ONE WEEK AWAY

FROM THE 2010 NFL DRAFT. THE BROWNS HOLD THE 7TH PICK AND AS WE HAVE SEEN IN YEARS PAST, SUCH A HIGH PICK IS VERY ATTRACTIVE FOR OTHER TEAMS TO TRADE FOR. BELOW ARE WHAT I THINK ARE OPTIONS FOR THE BROWNS WITH THE NUMBER 7 PICK:

1) YOU CANT GO WRONG WITH 7: CAN YOU REALLY GO WRONG WITH SUCH A HIGH PICK? NO. THERE ARE SO MANY DYNAMIC PLAYERS IN EVERY DRAFT YOU JUST CANT GO WRONG WITH THIS PICK. IF THE BROWNS STAND PAT, I THINK THEY TAKE SAFETY ERIC BERRY FROM TENNESSEE. TAKING HIM SOLIDIFIES THE DEFENSE FOR NOW. THE BROWNS BROUGHT IN PRO BOWL CORNER SHELDON BROWNS VIA TRADE WITH THE EAGLES. BROWN WILL BECOME YOUR NUMBER 1 CORNER MATCHING HIM UP WITH OUR OPPONENTS NUMBER 1 WIDE OUT WHOMEVER THAT IS. ERIC WRIGHT SLIDES INTO THE OTHER SIDE AS THE SECOND CORNER, MAKING MATCH UPS EASIER FOR HIM TO HANDLE AND TO CONTAIN THE OTHER TEAMS NUMBER 2. NOW ERIC BERRY COMES INTO THE SAFETY SPOT PRETTY WELL. BERRY FILLS THE ROLE OF HARD HITTING SAFETY, WHICH THE BROWNS HAVE NOT HAD SINCE ERIC TURNER BACK IN THE EARLY 90'S. BERRY NOT ONLY IS A HARD HITTER, HE TAKES AWAY THE DEEP THREAT DOWN FIELD FROM OPPOSING QB'S, SOMETHING US BROWNS FANS ARE USED TO SEEING.

2) A TRADE: A TRADE FOR THE BROWNS WITH THIS PICK IS DEFINITELY POSSIBLE. ST LOUIS, DETROIT, TAMPA, WASHINGTON, KANSAS CITY, AND SEATTLE ARE ALL AHEAD OF THE BROWNS IN THAT ORDER, WITH OAKLAND AND BUFFALO BEHIND THE BROWNS AT 8 AND 9. NDAMUKONG SUH AND GERALD MCCOY ARE TWO OF THE TOP DEFENSIVE PLAYERS IN THE DRAFT RUMORED TO POSSIBLY GO 1 AND 2. THEN YOU HAVE QB'S BRADFORD, TEBOW, MCCOY AND CLAUSEN. BRADFORD HAS BEEN RUMORED TO BE PICKED BY ST. LOUIS AS WELL. THE BROWNS HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN INTERESTED IN MOVING UP TO THE NUMBER 1 OR 2 PICK TO GET BRADFORD. WHAT EXACTLY WOULD IT COST THE BROWNS TO GET HIM.....I THINK A LOT, BUT HERE IS HOW I BELIEVE THE BROWNS CAN DO THIS. SOME PICKS IN YEARS PASSED VIA THE TRADE HAVE BEEN PERFORMANCE BASED FOR THE DRAFT THE FOLLOWING YEAR. IF THE BROWNS WERE TO TRADE WITH ST. LOUIS THE PENDING PICK WOULD BE PERFORMANCE BASED TO EQUAL OUT THE TRADE. MY GUESS IS THE BROWNS WOULD FLIP FLOP WITH ST. LOUIS. BOTH TEAMS WOULD AGREE THAT NO MATTER WHAT TEAM PICKED WHAT PLAYER, EACH WOULD OWE THE OTHER COMPENSATION BASED ON PERFORMANCE IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS DRAFT. SO IF THE BROWNS WERE TO PICK SAM BARDFORD AND HE PLAYS AN X AMOUNT OF GAMES AND PLAYS TO A CERTAIN LEVEL, THE BROWNS WOULD OWE ST. LOUIS NO LOWER THAN A 3RD ROUND PICK IN NEXT YEARS DRAFT. IF HE PLAYS UP TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL THEY WOULD OWE THE RAMS A FIRST ROUND PICK NEXT YEAR. THIS WOULD BE VICE VERSA AS THE RAMS WOULD HAVE TO AGREE TO DO THE SAME THING FOR WHATEVER PLAYER THEY CHOSE. I THINK THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY TRADE TO WORK OUT. IF THE BROWNS DO THIS, THEN WHAT WAS THE POINT OF SIGNING DELHOMME OR TRADING BRADY? I HOPE YOU ALL ARE STILL WITH ME BECAUSE I STILL HAVE MORE TO SAY. SORRY IF ITS CONFUSING.

