The browns selected eight players in the draft and traded their number five spot in the first round with the New York Jets. They acquired the Jets first and second round picks in this years draft and added three Jets players to the Browns roster. The Jets gave the Browns Kenyon Coleman a DE, Abe Elam DB, and Brett Ratliffe a QB. Browns then selected center Alex Mack (from Cal) at number 21 in the first round, a center in the first round, really?!? I feel there were other positions that the Browns could have been attentive to first besides the center.
I am kind of in disbelief. Mangini has to come into a city with already thousands of tough critics. Cleveland Browns fans are your toughest critics, forget about the media. He gets rid of a very talented Kellen Winslow, acquires a bunch of no name Jets players in free agency, and his first draft pick as a Cleveland Browns head coach is a center? I really hope Eric Mangini knows what he is doing. Us Browns fans are sick of the circus act and want a real football team. We are sick of mediocre coaches that can't handle the pressure of coaching a huge football town such as Cleveland. I will give him credit and say I think he did an average job in the draft; he turned 5 picks into 11 players. I just hope he understands the pressure he is going to be under as the head coach of the Cleveland Browns. If he doesn't maybe he should give good ole Butch Davis a call.
Round Two Browns picked up two wide receivers and one linebacker, Brian Robiskie WR (Ohio State) and Mohammed Massaquoi WR (Georgia). Brian Robiski's father Terry Robiski used to be the wide receiver's coach that turned to offensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns. When Butch Davis got fired in 2004 he served as an interim head coach for five games. Brian Robiskie also used to be a ball boy for the Browns. The LB that was selected is Mohammed Massaquoi (Hawaii).
Round four Browns picked up Kaluka Maiava, LB (USC). I liked this pick a lot because after speeding time out in LA I hear a lot about USC Football and Pete Carroll. I really respect Pete Carol as a person and a coach. I feel any player that gets to play for him is very lucky and is the player is most likely very confident and going into the NFL with great work ethic on and off the field.
The last three picks came in round six, Don Carey, CB (Norfolk State), Coye Francies, CB (San Jose State), and James Davis, RB (Clemson).
Overall I would grade the Browns draft at a C. There is no one big name of the eleven guys that came out of our 2009 draft that I am overly excited about. A close friend also told me that most of the time also those flashy names don't mean a thing. Those guys usually turn out to be a bust. I keep thinking Crabtree, there's no way he going to be a bust. Or I could still be rooting for Chris Beanie Wells. Let's just hope Manangi has a plan up his sleeve.
The Cleveland Browns Fans want a coach that can make a decision and stick with it. We the people of Cleveland want a football coach who can admit making mistakes and fix it fast without letting it get out of hand. We want someone who the players respect which eventually leads to the respect of the city. We don't want any more Mr. Nice guy, players coach; or a coach that “wants to be your friend coach”. We want a man that's ready to take this city and this team serious. This is a “Man’s Game” and if you can't take the heat and get ready for the road ahead then you better figure that out fast, Mangini and Kokinis. This is Cleveland and this is our town!
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