Pocic a Brown

[cheese22]

Saw a Yahoo article by some Brown writer that Pocic was signed last friday. I haven't seen anything posted here like there usually is. Glad to see him sign elsewhere. The Yahoo article made him sound like the missing piece to their Superbowl win.

 

[seabowl]

Damn I thought this was another bullcrud post but it’s true and I missed it too. Good catch. Another wasted high pick.

 

[sc85sis]

58th pick overall, so not exceptionally high.

 

[seabowl]

Second round pick is a high pick

 

[Cyrus12]

Who?

 

[GeekHawk]

Damn I thought this was another bullcrud post but it’s true and I missed it too. Good catch. Another wasted high pick.

How can a second round pick that started pretty much his whole time here be considered 'wasted'? Every pick past the first 10 of round 1 is a crap-shoot.

 

[jammerhawk]

I for one won't miss him at all. He never developed as was expected, was frequently overpowered by bull rushers and was mostly underwhelming as a supposed quality C prospect. Initially he reported at under 300 lbs and was in need of serious strength training which never seemed to translate in his time in Seattle. He was simply just another OLine whiff.

 

[AgentDib]

It's a little more complicated than that. Pocic was one of the top center prospects and Britt was going into the final year of his contract, so Pocic was both a hedge and leverage in the extension discussions at the time. Britt agreed to a three year extension in August and that killed a lot of the value in the selection. We spent two years trying to play Pocic as a guard where his lanky frame didn't have the leverage to hold off shorter 3techs and then he spent too much time injured once we had the opportunity to put him back in at center.

He was pretty good the second half of last season and I wouldn't be surprised if he's solid with the Browns. In my view though, the real mistake was the Britt extension which was too short term minded at the time and put too much focus on Britt's leadership.

 

[jammerhawk]

At his contract he'll be a backup in Cleveland. Never though he was strong enough to play in the NFL, yet he did play better at the end of last season, but well enough to re-sign.

 

[seabowl]

How can a second round pick that started pretty much his whole time here be considered 'wasted'? Every pick past the first 10 of round 1 is a crap-shoot.

Because for the most part he wasn’t good AND the team thought as such hence not re-signing him. Wasted pick.

 

[Appyhawk]

If the Browns win a SB it won't be because Pocic is there.
I would like to see us snag a GOOD center in this draft though as that is a very important position. Can't afford to wait until the end of the draft to fill this hole.

 

[nwHawk]

How can a second round pick that started pretty much his whole time here be considered 'wasted'? Every pick past the first 10 of round 1 is a crap-shoot.

Yup, just ask Aaron Curry.

 

[seabowl]

Yup, just ask Aaron Curry.

Ryan Leaf
JaMarcus Russell
Courtney Brown
Mark Sanchez
Jason Smith
Trent Richardson
Dion Jordan
Etc etc etc

 

[pittpnthrs]

He stunk and should have been released two years ago.

 

[chris98251]

Ahh the NFL Island of lost Toys............

 

[nanomoz]

I don't think Pocic is as bad as many of you, but his combination of nagging injuries (bad knees + height) and the tendency to get bull-rushed into oblivion on occasion definitely provided a lot of frustration.

 

[toffee]

I am really surprised that we didn't bring him back, he will never be a probowler but he was serviceable as a center, and he is CHEAP.

 

[LickMyNuts]

I don’t recall. Was this a Tom Cable pick?

 

[hawkfan68]

He's not great but he's much better than Kyle Fuller. Blythe is an upgrade over both.

 

[Tusc2000]

Every team needs some depth.