3) THIS GOES ALONG WITH THE SECOND POINT. THERE ARE MANY FISH IN THE SEA FOR THE BROWNS AT THE QB POSITION IN THIS DRAFT. CLAUSEN IS HIGH ON THE BROWNS DRAFT BOARD BUT BY GETTING HIM IN THE 1ST ROUND, THE DELHOMME DEAL MAKES NO SENSE THEN. CLAUSEN SHOULD BE TAKEN IN THE FIRST ROUND BY SOMEONE ELSE, IF HE DOESN'T, THINGS CAN GET INTERESTING DURING THE SECOND ROUND. TEBOW AND MCCOY ARE THE NEXT TWO TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. THEY SHOULD BE THERE DURING THE SECOND ROUND AND I'M SURE YOU ARE WONDERING WHY, WELL HERE IT IS: 30 OF 32 NFL TEAMS LOOKED AT TEBOW AND MCCOY. WHICH MEANS THAT 30 OF THESE TEAMS MUST THINK THEY CAN GET EITHER OF THESE TWO QB'S IN THE SECOND ROUND, OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN'T BE THAT MANY TEAMS LOOKING. IF THE BROWNS GET BERRY IN THE FIRST ROUND AND FEEL SCARED THAT THEY MUST MOVE BACK INTO THE FIRST ROUND TO GET ONE OF THESE QB'S, THEY WILL BUT I DON'T FOR SEE ANY OF THEM BEING GONE COME SECOND ROUND.. IF YOU DRAFT TEBOW YOU ARE GETTING A RB, WR, AND QB WITH HIS FRAME, SO YOU CAN DO MULTIPLE THINGS WITH HIM. IN MCCOY YOU ARE GETTING A STRONG ARMED QB WHO SHOWS A LOT OF HEART ANYTIME HE IS ON THE FIELD. THAT'S WHAT I THINK THE BROWNS CAN DO WITH THEIR NUMBER 2.

4) BACK TO A TRADE: THE BROWNS NEED A WIDE RECEIVER. IF THEY CANT GET ERIC BERRY FOR SOME REASON, THE BROWNS, I COULD SEE TRADING THEIR 7TH PICK TO BUFFALO. THE REASON FOR THIS COULD BE FOR A WIDE OUT IN JOSH REED OR LEE EVANS. HOW, WELL THE BROWNS COULD TRADE A HIGHLY POTENTIAL RB IN JEROME HARRISON WHO SHOWED PROMISE LATE LAST YEAR. BY TRADING HIM THE BROWNS GET THEIR VETERAN WIDE OUT THEY NEED AND THEN COULD DRAFT RB FROM CLEMSON C.J. SPILLER, WHO WILL BE A GAME BREAKER IN THE NFL. THIS TRADE COULD MAKE SENSE TO BUFFALO WHO ARE LOOKING TO SHIP MARSHAWN LYNCH OUT OF TOWN, IF THEY SHIP LYNCH IT MAKES ROOM FOR HARRISON. CJ SPILLER IS SURE TO BE HERE AT PICK 9 AND MIGHT NOT GO ANY FARTHER THAN THAT.

5) REVISITING POINT 1: EVEN IF THE BROWNS TRADE UP TO GET 1 OR 2, ITS NOT A LOCK TO PICK BRADFORD. REMEMBER, SUH, AND MCCOY BOTH PASS RUSHERS ARE ALSO AT THE TOP. THESE TWO WOULD FIT IN WELL WITH THE 3-4. THE BROWNS NEED TO KNOW THIS....THAT IS IF THEY TRADE UP, THEY BETTER MAKE SURE THEY GET THE GUY THEY WANT FOR YEARS TO COME WHO IS THE BEST PLAY MAKER. THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE HE IS THE DIFFERENCE MAKER AS A MATTER OF FACT.

6) ONE LAST THING: I SEE THE DRAFT FOR THE BROWNS PLAYING OUT LIKE THIS IN TERMS OF THE 1ST AND 2ND ROUND PICKS: THE BROWNS WILL STAND PAT AT 7 PICKING ERIC BERRY, SOLIDIFYING THEIR DEFENSE. THE 2ND ROUND THEY WILL PICK COLT MCCOY FROM TEXAS AND GROOM HIM AS THE FUTURE QB. FAR FROM THAT I DON'T CARE BECAUSE THAT WILL BE A PRETTY GOOD DRAFT AS IS. JAKE DELHOMME IS A GREAT MENTOR FOR MCCOY. THE BROWNS WILL GET THEIR WIDE OUT IN FREE AGENCY, REMEMBER T.O. IS STILL OUT THERE, ILL TAKE A FLIER ON HIM FOR A YEAR. GO BROWNS...THE DRAFT IS COMING!!!!!!!!!!!