I was hoping that being picked #33 overall in 2018, the same year Joe Noteboom and Brian Allen were picked in the 3rd and 4th Rounds respectively, that maybe there was some talent to be found with Austin Corbett.....and like I posted in this thread earlier today, Corbett was rated pretty well by Draftscout.com in the run-up to the 2018 NFL Draft. Like I say, I had high hopes.....BUT,
Then I read a piece by Doug Lesmerises, Cleveland.com, where he says things about Austin Corbett like:
-a total classic Dorsey reach
-"one of the worst Browns Draft Pick whiffs of the past 20 years"
-they (Cleveland coaches) knew that he couldn't play the first day of Browns training camp
-always a healthy scratch
-has played a grand total of less than 20 snaps
-"a failed College Tackle, to now failed NFL Guard"
-"was teased like a high-schooler at Browns Training Camp"
….and it gets worse!!!
Here are the 5 worst-ever Browns Draft Picks according to this Doug Lesmerises guy....
5th Worst Ever...Johnny Manziel, QB, 2014 Draft, #22 overall...only 5th Worst?
4th Worst Ever...Justin Gilbert, CB, 2014 Draft, #08 overall
3rd Worst Ever...Brian Robiskie, WR, 2009 Draft, #36 overall
2nd Worst Ever...Brady Quinn, QB, 2007 Draft, #22 overall
WORST EVER BROWNS PICK...AUSTIN CORBETT, OL, 2018 DRAFT, #33 OVERALL
…..and NO, I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP!!!
...frankly I wish I was making it up, and Corbett was being praised by the Browns Faithful lamenting his loss!
Like SoCalRam78 opined, this Corbett pickup is for the KromerCanWalkOnWater Crowd!!!
After reading the above cited Cleveland reporter's summation above, I find myself in early agreement with SoCalRam78!!
Maybe this is deja vu all over again a la Alabama OC Rams 2013 Draftee Barrett Jones, who got cut in 2015, spent time in Pittsburgh, then Chicago, then in 2016 get cut by the Eagles and is out of football.
To be fair, Jones had Lisfranc Injury which hobbled him early in the NFL, but he played for #1 Bama and won all the OLineman Awards including that Hitchcock Belt for best NCAA Offensive Center IIRC.....and that Jones guy was a bust.
Not sure why we spent a 5th Rounder on another project guy from Wattsamatta U in Nevada, and a second-tier program????
What??? Does Coach Kromer have time on his hands to tutor another basketcase???