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Do you see them winning more than seven games?
I don't know how you could.
I actually really like this trade for the Browns.
This is one of those trades that it sometimes hurts because...
You mentioned fan sentiment, although it's the Browns fan sentiment.
It's already down, so how much worse could it possibly be?
It's only going to come back to hurt you.
But we began discussing this particular dynamic when the Royals traded for James Shields and lost Will Myers, who seemed like he was on his track for a while.
to be a great player, that you have to make a trade that hurts, and it was Jim Bowden, former Reds GM, who does a lot of stuff for ESPN, that we had him on, and that was the term he used.
Teams have to make trades that hurt to get better, and it's true sport to sport, and this is a trade that hurts the Browns immediately.
But it didn't hurt them as much because they've got a guy back in verse who can be an impact player.
And three picks in rounds in which you get starters from primarily.
And the fact that one of them is 28 and one of them is 29 doesn't matter because this is a team that's not building for this year.
And those picks are just as valuable to me as if they were all this year.
And now they'll come up in different years for free agency as well and new contracts.
So that works out well for them.
and they're going to be able to rebuild this team with good players and be ready to go at a time when Miles Garrett's not going to be probably a very productive player for the Rams.