Looking back at the “body of work” and the trending slope (going up or down) of each will probably make the choice for Banner.

To me, at least, a definitive trending up seems to say Farmer will be the choice. Lombardi’s curve is less sloped up and might even be sloped down, dependent on who, what, how the criteria is processed.

With that said, in Farmer we get another plus, Respect from Browns fans.

Trust me…NFL teams don’t give a rip what an idiot writer thinks about their hires.

His best fit from my vantage point would be with the Jets, as someone is needed who has dealt with a difficult NFL situation as organizational leadership is essential to building a winner there. From afar, visions of football program building models are a unique tool Lombardi could put forth expertise in. As such Lombardi would seem to be a good fit with many teams, especially if he were to work with the likes of Mike Holmgren, Brian Billick and Rex Ryan.

And whatever happened to the name of Brian Xanders and Chris Polian? Just as with missing names from coaching searches, it is puzzling that offensive gurus such as the Redskins Kyle Shanahan, Saints Pete Carmichael, and offensive genius Chris Ault whose offense ideas dominated 2012 – are all missing for the most part.

Take a few minutes and Google Mike Lombardi’s draft history.

In all the years he drafted, you’ll probably recognize about 5 names. 3 of them will be Robert Gallery, Jamarcus Russell, and Sebastian Janikowski.

Granted, Janikowski is a good kicker, but who in God’s name drafts a kicker in the first round?

Unbelievable.

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Those were the work of Al Davis and Al alone.All Lombardi did was nod his head because you NEVER tell Al no or that he is wrong.If Al said “hey the sun is looking a nice purple today”you better say “Yes sir Mr Davis it is looking very purple”

Ponder this. Just because your team has had “recent success” doesnt mean everyone in the building is brilliant. (See every failure from New England, except Dimitroff) The real engine behind the machine is Brady is Belichick, however, many people have earned millions of dollars on the shoulders of those 2. Conversely, just because your team hasnt had recent success doesnt make you a poor evaluator. The GM usually makes the final call on personnel anyway. Its funny how Mike McCoy wasnt a “hot” name as a head coach until #18 arrived…or maybe he became a better coach when Peyton arrived

This guy worked in Atlanta for Rich Mckay, worked in KC under King Carl but probably never had his voice heard under the Pioli regime. I say give him a chance

I just want my Browns to get back to prominence.

He was one of the few (if not only) front office people to survive after Pioli came in. So he learned at the feet of both Carl Peterson and Scott Pioli. What more could you ask for?

In all seriousness, he’d be a total unknown as a hire. He was never talked about as being involved in any of the decisions (few good, many bad) KC has made since he was there. But he was able to survive and rise up the ranks through different regimes, so that probably says something about how good he was at his job.

Take a few minutes and Google Mike Lombardi’s draft history.

In all the years he drafted, you’ll probably recognize about 5 names. 3 of them will be Robert Gallery, Jamarcus Russell, and Sebastian Janikowski.

Granted, Janikowski is a good kicker, but who in God’s name drafts a kicker in the first round?

Unbelievable.

However, since he never drafted Jamarcus Russell, Craig Powell or Tommy Vardell, I’ll give him a shot.