Do you think the Cleveland Browns could use a wide receiver like Deebo Samuel, DK Metcalf or AJ Brown in 2023
Well, they had a chance in the 2019 NFL Draft, but in a resurfaced clip of former general manager John Dorsey, the team’s front office apparently didn’t believe there was a wide receiver renowned in this draft.
The 2019 NFL Draft was a bit of a mess for the Browns and general manager John Dorsey.
The team didn’t have a first-round pick thanks to the Odell Beckham Jr. trade, and of the seven players they selected, two are already out of the league and none are still with the Browns.
Worst of all, Dorsey says in a video that he traded for Beckham because the draft doesn’t have any good receivers, and boy, was he wrong.
“There’s no real marquee — there really wasn’t a marquee receiver per se,” Dorsey said in a news conference after the first round in 2019.
“Tomorrow you’ll see some receivers start to get out of the picture.”Dorsey was right about the first-round pass catchers.
Oklahoma’s Marquise “Hollywood” Brown (No. 25, Baltimore Ravens) is a good player at best, and Arizona State’s N’Keal Harry (No. 32, New England Patriots) has been a colossal failure.
However, the WRs who “came off the board” in the second round are now three of the best players at their positions in the NFL.
Enzo Flojo · 2 days agoSouth Carolina’s Deebo Samuel came off the field at No. 36 against the San Francisco 49ers, so to be fair to Dorsey, the Browns had no chance at No. 46 without a trade.
However, after Cleveland signed LSU cornerback Greedy Williams, five Pro Bowl WRs were selected.
These players are AJ Brown (No. 51), DK Metcalf (No. 64), Diontae Johnson (No. 66), Terry McLaurin (No. 76) and Hunter Renfrow (No. 149).
Obviously, many teams haven’t realized the incredible value of this WR draft class, but Browns fans must be sad that it’s their former GM saying on video that there’s no quality pass catchers.
