I know what you’re thinking – who gives a crap about the Browns?
Nobody does. Well I guess Browns fans do, and maybe AFC North people.
But this morning’s news that Cleveland shipped Corey Coleman to the Bills for a 2020 7th round draft pick has an Eagles connection, because it makes the Carson Wentz trade look even more lopsided.
Going back to 2016, the Birds acquired the #2 overall pick and a 2017 4th rounder in exchange for this:
Cleveland traded back to take Coleman 15th overall in 2016, and used some of those picks to add more selections, ending up with these players as a result of the Wentz trade:
That’s the haul if you include all of the further trades Cleveland made using assets from the Wentz trade. The Eagles turned the 2017 4th rounder into Donnel Pumphrey. They were then able to flip the expendable Sam Bradford for a 2017 1st rounder (Derek Barnett) and a 4th round pick that was sent to the Dolphins for Jay Ajayi. The cap space opened up by the Bradford trade was used to sign Alshon Jeffery.
So yeah, maybe Peppers and Ward end up being the real deal for the Browns, or one of these other guys like Coleman turns it around, but it’s pretty obvious that quality vs. quantity ended up defining this trade.
But Patrick Claybon has a point:
Time’s yours.