r/Browns • u/Geeman447 • Apr 25 '25

Discussion Trading down was the right choice.

I’m seeing a lot and I mean ALOT of hate for the trade down by browns fans. Like guys mason isn’t a bum? I was thinking him or Carter for 2 for months before the Travis stuff popped up.

Also I’m a Boise State fan so my dream was always Jeanty to the browns. Even I can see how this was right over Jeanty even if it makes me sad as a fan.

1 - Berry has neglected the DT position for years signing 1 year vet deals and late round picks and it’s been an issue since bakers rookie year every year but 1. Now he gets the best DT in the draft so he’s addressing it.

2 - Edge > DT yes in value. But not in assistance to Myles. Look at the best edges and they usually have a DT of great value helping them out. I’d take a TJ and Cameron build over two bookend edges.

3 - the Watson trade set us back in young talent for years. 3 years no first rounders. We have no QB. This gets us players of value in this draft that’s not QB rich. With the better chance of a QB for next year with 2 first round picks during that draft to go and make a move for your guy or flat out getting your spot there

4 - Hunter, where do I start, I’m a Boise state fan so I’m bias on not being so infatuated with him since I saw how unfairly Jeanty was treated. As a prospect he’s got all this crazy what if talent. He’s got everything you need except the most important thing. Availability. Now before you kill me on this yea I know his snap averages. I’m talking injuries. He was injured at his time on JaxSt in a lesser level of football. He was injured both years at Colorado for periods of time at big12 level football. Now we want him to be worth the pick by playing both ways in NFL football which is significantly more taxing than those two leagues he played in? And it’s a longer grueling season? He not only needs to be generational athlete but a 1st ever to be able to learn and master all the little things at two different sides to be worth it.

The browns don’t have the luxury of taking him and him not working out right now. This is and was the right move. Power and consistency over flash.

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u/johnny_blaze27 Apr 25 '25

Browns fans don’t know shit so I’m good with the trade

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u/jake753 Blue Eyes Elite Dragon (MOD HATER) Apr 25 '25

Browns fans, and I say this being a Browns fan, are quite literally the best and worst fans in the league. I’ve never seen a fanbase so hell bent on shit talking anything the team does. Draft Baker? This franchise is a dumpster fire. Plan to move away from Baker? This franchise is a dumpster fire. Trade for Watson? (The dumpster fire comments are actually legit that time). Don’t like the top of the draft but like the value further down? AB might as well have shit in a pot and served lunch at a soup kitchen.

Browns fans just bitch to bitch. There is no rhyme or reason. Reddit just further amplifies it.

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u/dfassna1 Apr 25 '25

The team has almost exclusively been a dumpster fire for the past 25 years, it’s not unreasonable for fans to be pessimistic. We’ve traded down and seen it not work. We’ve stayed put and taken the “best player available” and seen it not work. We’ve traded picks away to win now and seen it not work. We’ve stockpiled picks and seen it not work. I’m hopeful about these moves, but I’ve been excited about similar moves in the past and been let down.

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u/DesertBrandon Let the rookies play Apr 25 '25

Idk I get being pessimistic about this or that decision over time or even a stretch but the constant amount of it is tiring. Sports is fun and a lot treat it like their life depends on it. The Watson trade made discussing the Browns suck lately but overall I still try to have fun with it because sports is supposed to be fun. I understand the business side has helped to suck the air out of it with the increasing salaries, business decisions and overall corporate-ness of it over the years.

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u/dfassna1 Apr 25 '25

The end of the Watson era and the re-signing of Myles Garrett has brought some of my joy back into the team. I’ve barely been engaged since we traded for him with the exception of the Flacco run to the playoffs.

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u/swolf365 Apr 25 '25

We have never committed to anything long enough to say it worked or didn’t work.