The following opinions and views are not my own, but was culled from other public forums from those with a what I believe to be a keen eye:QB:The position is unsettled. Romeo Crennel has not named Dilfer or Frye the starter heading into training camp. RB:One of the two of Suggs and Green will not be here next year. IMO it is Green who will be odd many out. His contract is bigger and he tended to sulk when not getting playing time. Suggs was quiet and did what he could when he got the chance. WR:Bryant will be a decent WR if given another good WR on the other side of the field. Don't expect Edwards to be [ the #1 WR ] next year though, and KW2 might not be fully healthy either by the time TC starts. IMO the Browns need another quality WR to start, especially if Edwards won't be ready (likely) and KW2 is still rehabbing (also likely). Northcutt isn't the guy. TE:Irons will probably stick. Shea will probably leave. No need for more FA's at this spot. OL:Coleman and Andruzzi need upgrading, and I don't care if they are FA's or draft picks. The line was still below average this year and it is more a credit to the Browns' weak schedule and Droughns' hard running than their blocking that he got over 1100 yards. LT is the weak link of the line, that and depth all up and down the line. Anyone who doubts me just rewatch some of the games when Andruzzi, Coleman or Faine were out; their backups were piledriven into the backfield nearly every play. Pucillo was adequate as a backup guard, but he was literally destroyed at center when he was replacing Faine. DL:Revamp it. If Roye sticks around, fine. If McKinley or Fisk stays as a backup, fine. We need a real 3-4 NT. Guys like Sam Adams and Grady Jackson are available I think, so if our big FA signing is a bona fide NT, fine by me. Guys who are best suited to the 3-4 end spot aren't usually coveted 4-3 ends or DT's, so hopefully we can get a good player without having to outbid a dozen other teams. For me, the biggest test of Savage's ability this offseason is what he does with the D-line. I've said repeatedly that the front 7 on defense is where the Browns need to focus, followed closely by the offensive line. If they go after linemen and LB's and stick with the OL, I won't be ecstatic but I'll be satisfied for now. LB:Thompson IMO should be a pass rushing specialist aka Jamir Miller. Neither Taylor nor Lang need to be on the team as LB's next year. I said I'd like to see him be a pass rusher on obvious passing downs. He made way too many mistakes this season on running plays for me to want him starting. Andre Davis is overrated. Let's see, how about his lack of impact tackles (defined as at or behind the LOS), his tendency to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and his tendency to make tackles 4-8 yards after the RB gets past the LOS? Not to mention his lack of pass rushing skills. Other than that he's just fine. Of those 149 tackles, only 7 of them were behind the LOS. That's pathetic, especially for an ILB on a 3-4 defense. Many, many of those 149 tackles were well PAST the LOS of as well, which is beyond pathetic. He could have made 300 tackles and I'd be down on him if he isn't doing his work at the LOS as far as I'm concerned. He wasn't being blocked out of the play all the time. I saw him numerous times in numerous games when he would GUESS on where to go, be wrong and end up having to chase down the RB. And yes, I expect a 3-4 ILB to be able to get off a blocker and make plays. He doesn't do it. CB:CB: Stand pat unless something great comes along. Bodden was a pleasant surprise, Baxter is better than average. [ McCutcheon ] is a solid nickle back. He's overmatched by larger WR's. Bodden is bigger and as fast as McCutcheon, and while he made some bad plays this year he stepped his play up when he needed to as well. P:Richardson should be released as soon as it is legal to do so. I don't care if they draft a punter in a later round to replace him; anyone would be better than seeing another punt go off the side of his foot again. -----------2005 draft:IMO Savage gets a C for this year's draft. Nothing spectacular; the first round pick eventually played and contributed, as did the 3rd round pick, but that was about it. No surprise players stepping up and contributing, no outright busts (but Perkins has to be the lead concern for that). I want players taken on the first day that make a difference on this team. The second day guys may or may not be decent, but that's where Savage had better earn his stripes, not on the first day. ----------And that is how you talk sports.
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Except for the arrogant finish. 
I projected Winston Justice to the Browns in a mock. But, I have to change that.
WillieYou don't build your team with other teams' castaways. FA is for fixing a hole or two, not to drastically alter the team. Grady Jackson would be an interesting signing, probably a good one. After him, I wouldn't do much in FA.
NFL average of the top five salaries at OT = $6.98 million. Browns signed Shaffer for around $5 million per year. How is that overpaying?
Seriously, part of the reason they were so bad on the road has been corrected IMO.
