I somehow forced you to defend the Browns?
Did I have a gun to your head?
The Browns had a top 5 OL last year, but not now. Both OTs are below average.
Projected starting LT is none other than Greg Robinson, such a colossal bust (taken 2nd overall in the draft) that the Rams gave him away for a 6th-round pick. Yea, he is that bad.
But I guess he is going to suddenly get decent in his 5th year after sucking for 4.
The other OT is none other than our own undrafted Chris Hubbard. He's serviceable but will never be a top 10 RT. He is a below average NFL OT. He's not the road grader you wish to have at RT.
And they traded one of the best OGs in the NFL in Kevin Zeitler. If you think Austin Corbett is not a downgrade, I got some muffin tops to sell you, with some sprinkles of ting tongs.
So I'm clear, Kevin Zeitler was the Clowns' entire offensive line and the reason they had the success they did in the 2nd half of 2018?
Losing Zeitler and replacing him with Austin Corbett has now sunk the Clowns' season and Mayfield will be getting killed like Ben did under Arians?
Greg Robinson is the "projected starting LT" because HE WAS the starting LT for the second half of last season, the final 8 games. Nothing changing here. But apparently Zeitler was doing his job AND Robinson's, too and now Robinson sucks because Zeitler's gone.
And because Robinson sucked in St. Louis in their scheme, it's unpossible for him to succeed somewhere else in a different scheme.
I mean, no player in the history of the NFL has sucked on one team and then went on to succeed with a different team ( please note the sarcasm as I'm laying it on thick ).
Going from Zeitler to Corbett probably is a downgrade. We'll find out for sure this season.
Corbett is 23 years old and was a rookie last year.
Zeitler is a veteran at age 30.
My guess is the Clowns saw Zeitler as capital they could use to upgrade another area of their team because they saw enough in Corbett that they liked and thought they could lose Zeitler with minimal impact. Also, they have a fairly young team and continuity is key with an offensive line. They probably see this as a way to keep the same unit intact for as long as they can and grow with their young QB/RB/WRs.
And they got Oliver Vernon in return for Zeitler. He's got 50 some sacks in his career, and will now be starting opposite of Myles Garrett? It's not like they gave away Zeitler for magic beans.
No, not FORCED at gunpoint.
FORCED because of asinine logic devoid of facts and reality.