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2015 Draft Prospects

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here is your little story from Matt Miller-

The Scout's Report
— High-level sources with the San Francisco 49ers have told me the team is "in love" with wide receiver Amari Cooper from Alabama and will inquire as to trading up to draft him should he slip past the Oakland Raiders at pick No. 4 overall.

— Asking around the league about what happens with pick No. 2 overall, four well-placed sources all believe the pick will be Marcus Mariota—what's up for debate is who holds the pick. According to these same sources, the Titans will be shopping the pick.

— One team that may be interested in a move up is the Cleveland Browns. I'm told by a source within Cleveland that they love quarterback Marcus Mariota and rank him higher than any quarterback from the 2014 draft class. My source expects the Browns to be players if the Titans do shop the pick.

— Damarious Randall's name is heating up (more on him later) and I'm told by team sources that his visit with the Cleveland Browns went very well. Randall may be a target for them with pick No. 43 overall.

— One more note on the Browns: cornerback Quandre Diggs had a visit with the team this week as they look to add depth to the secondary. Diggs is a slot cornerback who could be brought in to replace Buster Skrine.
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The Browns are to CBs like the Packers are to WRs, can never have enough.
 

Couple of good bits of Browns info...

— Asking around the league about what happens with pick No. 2 overall, four well-placed sources all believe the pick will be Marcus Mariota—what's up for debate is who holds the pick. According to these same sources, the Titans will be shopping the pick.

— One team that may be interested in a move up is the Cleveland Browns. I'm told by a source within Cleveland that they love quarterback Marcus Mariota and rank him higher than any quarterback from the 2014 draft class. My source expects the Browns to be players if the Titans do shop the pick.

— Damarious Randall's name is heating up (more on him later) and I'm told by team sources that his visit with the Cleveland Browns went very well. Randall may be a target for them with pick No. 43 overall.

— One more note on the Browns: cornerback Quandre Diggs had a visit with the team this week as they look to add depth to the secondary. Diggs is a slot cornerback who could be brought in to replace Buster Skrine.
 
Did @Soda block me? He has double posted what I have posted like 5x in the past 2 days :chuckle:

To go off the Quandre Diggs visit the Browns had....

 
http://www.nfl.com/draft/2015/profiles/damarious-randall?id=2552389

OVERVIEW
In 2014, selected first-team All-Pac-12, finishing with 106 tackles. Had an interception return for a touchdown in each of the two seasons he played at Arizona State. In 2013, signed with Arizona State and started nine games. In 2012, while attending Mesa Community College, selected Junior College first-team All-American. Starred in both football and baseball coming out of high school, but decided to play baseball at Butler Community College in order to follow in his brother's foot steps (brother, Patrick Norris, was drafted by Kansas City Royals out of Butler). Played shortstop but suffered shoulder injury and was forced back to football.

ANALYSIS
STRENGTHS
Plus athlete with good speed. Scouts love his toughness and effort. Inspired effort as a tackler, racking up 177 tackles during two-year stint at Arizona State. Looks to punish. Explodes into targets and jolts his victims. Takes very good angles in space in run support. Instinctive blitzer who times snap and has a nose for the quarterback. Senses throws underneath and breaks on them early. Highly competitive on 50/50 throws and won't give an inch to receiver. Took two interceptions for scores. Good hands -- played some wide receiver in junior college and was also an explosive returner while there.
WEAKNESSES
Small for safety position. Has box characteristics but lacking box size. Instincts as a free safety are average. Could be forced to play cornerback. Needs technique work in coverage. Must learn line-of-scrimmage skills and work on coordinating feet and hips. Allows wideouts to eat up cushion. Desire to attack leads to false steps against play-action. Fails to play with proper depth at times. Gets a little loose with technique as a tackler at times, causing him to miss.
BOTTOM LINE
Randall is considered undersized for the safety position and some teams have him projected as a cornerback. While he has the speed and athletic traits to transition to cornerback, his cover skills and technique need quite a bit of work to be ready for the NFL level. Randall has a nose for the ball and a strong desire to make an aggressive tackle in space, so there could still be teams that give him a legitimate shot at safety, where he carries a higher draft grade.
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Perhaps Hitner can take this guy under his wing. Also might be able to add decent bulk, since he was playing baseball for a bit and likely didn't lift like a football player during that time.
 
So I'm really bored so I decided to look at who the Browns have met with at the combine, who they talked to since, and who they have private visits with. The list from walterfootball is long, but I'm going to scout everyone, and give a little scouting report for each. Hope ya'll enjoy.

