Happy we got Parsons, but imagine

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If Jerrah had decided to go LB with the first two picks.

We could have had MP and JOK.

For those that don't watch the Browns, this kid is a beast. Not a pass rushing beast like Parson, and obviously not on Parsons level, but this kid is the DROY if Parsons doesn't come out this year.

The dude is going to be a multiple All-pro. He's been a monster this year and if not for Parsons everyone would be drooling over him.

Could have had both (yes, I'm greedy).
JOK would be playing Kearse’s spot so we really do not need him. The Cowboys might have drafted him if we got Surtain. I have to look at his stats but Kearse has been great for us.
 

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Imagine...what if. Imagine...what if. Imagine... what if.



Imagine having Derrick Henry, Ramsey, TJ Watt, Diggs, Parsons and Aaron Rodgers at QB.
Imagine if...Jerry would have hired Bill Belichick in 2000 after firing Chan Gailey. Then Belichick could have drafted Tom Brady in the sixth round for us.


That kills the whole imagine if game, because that is the king of all imagine ifs.
 

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JOK would be playing Kearse’s spot so we really do not need him. The Cowboys might have drafted him if we got Surtain. I have to look at his stats but Kearse has been great for us.
Kearse is a safety. JOK is a LB. I live how Kearse has played but I'd take Kearse and JOK any day. Not like the one we used the 2nd on is doing much.
 

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Can he stay healthy?

That question is what dropped him to the 2nd round. Nobody doubted his ability.

LB has one of the highest injury rates.
Injuries didn't drop him to the 2nd, it was a heart condition that he was cleared from.

Granted this is from my brother who is a browns fan so take that with a grain of salt.
 

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Kearse is a safety. JOK is a LB. I live how Kearse has played but I'd take Kearse and JOK any day. Not like the one we used the 2nd on is doing much.
Kearse is bigger then JOK. In the Cowboys system JOK would be a safety linebacker hybrid like Kearse. I bet the Cowboys did not even have JOK on their board.
 

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People would have gone nuts if we used two high picks on lb. a lot of people didn't even want Parsons in the first place
 

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Kearse is bigger then JOK. In the Cowboys system JOK would be a safety linebacker hybrid like Kearse. I bet the Cowboys did not even have JOK on their board.
Ill bet my house they did. The other lb they drafted is a lesser version of JOK so yeah, he was on their board.

I'd be concerned about our scouts if he wasn't.

JOK is 2" shorter and 10 lbs heavier than Kearse. JOK would not be playing safety, he'd be playing Neal's position.
 

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Ill bet my house they did. The other lb they drafted is a lesser version of JOK so yeah, he was on their board.

I'd be concerned about our scouts if he wasn't.

JOK is 2" shorter and 10 lbs heavier than Kearse. JOK would not be playing safety, he'd be playing Neal's position.
Let me clarify. I don’t think they would have drafted JOK in the second round if they got Surtain. The Cowboys would have drafted a pass rusher like the guy the Giants drafted from Georgia. Cox just happened to fall to them in the 4th round. The Cowboys were not looking to draft in off ball linebacker early. I watched JOK, he is the perfect linebacker/safety hybrid for Dan Quinn’s system. Playing the position that Kearse plays for the Cowboys would be a good thing.
 

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Well, we needed a CB so we made a need pick. Imagine if he had been a player ready to contribute? But we all know Jerry likes to roll the dice in round 2 and that usually means waiting on a guy whose dropped dam the reason.
 

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If Jerrah had decided to go LB with the first two picks.

We could have had MP and JOK.

For those that don't watch the Browns, this kid is a beast. Not a pass rushing beast like Parson, and obviously not on Parsons level, but this kid is the DROY if Parsons doesn't come out this year.

The dude is going to be a multiple All-pro. He's been a monster this year and if not for Parsons everyone would be drooling over him.

Could have had both (yes, I'm greedy).

Imagine JJ would have stayed out of the drafting process and we drafted two good LBs with our 1st (instead of LVE) and a 2nd (instead of Jaylon Smith) round picks ?
We would have not needed to draft LB instead we could have taken Surtain and our defense would be great.
 

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If Jerrah had decided to go LB with the first two picks.

We could have had MP and JOK.

For those that don't watch the Browns, this kid is a beast. Not a pass rushing beast like Parson, and obviously not on Parsons level, but this kid is the DROY if Parsons doesn't come out this year.

The dude is going to be a multiple All-pro. He's been a monster this year and if not for Parsons everyone would be drooling over him.

Could have had both (yes, I'm greedy).
Who is JOK?

Would be nice to spell out a player's full name, instead of forcing readers to look up who JOK is.
 

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Imagine JJ would have stayed out of the drafting process and we drafted two good LBs with our 1st (instead of LVE) and a 2nd (instead of Jaylon Smith) round picks ?
We would have not needed to draft LB instead we could have taken Surtain and our defense would be great.
Surtain wasn't available either way.

And hoping Jerrah would stay out of the draft process is like hoping water wasn't wet.
 

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I imagine what this D would look like with one of those CB’s instead of who they should have taken to address the run D.

I am more thankful for luck than greedy.
 
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