life anyway, and if Richardson was already banged up, and if he wasn't turning into the next Adrian Peterson, then it was smart to ditch him.

The problem for the Browns is that they'll probably end up using two of those picks to draft Clowney, who sounds like a blend of Mario Williams's body and Cletidus Hunt's head, and Johnny Football, who sounds to me like Colt McCoy prettied up.

They did something smart (trade Richardson for a 1) after doing something incredibly dumb (draft Richardson with the #3 overall last year), which cannot help but raise the question, how will they squander the pick they just got from the Colts?

[pbmax]

They have a naming convention for their heartbreaking sports injustices. Cleveland has earned the right to be wist.

This. The Dan Patrick Show was just reviewing them and as former fan, not only did I know the names better than the show's staff, I started to get depressed all over again.

Had to switch to Banjo music to cheer up.

[pbmax]

They did something smart (trade Richardson for a 1) after doing something incredibly dumb (draft Richardson with the #3 overall last year), which cannot help but raise the question, how will they squander the pick they just got from the Colts?

That is the thing I saw only one person talk about yesterday. All the 2014 picks in the world won't help if you can only get the 3rd best QB in a 2 franchise QB draft (2005-Smith/Rodgers year).

Not to mention this from Ben Muth at Football Outsiders:

Ben Muth @FO_wordofmuth 13h
Good chance the Browns end up w/the 3rd best QB of 2014 class. If Jax or Oakland finish worse, they ain't trading down.

They need to tank and tank hard. Tank like LeBron is riding on it.

[KYPack]

More misery for the "Factory of Sadness".

Looks like Jim Brown was right.

He was the first one on the "Richardson ain't that good" bandwagon.

[hoosier]

That portrait of Michael Lombardi in grantland had to be pretty depressing if you are a Browns fan. Unless they tank to the level of Clowney it is hard to have much confidence in the GMs ability to get consistent value from any pick, no matter how high. Not to mention what the frequent turnover in the coaching staff does for player development.

[CaptainKickass]

We're not Detroit!

Fun times in Cleveland again!

[red]

think of all those pissed off fans who bought richarson jerseys because he was the only guys whos jersey was worth buying

seemed like a safe investment at the time