Off-Season Jockeying

Kind of a bummer than Crennel didn't get his first pick for defensive coordinator, Eric Mangini. On the other hand, sometimes stuf like this works out for the best, and perhaps Manging wasn't very excited about the prospect of spending a year traversing the road to a 3-4 defense. Whatever happens, it sure does sound like there will be some major roster turnover on defense. And when you figure there is likely to be a lot of new faces on offense, we are looking at a whole new team in a year's time.

It's getting closer and closer until there is a full-on mock draft frenzy. This CNNSI mock is just the latest to predict the Browns will take a QB. Call me crazy, but I just don't see it happening with Savage and Crennel. Crennel is a defensive guy, and Savage has kind of made his mark building a great Baltimore defense. That doesn't mean they are definitely picking a defensive player in the first round, but at a minimum I think they will take the best-player-available approach. LB Derrick Johnson, CB Antrell Rolle, OT Alex Barron, or maybe a WR seem like possible choices right now. Trading down would still seem to be the most preferable option though.