Breaking News Cleveland Browns sign RT Jack Conklin

And we should get a 3rd round compensatory pick back next year

 

Even if Tannehill is the highest sack %, difference is, he actually makes throws and can read a defense unlike Mary. Huge difference......Our line I instantly got better when Tannehill came in!

 

Oh so middle of pack in RT's. Sounding "meh" to me. And considering what he cost us in draft capital he can choke on my d!ck.

 

You can throw that stat out the window when youre as efficient as Tanny was.

Look at Russell Wilson, Deshaun Watson, Kyler Murray, all in Tannys neighborhood with sack%

 

That isn't middle of the pack. Somewhere between 75 -100 OL take snaps at RT across the league every year. Conklin was ranked number 12, and has never been ranked lower than 18th. That's actually very good.

JRob made a mistake not picking up his 5th year option. Especially since apparently it isn't even fully guaranteed until the 1st day of the league year of that 5th year. Not to mention, the draft capital it took to acquire him was largely from the previous trade with the Rams, so we were essentially playing with house money.

 

He was actually 2nd behind Haskins:

 

Not a knock on our QB. Knock on the O line.

 

This draft class is pretty darn good at OT, would not be surprised for us to still draft a guy there in the first two rounds. The plan going forward would be for Kelly to serve as the starter until the new guy takes over, then Kelly would go back to his swing/reserve tackle duties.

Can we find another Conklin? Probably not, but we should be able to find someone solid, and Kelly is a good player for much, much less. His cap hit this year is only $3M.

 

No- there are 32 teams with 32 starting RT’s. Conklin was pretty good at best and average the rest of the time.

And your house money argument is just dumb. It’s like the guy who blows all his lottery money because “he didn’t have it before”.....

 

Yeah that isn't how this works. And you clearly don't understand advanced metrics if this is what you take away from this. The starting RT's around the league don't make up the 1st 32 spots.