The Browns never can draft a franchise player, can they?

MITCH BLATT

The Cleveland Browns once again selected a seemingly random assortment of players on Draft Day which I can’t seem to comprehend. I can give you a quick analysis, though, because of the fact that they are the Browns: They had a terrible draft.

The two picks that stick out are receivers Brian Robiskie and Mohamed Massaquoi of Ohio State and Georgia respectively. Having drafted two second round receivers is particularly frustrating to me as a Browns fan because we had Braylon Edwards, Kellen Winslow, and Donte Stallworth last year.

Winslow and Edwards, drafted in 2004 and 2005 respectively, were looking like good young franchise players at one point, but, like all Cleveland draft picks, that ended quickly. Winslow, after having issues with the front office, was traded for just draft picks (i.e. future disappointments) and Edwards has issues with the front office, too, but the Browns must have not found a suitor.

Now we know that Stallworth, who only had 17 catches last year, may spend time in jail due to for killing a man while drunk driving.

So here the Browns are back with one disgruntled received who drops passes, one who got traded, and one who will be in jail, after three of the Browns biggest draft picks and off season movements of the past few years. And two more receivers’ careers to ruin.

Robiskie seems like he was picked too early. Most analysts think he would have been available with the Browns second second round pick.

Robiskie attended high school near me in Ohio at Chagrin Falls, and I saw him play football and run track. He set the CVC records for catches and yards. In track, he placed second in Ohio in the 400 m dash. He doesn’t have the kind of blazing sprinting speed that would be optimal for receivers.

Being the son of NFL coach Terry Robiskie, he probably knows the game well and is dedicated, so I think he’d be able to have a solid career in the NFL, but I don’t think he’ll be spectacular. Once he gets off the Browns, anyway…

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