I'll Give You THREE of My Dollar Bills for ONE of Your Fives

The players listed secondarily in italics are players later-drafted at the same position as the player drafted by the Browns. Where trades were made, the actual player sacrificed is also compared to the potential player still available.

2000

1 Courtney Brown

- Corey Simon
- John Abraham

2 Dennis Northcutt

- Laveraneus Coles

2001

1 Gerard Warren

- Richard Seymour
~~~ LaDanian Tomlinson (I'm going w/ players at the same position drafted later, but this deserves a special mention b/c Butch said "This is the next Walter Payton, but we are taking G. Warr.)

2 Quincy Morgan

- Ochocinco
- Chris Chambers

2002

1 Steamin' Willie Green

- TJ Ducket
- Clinton Portis

2 Andre Davis

- Antwaan Randal El

2003

1 Jeff Faine

- Exchanged for LeCharles Bentley

2 Chaun Thompson

- Lance Briggs

2004

1 K2

- Not necessarily a better tight end available, but the Browns flip-flopped with Detroit who took Roy Williams. Detroit likely would have taken Williams anyway, leaving K2 on the board. Considering the Browns sacrificed their 2004 2nd Rd #5 (Ted Lehman - nice job Lions!), the Browns could have chosen:
- Bob Sanders 2nd Round
- Chris Cooley 3rd Round

Without the Trade for Winslow, and assuming Detroit took Winslow, the Browns could have taken any combination of:

Roy Williams / Jonathan Vilma / Stephen Jackson / Vince Willfork / Roethlisberger and;
Chris Cooley without making any moves - while still taking Bob Sanders (see below) with their sacrficed 2nd round pick.

If the Lions DIDN'T take Winslow the Browns could have had Winslow, Sanders, and Nathan Vasher

2 Sean Jones

- Still decent, plays for eagles, but Browns traded indianapolis to move up to get him while Bob Sanders would have been available in the browns initial, non-winsolw trade position.
- Nathan Vasher

2005

1 Braydrops

- Roddy White (in Braydrops defense, this was a terrible draft. He should send Alex Smith a fruit basket.

2 Brodney Pool

- Nick Collins
- Justin Miller

*either of these players could have been passed on for Frank Gore or Marion Barber. Running Back was a clear need on this years team. Considering both Sanders and Vasher could have been on the team if not for the Winslow panic, its not unfair to consider RB as an option in this draft.

2006

1 Kamerion Wimbley

- The Browns pulled their own flip-flop, passing on Haloti Ngata to take Kam Wimbley. The Browns added Babatunde Oshinowo after the flop.

- DeMeco Ryans

2 D'Quell Jackson

Top 3 player on current defense

2007

1 Joe Thomas

- Best pick of the decade. In an excellent draft, only Adrian Peterson and maybe Patrick Willis have played to Tomas' level.

1 BQ

- Dallas got the Browns 2007 2nd round Pick (36 overall), eventually used to select Kevin Kolb

- Dallas got the Browns 2008 First Round Pick Felix Jones.
Essentially, the browns could have Quinn or both Kolb and Jones: Without even doing any hypothesizing! Those are the EXACT MOVES made in exchange for Brady "People Need to Start Using His Middle Name To Capture The Essence of Being an Epithet" Quinn.

2 Eric Wright

- To move back up to get Wright, after losing the natural chance in the Quinn trade, the Browns traded their 3rd round pick, 67 overall (Which could have been used on Michael Bush);
their 4th round pick, 103 overall( Wich could have been used on LeRon Maclain);
their 6th round pick, 178 overall ( Actually used on Nick Folk).

To Summarize: Bush, MaClain, Folk for eric wright and the 195th pick (who the browns traded BACK to dallas in order to move to get mellila purcell.) This trade was ONLY MADE because the Browns had given up their #2 to get Quinn.

So, if the Browns could have resisted the siren song of Quinn, the Browns could have had a 2007 Draft of Thomas and Wright, Bush, MacClain, Folk and then Felix Jones in 2008.

Even if the Browns considerd QB a need (as they did, trading for Quinn, and moving for Wright) they could have drafted Thomas, taken Kolb in their actual slot, moved up for Wright, and still taken Felix Jones in 2008.

If the Browns left Wright alone, they could have drafted: Thomas, Kolb, Bush, McClain, Pro Bowl Kicker Nick Folk, Felix Jones.

Someone please prove, or describe a theorem which explains any of the following:
Thomas, Quinn, Wright > Thomas, Kolb, Bush, McClain, Folk, Felix Jones (Chris Johnson).
Or, to a lesser extent:
Thomas, Quinn, Wright > Thomas, Wright, Bush, McClain, Folk, Jones (Johnson).
Or, addressing their QB needs while keeping Wright:
Thomas, Wright, Bush, McClain, Folk, Henne (2008); or
Thomas, Wright, Trent Edwards (3rd Rd, 2007), McClain, Folk, Jones (Johnson).

Browns fans who don't understand why many of us HATE Brady Quinn need to pay more attention.

2008

None (Brady Quinn)

- Felix Jones
-Chris Johnson

2009

1 Alex Mack

- #5 pick Mark Sanchez turned into Alex Mack and;
- 17th pick (Josh Freeman) Traded to Tampa (see Below)
- 52nd overall (David Veikune see below) and Kenyon Coleman, Brett Ratliff, Abram Elam*.

The #17 was traded to Tampa Bay in exchange for: 19th overall (Jeremy Maclin)(see below) and 191 overall (Coye Francies*).

For the 19 overall (Maclin) the Browns received Mack and # 195 overall James Davis.

To summarize: Sanchez for Mack, Coleman, Ratliff, Elam, Francies, Davis

Mack Could have been:
- Michael Oher

2 Brian Robiskie

- Pat White

2 Mohamed Massaquoi

- Johnny Knox

2 David Veikune

- Hard to tell if anyone is better yet at his position, since none are really playing. Including Veikune.

* Elam and Francies already have special places in Browns lore. Elam twice. Elam was the player famously charged $1,701 for not paying for his hotel wetbar bottle of water. (At least he was hydrating).

Francies lost his mind during a prank and got in a fight, taking a swing at one and the same Abram Elam (as well as chucking ice at Brandon MacDonald and Mike Adams.)