Here is the list:

SR - Senior Bowl meeting.
EW - East-West Shrine meeting.
COM - Combine meeting.
INT - Interested.
VINT - Very Interested.
PRO - Pro Day or campus meeting/workout.
LOC - Local visit.
PRI - Private visit.
WOR - Private Workout.
% - indicates more than one meeting at an event.
^ - has met with team at more than one event.
# - indicates meeting set up outside of the 2015 Senior Bowl or the 2015 East-West Shrine Game


Cleveland Browns

No. 1 Team Need
Quarterback
See the other needs ...
  • Nelson Agholor, WR, USC (COM)
  • Mario Alford, WR, West Virginia (COM)
  • Cameron Artis-Payne, RB, Auburn (PRO)
  • Blake Bell, TE, Oklahoma (EW%)
  • Brian Blechen, OLB/SS, Utah (WOR)
  • Brett Boyko, OT, UNLV (EW)
  • Bryce Callahan, CB, Rice (PRI)
  • Ibraheim Campbell, S, Northwestern (WOR)
  • Cameron Clear, TE, Texas A&M (PRO)
  • T.J. Clemmings, OT, Pittsburgh (SR)
  • Sammie Coates, WR, Auburn (PRO)
  • Justin Coleman^, CB, Tennessee (EW, INT)
  • La'el Collins^, OT, LSU (SR, COM)
  • Ricky Collins, WR, Texas A&M-Commerce (PRI)
  • Titus Davis, WR, Central Michigan (PRO)
  • Dillon Day, C, Mississippi State (EW)
  • Phillip Dorsett, WR, Miami (SR)
  • Alvin Dupree, OLB/DE/3-4OLB, Kentucky (PRO)
  • Ereck Flowers^, OT, Miami (PRO, PRI)
  • Eddie Goldman, DT/3-4DE/NT, Florida State (PRI)
  • Garrett Grayson^, QB, Colorado State (SR, PRO)
  • Connor Halliday, QB, Washington State (COM)
  • Eli Harold, OLB/DE/3-4OLB, Virginia (COM)
  • Rob Havenstein, OT, Wisconsin (SR)
  • Taylor Heinicke, QB, Old Dominion (EW)
  • Greg Henderson, CB, Colorado (EW)
  • D.J. Humphries^, OT, Florida (PRI, PRO)
  • Brett Hundley, QB, UCLA (COM)
  • Danielle Hunter, DE, LSU (PRI)
  • Grady Jarrett, DT, Clemson (WOR)
  • Tyler Kroft, TE, Rutgers (PRO)
  • Jeremy Langford, RB, Michigan State (SR)
  • Greg Mancz, C, Toledo (EW)
  • Vince Mayle, FB/WR, Washington State (PRO)
  • Keith Mumphery, WR, Michigan State (EW)
  • Nate Orchard^, DE/OLB, Utah (SR, PRO)
  • DeVante Parker^, WR, Louisville (PRI, WOR)
  • Denzel Perryman, OLB/ILB, Miami (SR)
  • Marcus Peters, CB, Washington (PRO)
  • Collin Rahrig^, C, Indiana (EW, PRO)
  • Damarious Randall^, S, Arizona State (PRO, PRI)
  • Jordan Richards, S, Stanford (EW)
  • Edmond Robinson, OLB, Newberry (EW)
  • Quinten Rollins, CB, Miami (Ohio) (WOR)
  • Eric Rowe, CB, Utah (WOR)
  • Ryan Russell, DE, Purdue (EW)
  • Wes Saxton, TE, South Alabama (EW)
  • Danny Shelton^, DT/NT, Washington (SR, PRI)
  • Devin Smith^, WR, Ohio State (SR, PRO)
  • Preston Smith, DE, Mississippi State (PRO)
  • Za'Darius Smith, DE/3-4OLB, Kentucky (EW)
  • Damian Swann, CB, Georgia (EW)
  • Jaquiski Tartt, S, Samford (PRO)
  • Darren Waller, WR, Georgia Tech (EW)
  • DeShawn Williams, DT, Clemson (WOR)
  • Maxx Williams, TE, Minnesota (COM)
  • Jameis Winston, QB, Florida State (COM)
  • Shane Wynn, WR, Indiana (PRI)

Read more at http://walterfootball.com/ProspectMeetings/ByTeam#2Rgf5vCK3hlyicL3.99
 
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First Five:

