Over at Scout.com, they have been providing live blogs the past few days from the NFL Combine. Included in their notes are some of the players that teams have met with. You don't necessarily need to read a whole lot into this information, as some of the players have met with most of the teams in the NFL, not just the Cleveland Browns.
Here are the players that Scout.com, among other sources, have confirmed as having met with the Browns (either formally or informally), along with their projected draft round from CBS Sports:
Players Browns Have Met With at NFL Combine
If you have heard about any other players meeting with the Browns, post their names in the comments section and I will update the list. Here are some additional notes from Browns general manager Tom Heckert from the combine, via Scout.com:
Finally, Peter Bean, the head of our NCAA blogs, has been at the NFL Combine doing daily diaries of his travels. Here are the links to them: [NFL Combine Day 1] - [NFL Combine Day 2]
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Anyone know what Holmgren and Heckert have been like in terms of truthfulness around the draft?
Either way, I like that we are talking to multiple pass rushers, WRs, TEs, and OL.
rufio - February 28, 2010
Them seem less secretive than Mangini, but I don’t know enough about it to hazard a guess yet.
Roger Dorn - March 1, 2010
The freemasons are less secretive than Mangini.
Bernie19Kosar - March 1, 2010
Which would be my approach.
You either have to play with a poker face or be a living bluff from the end of the season to the draft. And even after the draft if you tell the truth and nothing but the truth, people can get a read on you and what you want to do, and that weakens your draft position.
If Heckert and Holmgren are going to bluff and smokescreen and give praise to every player out there, then they really aren’t saying more than Mangini did. If they are actually going to talk about what they want to do in a meaningful way, they are making a mistake, IMO.
rufio - March 2, 2010
Glad to see we met with LeFevour. now if only we’d actually draft him….
BringBackKosar - February 28, 2010
Yeah, the more I learn about him, the more I like. (But I thought Charlie Frye was going to be the steal of his draft.)
TheDriveStillHurts - February 28, 2010
LeFeuver really does remind me of Frye
TheRealSlimShady - February 28, 2010
How so? Other than he went to a MAC school.
emily522 - February 28, 2010
Seems like a hard worker but not enough physical talent.
TheRealSlimShady - February 28, 2010
1. Lefevour is a much better on the field leader than frye.
2. Lefevour is maybe more mobile
3. Lefevour might have a little more accuracy
4. Lefevour has more poise.
not saying I would draft lefevour where we drafted frye, more that frye might have been a reach.
bross09 - March 1, 2010
Frye’s mobility was never the issue.
I think LeFevour’s arm is better, but that’s comparing apples to oranges.
rufio - March 1, 2010
I agree…
I forgot to mention that.
bross09 - March 1, 2010
Frye had outstanding field leadership at Akron, that was his team. It didnt translate to the NFL.
Red-Right-88 - March 1, 2010
Not saying he didn’t.
I watched both play. I was much more impressed with lefevour. he just did everything right and was so hard to stop. he didn’t completely dominate you but you just couldn’t shut him down.
lefevour showed more leadership IMO too when he played when compared to frye.
bross09 - March 1, 2010
I’m just saying, but I hate drafting mid round QBs unless you already have someone good. They just have such a huge bust round.
TheRealSlimShady - March 1, 2010
Yeah I know what you mean, but I think Holgren’s one of those people who could find a good QB in the later round.
I never watched Frye in college, but I was impressed by LeFevour in the bowl game this year.
emily522 - March 2, 2010
What does “Here are the players that Scout.com, among other sources, have confirmed as having met with the Browns (either formally or informally), along with their projected draft round from CBS Sports:” do to them?
mooncamping - February 28, 2010
It’s information.
Chris Pokorny - February 28, 2010 via mobile
Do your thing Mr. Pokorny.
Brownie's Year - March 2, 2010
No way Griffen could fit in a 3-4
TheRealSlimShady - February 28, 2010
I like those 2 TEs and we could probably get one in the 3rd or 4th.
