Trade with Eagles Puts Browns in Position to Build a Contender

The Cleveland Browns just made one of the smartest moves of this year’s draft.

Wait…what?      

(Rewinds the tape. Slaps self. Splashes water in face. Makes sure there’s no glitch in the Matrix. Slaps self again. More water. Yep, I’m conscious.)

The last time this was written—”Cleveland makes smart move”—was probably when they drafted Jim Brown in 1957.

The Browns have been such an embarrassment over the past few decades when it comes to the draft, writing that they are doing anything smart is fraught with risk, like re-upping a director for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle sequel before actually seeing the movie.

After all, the Browns drafted Jonathan Paul Manziel. No need to go much further when looking for putrid, disgraceful, horrid, crappy, incredibly dumb Browns draft decisions.

But what Cleveland did in trading with the Eagles on Wednesday was brilliant.

Everything you need to know: pic.twitter.com/fB2zLguT9X

— Cleveland Browns (@Browns) April 20, 2016

They still have to make the picks, but the trade itself was a smart move by the Moneyballers.

This is why: The Browns need picks. They need lots of picks. They need poker chips and bodies and capital to not just build the team back to respectability.

When you’re a doorstop and laughingstock, you need to do something drastic to change things. This is that kind of move. It could be the start of the Browns becoming something they haven’t been since the 80s: a Super Bowl-caliber team

The Browns are embracing the philosophy that draft …

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