Sunday, May 17, 2015

1.16 Minnesota Fats - RB Duke Johnson

In the real world: The Cleveland Browns drafted Johnson out of Miami in Round 3. NFL.com's draft profile says that his lack of pass-protection skills and concerns about his durability could force him into a committee situation. And the Browns present that sort of situation with Isaiah Crowell and Terrance West already on board. There is a little good news, though--the Browns are expected to run the ball a lot this season, due mainly to their unsettled situation at quarterback.
In the TUFF world: The Fats finally addressed their biggest problem, the one they should have addressed at 1.01: the backfield. The defending champion Cleveland Steamers originally held this pick, but traded it to the Fats as part of a blockbuster trade, perhaps the biggest trade in TUFF in recent years. The trade in a nutshell: Minnesota traded Matthew Stafford, Calvin Johnson, Bobby Rainey and DeAngelo Williams to Cleveland for Teddy Bridgewater, LeGarrette Blount, this pick, and Cleveland's first-rounder in 2016. Cleveland's division rivals, the Pittsburgh BIG PAPAS, noted that trading away the #1 pick (Todd Gurley or Melvin Gordon), Stafford, Calvin Johnson, DeAngelo Williams and Bobby Rainey just to revamp the backfield seems like giving up too much. Or to put it more bluntly, here's an old Klingon proverb: Destroying your empire to win a war is no victory.

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