TheRealSlimShady - February 28, 2010
I’d bet they are gone before then.
rufio - February 28, 2010
Both of them are considered late 3rd rounders right now. Thats just what ive seen
TheRealSlimShady - February 28, 2010
I’m not calling you a liar, just making a prediction. I think a lot of teams will be willing to gamble on an athletic pass catching TE in the 2nd round. Particularly teams with good passing offenses who could work them in slowly.
I would probably rate them as “3rd round talent”, but if all the guys who you rate as 2nd round talent are off the board, guys with “3rd round talent” start becoming draftable in the 2nd.
rufio - February 28, 2010
we need to rally for Anthony McCoy
He is a 2nd Round TE, I don’t know what you guys are talking about late 3rd round! Did you see the number he put up the past couple of years for USC. I mean he has already played for a team that could have kicked the Browns butt the last two seasons, and they are a college team! I mean this kid is the real deal! I see him being as great of TE as Novachek for Dallas in the 90’s, or Sharpe was for Denver! He is great! If Cleveland is smart you take him. Get Griffen in the first round and McCoy in the second and then lets do some trading for a QB! Please god do not send T.O. to Cleveland! I wouldn’t mind seeing Westbrook here though!
SHORTYDAWG - February 28, 2010
Pass on McCoy.
I know he is a Buckeye (the INSANITY!) but I really like Jake Ballard. Moeki from Iowa could be a nice get later on.
Bernie19Kosar - February 28, 2010
Moeaki has impressed.
gahnki - February 28, 2010
Yes. A little shorter than you’d like, but he looks good.
rufio - February 28, 2010
McCoy didn’t look good at all at the combine. not extremely strong, not extremely fast, and he was dreadful in the gauntlet. If you put him on a big east team and not USC, he wouldn’t go before the 4th…
I loke Moeki too…
bross09 - March 1, 2010
Griffen couldn’t play in our D. He is too big for LB and too small for DE. McCoy would be fine with me in the 3rd.
TheRealSlimShady - February 28, 2010
Have you seen Griffen try to move as a LB? I didn’t think Ayers could make the transition, nor the kid that Baltimore drafted in the 2nd last year. Both did better than I thought they would. Not saying I’ve seen Griffen do drills, but size alone shouldn’t keep him off our board. It’s about movement.
rufio - February 28, 2010
I just think he doesn’t seem quick enough. And a 280 pound LB seems a little big.
Also, Ayers didn’t do that great.
TheRealSlimShady - February 28, 2010
He might eventually be good but he is definitely a work in progress. also, he is a more skilled player IMO than griffen. also about griffen, he tends to look stiff at times around the hips when I saw him. He could eventually rush the passer well in a 3-4 but is it worth waiting 2-3 years for that?
bross09 - March 1, 2010
Yea, Broncos fans were calling him a bust.
Roger Dorn - March 1, 2010
seriously sharpe? He has nowhere near the hands or athleticism of sharpe. if there was someone I would compare to sharpe, it would be dorin dickerson. they have the same size and similar athleticism.
bross09 - March 1, 2010
Kindle is a Beast
If he is there in the 2nd round that is a no-brainer. He is Wimbley on steroids.
realmccoy - February 28, 2010
Would it be worth it to consider Kurt Coleman? He’s a little undersized and he’s supposedly slow, but otherwise he can tackle with the best of them and he’s a born leader. With the growing concern of Brodney Pool’s head, is Coleman worth a late 2nd/early 3rd if he’s still available?
Andrew Tolliver - March 1, 2010
This is an understood yes. If we miss on Berry and Haden, Coleman is a 2nd round must.
SpecialBrownie - March 1, 2010
Does Haden have any experience at safety? I know players get converted a lot going into the NFL but having a guy who has a ton of experience at the position would be more settling.
Andrew Tolliver - March 1, 2010
Well, when I say missing on Haden, I am talking about improving the DB position in general, not that we’ll convert him to S.
SpecialBrownie - March 1, 2010
Early second round? I don’t think so. I think he’ll still be around in the 3rd round or maybe we trade up to the late 2nd round, but I wouldn’t spend our early 2nd round pick on him. There will be better players available at that pick, I think.
