Agreed that drafting Mayfield might be a risk given his height, but Tim Couch had an interesting comment in today's Cleveland Plain Dealer. His observation was that in today's NFL even 6' 4" quarterbacks can't see over their offensive lineman, which for the most part is true. His belief is that it's more important that quarterbacks be able to move their feet to find the throwing lanes and be able to move in the pocket. These are qualities Mayfield excels at (together with his accuracy). So we'll see. I will say, John Dorsey, Alonzo Highsmith and Elliot Wolf all have outstanding reputations in being able to draft NFL talent, perhaps more so than any Browns front office in years, and they were very high on Mayfield, as allegedly were Broncos GM John Elway and the Patriots' Bill Belichick.

I was not a fan of Josh Allen. His lack of accuracy scares me. On NFL Radio this week Brian Billick said the mistake they the Ravens made in drafting Kyle Boller was that they thought Boller's lack of accuracy in college was due to a lack of talent around him and that the Ravens could correct that. Turns out they couldn't. QBs that are inaccurate in college (where the windows to throw into are larger) are generally inaccurate in the pros. Deshon Kizer proved that axiom.

That was my intent. I'll agree that you can make a case that they're not the same guy, but the pick remains stupid. Undersized, immature, cocky.

Throwing a hotheaded, arrogant an immature kid into the cesspool of the Browns organization is not prudent.

Manziel, who was/is a trainwreck off the field, is the reigning champion of shitshow, but Mayfield's still got a sloppy arrest and enough other incidents that a lot of teams wrote him off. I guess I side with them, and I'm not alone. From the PD article...

"Baker has a pattern of disrespect,'' said one scout. "Off-the-field, he's Johnny Manziel.''

Said one coach: "He needs work. He's going to be a challenge."

Said one high-level NFL personnel executive: "He has not shown anywhere near enough emotional maturity to handle what's coming his way. ... A lot of Manziel characteristics."

+1

I like contrarian logic. It's worked for me many times in the past.