My take is someone from the NFL pressured the Browns to draft him because it was becoming a problem for the NFL. Consider it penitence for paying Watson such a large guaranteed contract that the other owners hated.
That would’ve happened if he was still available in the 7th round- that’s exactly what happened with Michael Sam.
BTW- Cleveland, like the NY Jets, are quarterback killing franchises...
Just like Chad Kelly, this snub will cause him to go crazy and get himself fired.
Completely silly. Any “problem” there might have been happened when he dropped below 10. of course there never was going to be a “problem”, because, well nobody actually cares. And the other owners didn’t hate the Watson contract. They mostly laughed and knew that the Browns wouldn’t be competitive for a while.
My guess is that the Browns will give him a year. If there's too much "drama", they'll cut him.
My take is why did they draft him after they had drafted Gabriel a 5’11” QB in the third round?
Pre-draft rumors had tied the Browns to Sanders.
I think THEIR first preference was always to draft Sanders as their 1st QB taken.
Sanders was blackballed.
Maybe it was intentional or just groupthink.
With the NFL you never know.
It is an evil and nefarious organization.
The leaking of the Gruden emails was absolutely evil reminiscent of the Deep State in politics.
It’s hard for me to root for Sanders, but I don’t care who it is I would like people treated half way decently and fairly.
There have been a lot of schmucks drafted as 1st round QB’s in recent years and maybe it was fair for him to drop to the second round, but from past history he should have dropped no further.
Sanders is not a thug like a great many who got drafted.
NFLlegacy pity pick.
Similar thing happened when Michael Vick was trying to get back into the league. The Eagles & Patriots were both rumored to be under pressure to sign him. The league commissioner didn’t want to appear to be preventing Vick’s return, but he wanted him buried behind teams with solid starting quarterbacks. Of course Donovan McNabb gets injured and Vick ends up taking McNabb’s job.