Buckeye Brad - March 1, 2010
I meant for a late trade. Should have included that.
SpecialBrownie - March 1, 2010
I don’t consider KC a 2nd round must. I like tOSU but being realistic he is more of a 4th rounder. there are guys that will likely be available in the 2nd that I do think are better.
bross09 - March 1, 2010
So because he’s from OSU I automatically want to draft him?
Get real.
SpecialBrownie - March 1, 2010
The point is, he is not 2nd round talent at all…you are overrating him in the 2nd and possibly in the third…the most obvious reason why you would be overrating him is b/c of his college…
bross09 - March 1, 2010
Oh, clearly. Because you are in my head and the only reason I’m rating him that high is because of that.
It couldn’t possibly be bad information? Or an over hyped sense of his skills?
Because he’s from OSU, pft.
SpecialBrownie - March 1, 2010
Well, that certainly is the elephant in the room when discussing OSU players. It may not be accurate, but it’s not ridiculous.
joeee - March 1, 2010
well if someone feels to me highly overrated, AND he is an OSU player, considering that many people here are OSU fans, it is not illogical to think that.
No need to be defensive.
bross09 - March 2, 2010
Coleman’s stock is very low right now. I’m talking 6th round low.
TheRealSlimShady - March 1, 2010
Still higher than Jimmy Clausen’s.
gahnki - March 1, 2010
ZING!
…but also true.
SpecialBrownie - March 1, 2010
Ummm….hate to tell you this, but Clausen has his stock A LOT higher than Coleman. I really hope you guys are kidding.
TheRealSlimShady - March 1, 2010
It’s a joke. Like Notre Dame’s schedule.*
gahnki - March 2, 2010
or like ND’s football program. Or like ND’s fans who think they are a football powerhouse until reality hits every single year.
Roger Dorn - March 2, 2010
I did not know that the asterisk came out as a bullet point.
gahnki - March 2, 2010
*It doesn’t.
SpecialBrownie - March 2, 2010
How is that true?
Buckeye Brad - March 1, 2010
Ugh.
*Facepalm.
SpecialBrownie - March 1, 2010
I’d love to get Coleman.
emily522 - March 2, 2010
Who the Browns have talked to
The Browns have not really talked to anyone that will be a big game changer.Or that what they want us to think,you know there not going to show there hand. I will say this the TE they spoke with is just what we need a speedy,big man with hands.
Jimmy Dambrosia - March 1, 2010
The Browns are one of the teams talking to Thaddeus Gibson who put up 32 reps in the bench.
gahnki - March 1, 2010
I’d rather have Worilds
TheRealSlimShady - March 1, 2010
I’d rather have Gibson. Three shoulder surgeries, serious enough for a medical redshirt and missing at least two years of spring practice? No thanks. Not at the same pick that it would take to get Gibson.
rufio - March 2, 2010
Qb's
What’s everyone think of Tony Pike?
cfields - March 1, 2010
Overrated. No arm strength. Can’t make reads in a prostyle offense. Injury prone.
TheRealSlimShady - March 1, 2010
Really? And he’s been attempting to do this for…3 months now? Without a real playbook, a real offense, or real coaches?
Injury prone and lack of arm strength, sure.
rufio - March 2, 2010
Yep, there’s no way to know if he can make those reads without personally working with him. Which, I assume, TRSS has not done.
gahnki - March 2, 2010
This is also the realistic conclusion in all the Tebow optimists. I wanna see how that new throw holds up in game time situations.
SpecialBrownie - March 2, 2010
Yes. Mariucci was great at talking about this on NFL network. He was saying that Tebow will probably revert in the NFL to his loopy delivery when he thinks he has time. But it is possible that it holds up when he knows he needs to get it out quick.
To be fair—and I do not like Tebow—his delivery looks really good so far.
rufio - March 3, 2010
Yes it does.
SpecialBrownie - March 3, 2010
and he did look terrible throwing at the combine. not like this is a huge thing but it plays a part in his evaluation.
bross09 - March 2, 2010
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