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Cleveland Browns: 3 reasons to stay far away from Cardale Jones

By Thomas Moore

Oct 10, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Cardale Jones (12) prior to the game versus the Maryland Terrapins at Ohio Stadium. Ohio State won the game 49-28. Mandatory Credit: Joe Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 10, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Cardale Jones (12) prior to the game versus the Maryland Terrapins at Ohio Stadium. Ohio State won the game 49-28. Mandatory Credit: Joe Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 26, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Cardale Jones (12) scrambles against Western Michigan during the second quarter at Ohio Stadium. Ohio State leads the game 24-6. Mandatory Credit: Joe Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 26, 2015; Columbus, OH, USA; Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Cardale Jones (12) scrambles against Western Michigan during the second quarter at Ohio Stadium. Ohio State leads the game 24-6. Mandatory Credit: Joe Maiorana-USA TODAY Sports /

This one is a little more esoteric, but the odds of Cardale Jones being a successful NFL quarterback and doing it with the Browns are almost too big to calculate.

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The Browns have struggled throughout the years when it comes to drafting quarterbacks. The last good quarterback they selected in the regular NFL draft was Brian Sipe in 1972. The last good quarterback they drafted at all was Bernie Kosar in the 1985 supplemental draft.

As for Ohio State, the next Buckeye quarterback to be worth anything at the NFL level will be the first. And when you throw in the fact that Urban Meyer is not known for developing quarterbacks to have success as professionals, and you start to see the folly of thinking that Jones and the Browns are a good marriage.

It is a pleasant fiction to think that Jones could be the player to finally fix the Browns’ 23-year quest to find a franchise quarterback, but that is all it is – fiction.

Jones is the wrong player for this team for so many reasons.

And this weekend as the draft rolls along, the Browns will very likely come to the same conclusion.

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