Nelson Agholor, WR, USC (COM): Ultra fast. For a big guy, he has incredible speed. Excellent punt returner. His punt return against Arizona State was Ted Ginn like. I've seen some people say that his measurable are almost exactly like Maclin. I can tell, because he looks like him. Absolutely abused the secondary for Standford. He runs some fantastic routes and loses no speed in change of direction. Wears 15, our old friend Mr. Little, although Agholor has better hands, but does drop some. Most of them are short yardage that he starts to look up field. Can take a 5 yard curl and turn it into 50 in a flash. Wow this guy is good. He outran Washington State like they were standing still. Absolutely must improve his blocking if he wishes to go to the outside. He lined up everywhere for USC, including RB, Slot, TE. He may not be ready to be a starter year 1, but he can come in and electrify an offense. Exciting potential and someone I'd keep an eye on.

Mario Alford, WR, West Virginia (COM): Hawkins like size. Has decent speed, hard to tell because I don't see any prospect video's on him. Unfortunate, because he seems like a guy who I'd like in the later rounds. The Browns really like shorter, quicker prospects. Cannot comment on him any further.

Cameron Artis-Payne, RB, Auburn (PRO): Good runner. Solid, solid pass catcher. Needs to improve on his blocking a little bit as he can be overwhelmed at times. Good vision as a runner with decent speed. Runs really hard and more of a straight line runner. Isn't going to make you miss. The way he picks apart a defense reminds me of Crowell. He is really good on screens and draw plays. Runs through traffic really well, not easily taken down.

Blake Bell, TE, Oklahoma (EW%): Can be an effective blocker. Really has a huge frame that can stand to add more weight and lean. He is a former QB, so learning a new position all of a sudden he hasn't had time to get his body right. His hands are pretty good, could be a really effective redzone guy. Not the type of gamebreaker we need at TE, more of a Dray type TE.

Brett Boyko, OT, UNLV (EW): Uhhhh....yeah, he's uh...6'7"...301 pounds...and no tape. Seems like a lot of the different sites are saying he lacks athleticism, which looks obvious since he ran a blistering 5.6 40 yard dash. If a video ever pops up, I'll review it, otherwise, moving on...
 
  • Brian Blechen, OLB/SS, Utah (WOR): Literally can find 0 info about him. NFL Draft Scout says he's a UDFA. Big, 6-2 216lbs.
  • Bryce Callahan, CB, Rice (PRI): Again, can't find anything. Small, 5-9, but ran a 4.32 and had a 43.5 inch vert at his pro day.
  • Ibraheim Campbell, S, Northwestern: A heat seeking missile on defense, this guy like to hurt you. He can tackle with authority, and really give a good wallop. More ball-hawking than coverage maven in pass defense. Does keep the guys in front of him, but I'm afraid of what will happen in the NFL. Slow at diagnosing plays. Slow to pick up his man on pass coverage. Will start out as a special teamer, but can really bloom into an aggressive, run stopping safety.
  • Cameron Clear, TE, Texas A&M: Huge. Absolute monster. Inconsistent with his hands, inconsistent blocker. Appears to be slow. I don't like him at all. I heard he was advertised as a big guy with good hands and playmaking ability. I don't see it. Lucky to be drafted, IMO.
  • T.J. Clemmings, OT, Pittsburgh: Good run blocker. When he squares up and seals his man, he takes him totally out of the play. Inconsistent at getting to the 2nd level, and sometimes doesn't pick out the right man to block. Lots of power, although he is a little slow at getting off the line so he doesn't have the impact block. Really raw in technique. I don't know how he is going to fair in the Pros when it comes to pass blocking. There were times where he really got beat badly on the outside. Looks like a guard to me in pass protection, he cannot handle the speed. We would be better off not taking him and keep Schwartz, IMO. Not a fan before the third round as I think he is absolutely a OG, not a Tackle.
 
@Simon there's a lot of very compelling info in that whole thing, actually. Lot of insight.
 
Trading up for a wide receiver has to be among my top three worst case scenarios.

There is no value in that at all, given the depth at the position.
 
I would be surprised if there is ANY situation I'd like for the Browns to trade up, and that includes Mariota. If O'Connell swears that Mariota is going to pick up on a pro offense faster than anyone anticipates because of his work over the summer, I'll give the guy the benefit of the doubt. However, this draft has no QB I see that can start behind center successfully right away. They are all varying degrees of long-term projects. May as well fill the many, many holes created from veterans who have moved on from the franchise with quality rather than reaching for the third time in the first round for one position. I'm going to bold that: reaching in the first round at one position, QB, for the third time in four years, with a pattern of failure lingering in the air when the Browns get desperate on day one.
 
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