Cleveland Browns should let fans decide the No. 4 pick
By Joel W. Cade
The Cleveland Browns should let the fans decide the No. 4 pick. Could it be any worse than the “experts” pick? It may even be better.
The Cleveland Browns are in the midst of silly season of the 2018 NFL Draft. The Browns should let the fans pick. Could it be any worse than the “experts” pick?
The following is all tongue in cheek. Silly season is getting the best of all of us. Here is some comedic relief.
The 2018 NFL Draft is in full silly season swing. Every day fans get twitter notifications, instant message and alerts that the Browns are taking USC’s Sam Darnold.
A few seconds later they are combared with the same messages except this time they say the Browns are taking Wyoming’s Josh Allen. And that is just dealing with the No. 1 overall pick!
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When it comes to the No. 4 selection in the draft, it gets much worse. Are the Browns taking Penn State’s Saquon Barkley? Denzel Ward? Or Bradley Chubb?
Some say the Browns like Chubb but may miss out because the Giants may take him at No. 2. So, do the Barkley? Some report that they cannot see Dorsey passing on Barkley in the draft twice. Others say he has never taken a running back in round 1 and will never do so.
And the twitter arguments? Oh the twitter arguments!
Urgh! How do we make sense of it all?
I am glad you asked. I have found the ultimate solution for discovering who the Browns should select at No. 4 in the draft. The Browns should outsource the No. 4 overall pick in the draft to the fans.
It would be relatively easy to do. All the Browns would have to do is set up poll on their website. They could give season ticket holders first access to the poll. Then about two days before the draft open the poll up to the fan base at large.
If the Browns decided the No. 4 pick based on Twitter, who should they take?
— Joel W. Cade (@TheLeftGuard) April 10, 2018
There are many holes in this scenario. I would never seriously recommend doing this in actual reality.
But think of the TV ratings that would get? People enjoy those reality TV shows in which the fans get to vote. This would be the ultimate reality television show where the fan base chooses the player the team will pick.
Some will argue that the fans have no idea how to scout and pick players.
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But judging from the Browns drafts, they don’t either.
So what could it really hurt?