Who will get left out next year at wide receiver?

[DirtyDawg]

Most of us agree that the biggest need for this team right now is a game-breaking, play-making wide receiver. So assuming that the Browns take a WR high in the draft (or manage to sign one), which one of our current receivers will get left out?

MoMass - He's fine. He's our number one and best receiver. Still developing but should be a good number 2 for years to come.

Chansi Stuckey - He's our must underrated receiver. Decent hands, and underrated run after catch ability. He's a pretty smart guy, too. Could be a great #3 in my opinion.

Brian Robiskie - A big dissapointment so far. Too slow to run go routes, not great at creating separation. I still LOVE the idea of this guy being a number 2 as well, however, that is IF he reaches his potential.

Josh Cribbs - Still learning, but has shown some promise as a versatile, tough, physical WR. He's one of the faces of the team, too. I think it's safe to say he'll be in a role similar to his current role for years to come.

And then there is considering how Carlton Mitchell develops and how they use Evan Moore.

So who will get left out next year? Does anybody have any insight regarding contract situations that might affect it?

[hammertime]

we have wide receivers?

[DeadWombat]

The way I see it now, Robo will be the one to go. He's been so quiet and has done nothing to impress. IMO neither has MoMass too much, but if he's getting open every once in a while against the defense's No. 1 CB that's good enough for me to keep him at a No 2 at least. Stuckey has made some plays and he's done a lot to get on my good side considering I didn't like him to begin with. You can't axe Cribbs, despite the fact that Daboll is still is unwilling or unable to use Cribbs to his potential..... We should keep mitchell if only because I hate to see us nix draft picks so easily. That leaves Robo as the odd man out should we bring in this mythical big-play WR.

However this goes back to that press conference about Holmgren saying Daboll doesn't integrate WRs into his offense very often. How much of Robo's lack of production is due to Daboll's system? The coaches know the WRs better than we. If we had a new OC I bet we would learn a lot more about our WRs.

Heck, if I had my way, I'd keep MoMass at No. 2 with Stuckey in the slot, and put this to-be-named big threat WR in at No 1. Then I'd mix in Cribbs with Stuckey on rotation, and also run the Flash package a couple times just to mix things up with Cribbs. I would also make sure Moore gets at least 5 touches a game.

...That's what I want, anyway.

[RPrepublic]

No one will be left out. We can easily keep 6 recievers Moore is a TE and Cribbs holds the KR spot. So that leaves us Momass Robo Stuckey Mitchell and if Haggerty makes the squad next year plus any draft picks we spend on the position.

[Sez.EJ]

I think the real question is.. not WHO will be out.. but if ANY will remain. I have a feeling it will not be just one draft pick but pick(s).. and free agents too.

These are some of the free agents.. This years free agents are 100x better than what we saw available last year.. Of couse this changes with teams that re-sign guys: (got this from a fantasy site)

Early Doucet	ARI	WR4	25	2	#60
Donald Driver	GB	WR1	35	11	#33
Braylon Edwards	NYJ	WR1	27	5	#38
Brian Finneran	ATL		34	11	#160
Joey Galloway	WAS	WR3	38	14	#95
Johnnie Lee Higgins	OAK	WR3	27	3	#118
Jason Hill	SF		25	3	#103
Santonio Holmes	NYJ	WR2	26	4	#41
Torry Holt	NE		34	11
Jacoby Jones James Jones GB WR3 26 3 #67 Greg Lewis MIN WR3 30 7 #128 Randy Moss TEN WR1 33 12 #2 Legedu Naanee SD WR2 27 3 #71 Sidney Rice MIN WR5 24 3 #68 Laurent Robinson STL WR1 25 3 #50 Mike Sims-Walker JAX WR1 25 3 #15 Steve Smith NYG WR2 25 3 #14 Donte' Stallworth BAL WR4 30 8 #98 Brandon Stokley SEA WR4 34 11 Chansi Stuckey CLE WR2 27 3 #96 Eric Weems ATL WR4 25 3 #119

[Legacy Fan]

Out of those FAs I like Sidney rice. That's it.
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[kydawgfan]

If we get a real threat WR either by draft or trade im going to say slowbiskie will get the axe...

[DirtyDawg]

Originally Posted by RPrepublic

No one will be left out. We can easily keep 6 recievers Moore is a TE and Cribbs holds the KR spot. So that leaves us Momass Robo Stuckey Mitchell and if Haggerty makes the squad next year plus any draft picks we spend on the position.

They kept 3 tight ends this year simply because Moore (and partly Watson, too) is not a true, blocking tight end. They kept Royal around for that reason.

But as far as the receivers go, you might be right about keeping 6 considering Cribbs a kick returner. But still, even if they keep 6 someone won't be playing out of who is playing this year.

[RPrepublic]

Yeah i agree that playing time for one or two might be extremely limited. But i think we would keep 3 TE anyway since we do a lot of two TE formations and one for depth. But on the WR i don't think anyone would necessarily be cut if we draft a 1st round WR. I have trust in our front office so however we roll with it really.