Day 26

Fresh Start_26: Another Elway?
After watching another great day of college football and texting a few friends back and forth about the 2017 NFL Draft I got to thinking about something Colin Cowherd said on his radio show a few months back. Cowherd said if he was Clemson Quarterback DeShawn Watson, he would not go to the Cleveland Browns assuming the Browns receive the number one overall pick. This was also done by John Elway famously in the 1983 draft were he refused to go to Baltimore if the Colts drafted him. Cowherd warns Watson and even urges him to do the same. In this sound bite Cowherd compares Watson to Carolina Panthers Quarterback Cam Newton. This isn’t the first comparison between the two, but it sure is interesting.
Thinking to myself I agree with Cowherd about this issue with Watson. Assuming Watson doesn’t become a JaMarcus Russel type player, you are looking at an MVP candidate a few years down the line. Also if you look at the Cleveland Browns current state so far through one week of the 2016 season, it is safe to say come draft day the Browns will need a quarterback. If I am DeShawn Watson I wouldn’t want to waste my talent for a team that will not go anywhere for the my entire rookie contract. Watson has the ability to make a huge difference on a team and if Cleveland gets their hands on Watson, he will do major things in their ten-year plan that they are currently in. Watson can be a Cam Newton type of player in a system that can carry a team in the cellar to a borderline championship team in about two or three years. Without a doubt Watson is the best player in the entire upcoming draft, and the Watson camp needs to start strategizing a way to play their cards to not end up in Cleveland.
Nothing against the fans of the Cleveland Browns, but the team will be wasting talent and it would be exciting seeing Watson win some games just based on his sheer talent alone, but that will be maybe three games at the most. In the long run it wouldn’t be worth the long games where Watson wouldn’t be able to help in anyway. The Browns are on the right track even after the RGIII injury. With his injury the Browns can look toward the future—one without RGIII and look to better the team as a whole. The Browns will need a quarterback in this years’ draft, and hopefully and fortunately for Watson it won’t be him.
Sources:(twitter.com/colincowherd)
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