Browns 1st rounders, 2012-2016:
Trent Richardson: traded in 1 yr
Brandon Weeden: cut in 2 yrs
Barkevious Mingo: traded in 3 yrs
Justin Gilbert: traded in 2 yrs
Johnny Manziel: cut in 2 yrs
Danny Shelton: traded in 3 yrs
Cam Erving: traded in 2 yrs
Corey Coleman: traded in 2 yrs— Field Yates (@FieldYates) August 6, 2018
This is why the Browns haven’t prospered in such a long time.
You have to build through the draft and they have failed miserably. As a wise NFL man told me once, it doesn’t matter how many picks you get in a trade if you pick the wrong players.
That is exhibit A of that theory above.