Browns Draft Performance. . . (enter with caution)

[Fooleeze]

It's been brought up a few times lately, so I grabbed some old data to see how the draft performance since 1999 has been. . .

At a very high level, of all 108 players drafted since 1999, there are 20 currently on the team (18.5%). There are an additional 24 players who are active with other teams. The result, 59.3% of players from the Browns drafts are out of football for one reason or another.

The longest tenured DRAFTED player is D'Qwell Jackson, drafted in 2006. There are only 6 players on the roster drafted before 2010 (Jackson, Thomas, Rubin, Mack, Massaquoia, and Maiva). (This should illustrate the damage that 'starting from scratch' every few years causes)

Some details, the players still on the team:

D'Qwell Jackson

Joe Thomas

Ahtyba Rubin

Alex Mack

Mohamed Massaquoi

Kaluka Maiava

Haden, Joe

Ward, T.J.

Hardesty, Montario

McCoy, Colt

Lauvao, Shawn

Mitchell, Carlton

Taylor, Phil

Sheard, Jabaal

Little, Greg

Cameron, Jordan

Marecic, Owen

Skrine, Buster

Pinkston, Jason

Hagg, Eric

The players on other teams but still active (including players on IR) in the NFL (according to NFL.com):

Gerard Warren

Kevin Bentley

Andra Davis

Jeff Faine

Chris Crocker

Antonio Garay

Kellen Winslow

Sean Jones

Luke McCown

Amon Gordon

Kirk Chambers

Braylon Edwards

Brodney Pool

Kamerion Wimbley

Jerome Harrison

Lawrence Vickers

Brady Quinn

Eric Wright

Martin Rucker

Brian Robiskie

Don Carey

Coye Francies

Asante, Larry

Geathers, Clifton

[Solon16]

when I did my analysis...it was pre heckert. So it is even worse!

[Fooleeze]

I wonder how many of these careers have been 'ruined' by our organization. Like, for instance, if Tim Couch were drafted into a better organization with better coaching and front office, and better tools on the field around him. . . would he have had a more successful career? How many other players did we draft that could have been better given the right environment? William Green? Andre Davis (WR)? Brady Quinn? All of those late round 'busts' that may have developed better in another organization?

Nobody can answer that. . . just makes me think.

[Sez.EJ]

Of the guys on other teams ..how many start. Very few.

Gerard Warren

Kevin Bentley

Andra Davis

Jeff Faine

Chris Crocker

Antonio Garay

Kellen Winslow

Sean Jones

Luke McCown

Amon Gordon

Kirk Chambers

Braylon Edwards

Brodney Pool

Kamerion Wimbley

Jerome Harrison

Lawrence Vickers

Brady Quinn

Eric Wright

Martin Rucker

Brian Robiskie

Don Carey

Coye Francies

Asante, Larry

Geathers, Clifton

[hammertime]

so your saying our drafts have been bad?

[mikeyP]

Originally Posted by hammertime

so your saying our drafts have been bad?

Flabbergasting.

[Solon16]

Originally Posted by Sez.EJ

Of the guys on other teams ..how many start. Very few.

Vomit in my mouth bad!

[TheBestPlayersPlay]

I think clearly the one player we most definitely ruined that could and probably would have gone on to many pro bowl seasons with a good team around him is Tim Couch.

[Solon16]

Originally Posted by TheBestPlayersPlay

I think clearly the one player we most definitely ruined that could and probably would have gone on to many pro bowl seasons with a good team around him is Tim Couch.

I agree we ruined couch...
Not using everything in our power to put an awesome line in front of him was absolutely glaring. But alluding to another thread we quite completly drafted at an alltime low...for any league!

[Enigmatic Evil]

Yeah I agree, Tim Couch was an abortion of a draft pick in the sense that if we drafted start it's possible that Tim would maybe still be our QB, coming to the end of a lengthy career where we maybe enjoyed more than ONE playoff game. Instead, shotty O-line got him killed and he had the phantom footsteps in his head probably by his 2nd or 3rd season.

Can you imagine having a franchise QB that stays here for his entire career? I can't because it seems like we can't even keep a QB for an entire SEASON without some kind of BS ruining it one way or the other.