“Wheeden to Benjamin will surely strike fear into the hearts of opposing defenses in the AFC North.”
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You’d better learn how to spell Brandon Weeden’s name, since you’ll soon be buying his jersey.

The fact that a fourth-round rookie has a solid chance to start says a lot more about the rest of Cleveland’s WR corps than it does about Benjamin.
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Perhaps you might want to check out another 4th round WR that GM Tom Heckert drafted a few years ago in Philly. Hint: Does the name DeSean Jackson ring a bell? You might also want to check out the height/weight/speed stats on Benjamin and Jackson. Don’t be so dismissive of Heckert’s drafting ability. He has added quite a few very good players over the past couple of years. Personally, having checked these guys out, I think that the Browns’ 2012 draft may end up being a division changer. We play, we see.

It’s an oft-repeated myth in Baltimore that Modell left the team’s name and colors in Cleveland out of the goodness of his heart. When in reality he was forced to by terms of the agreement that lead to the City dropping it’s lawsuit against him and allowing him to leave without hindrance to Baltimore.

Other than that, I liked your post.

And you must be delusional if you think the Brown are going to be competitive in the best division in football. 3 playoff teams in one division and you think you are going to be competitive. At least wait till a window definitively closes on one of them.

And before you start hating, I know the Browns don’t have the best group and Weeden is a rookie.

But with TRich teams wil have to respect both the run and the pass, which should create some opportunities for big plays…

What he is: blazing fast, sudden change of direction, a threat to score on any little screen pass or punt return.

What he is not: big enough to beat press coverage off the line, or a polished route runner.

He ought to contribute in certain situations immediately, and he’s got upside. But he’ll have to prove he can get off the line and set up his routes to be a full time starter.

Believe me Benjamin doesn’t have 1/10th the talent of Blackmon. There is a reason why one went in the top 5 (starter) and the other went 4th(back up and special teams on most teams).

A sleeper to make the roster is Josh Cooper, an undrafted free agent who is Brandon Weeden’s best buddy and his #2 receiver at Oklahoma State. He’s obviously not a world-class talent but he and Weeden have excellent chemistry, and Cooper is said to have outstanding hands, which would be very helpful for a team that led the league in drops last year. I can see him making the team ahead of somebody like Mo Massaquoi, a former second-round pick who has been a total bust.

But seeing them deteriorate into a laughingstock is sadder. I would love to see them come back to at least a ‘respectable’ level. Their long-suffering fans deserve it.

One more thing – when they left Cleveland and moved to Baltimore, their owner had the decency to leave the name and the colors in Cleveland.

And yet ANOTHER sub .500 season upcoming

Uh, did you watch how these top seven performed? We’re not exactly talking the Magnificent Seven here. There’s a reason that everyone thought WR was a huge position of need, and why Wright was ahead of Weenen on the Browns’ draft board.

Being able to start at WR for the Browns may be the lowest bar in the NFL.