Then, our pick comes - and they choose a Cornerback from I don't know what school - Justin Gilbert. I had never heard of him and neither had my husband. I had to "Google" him so that I could figure out if it was a decent move or not. Okay - I can take a little bit of a breath - I think it may have been a really good move for the direction I think the team might be headed.
Now - here we go - our next pick is 26th....are we going to take a quarterback? If we do - who is going to be? Johnny Manziel? Teddy Bridgewater? Maybe Ohio's own, Kenny Guiton from the Ohio State University? No, maybe it will the next top WR since after all - they had just signed Vince Young a couple of days before the draft - we didn't really need a QB now - we have Hoyer and Tanney - and now Young. Wooooh wait just a minute - a trade at 22? That's right, the Browns have just made another trade and moved up 4 spots to the 22nd pick - and I sit there, biting my nails. I really didn't want them to pick Johnny Manziel, but the internet had been all abuzz all day saying that he was going to Cleveland. Silence fell over the Dawg House Saloon where we were watching the draft as the commissioner walked to the podium. "...And for the 22nd pick of round 1 of the 2014 NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns pick JOHNNY MANZIEL" Half of the place cheered - the other half booed. Well, there you have it - the fate of our team hangs in the balance and history repeats itself where the Browns sign an overrated college QB who is too small for the NFL and unless they give him a stellar Offensive Line to protect him, he will probably get killed out there on the field. Just like Brady Quinn. Just like Tim Couch. Just like Brandon Weeden. All of them amounted to nothing with the Cleveland Browns...and in fact, I still don't think they have much of a career in the NFL. So what's going to happen? If the press conference with Coach Pettine is any indication, I might get my wish - keep Manziel at 2nd string, let him learn and develop. Give him time to grow up before we throw him to the wolves. Hoyer should be our starter - I think he is going to surprise a lot of people as long as he stays healthy next year.
Not even 24 hours after 1/2 of Browns Nation gets done celebrating our new QB - news breaks of a possible suspension. Josh Gordon failed another drug test - this time he was smoking the wacky weed. (probably trying to kill the pain of having to play on the same field as Brandon Weeden). And now, because it's supposedly his 3rd strike - he could be out of the NFL for a year - but wait - the Browns aren't commenting - NFL officials aren't commenting and Gordon's agent is saying the rumors are not true. So what in the world is going on? I can't help but partly feel as though it's a conspiracy to make sure that Cleveland can't come out of anything on top. Do something good for the team, but then knock them back down to reality. After all - we are the "Mistake by the Lake". Or are we?
Even though I don't get my mail there anymore and even though the pillow that I lay my head on every night now stays in Tennessee - in fact Nashville - the home of the Tennessee Titans - Cleveland and NE Ohio is home. Brown & Orange is in my blood. I can't help but believe that Ray Farmer and Mike Pettine know what the hell they are doing. I can't help but believe that they have a vision for the future of the Cleveland Browns that WILL bring a winner to Cleveland.
After all....Cleveland is BELIEVELAND!
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