But here's the thing-
If Maclin is going to be looking at wins, the Ravens have been pretty piss poor lately and the Browns are building up loads of talent. Offensively, if they land Maclin, they're Kizer developing away from a dynamite offense. Defensively, they're a secondary away from being one of the best in the league.
If he's looking at the Browns and Ravens and thinking 2, 3 years down the road, I'd bank on the Browns because they routinely have the cap space to allure FA's and they have so much talent from high picks that at some point, it will click.
The Browns come with a lot of ifs though. Then again, if they do suck this year they'll be in position to draft Darnold and then yes that makes a load of sense. But why pick the Browns over say the Patriots who also have the money to go get him if he wanted a super bowl RIGHT AWAY?
But we're not exacatly in a bad position either. I think if Ozzie actually decides to build a goddamn offensive line, and he comes here, we're one of the better teams in the league given the botox injection we just gave to the defense.
Side note: Doesn't this seem to be the story with the browns every few years? They draft a few promising defensive players, put together a solid line, somehow find good skill position players as weapons, and yet they still fuck it up because that city seems to be cursed? It's gotten to the point where I actually feel sorry for them. They were supposed to be a promising team years ago too, yet they (for some reason) continue to shoot themselves in the foot. I actually think that the Browns are cursed somewhat.
Again. I actually don't disagree, but I think the Patriots should be his first choice over Cleveland.