The Browns draft Josh Gordon in the 2nd round of the Supplemental Draft–Was it worth it?

I wrote this a few weeks ago and forgot to post it.
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Yesterday the Cleveland Browns selected Josh Gordon with their 2nd round pick in the supplemental draft.  The pick was actually 2nd pick in the 2nd round as the supplemental draft is run similar to the NBA lottery and teams with 6 wins and under get put into a hat and picked at random.  Buffalo had the first pick.
Before this draft many people were claiming the Browns needed to go after him.  The other expected teams interested were the Bills, the Dolphins, and the Redskins.  He was projected to go in either the 3rd or 4th round but the Browns chose him in the 2nd so this obviously was a bad move.  Right?
What many people are forgetting is the NFL draft isn't always about how good teams expect a player to perform.  It's about the value other teams place on where that player will be picked.  An example would be if you have done your study and feel 100% confident that a player is a future all pro.  That usually equates to a 1st round pick.  The projection services and 'experts' have them ranked in the 3rd round so the question is:
Do you draft them in the 1st?
Of course not.  You draft the player you want a round before you think someone else will take them or in this case a 2nd round pick.
The experts have all given Gordon glowing rankings and that may be because this was a draft of one person.  After all, who's going to read an article that says a player is bad and people should ignore them.  Many columnists write what they think people will want to read, not their actual opinions.
There are many people interested as summarized in this post that puts Gordon anywhere from mid 1st to late 2nd if he declared for the 2012 draft.

If the name Kendall Wright sounds familiar, he's the player the Browns had targeted at the 22nd pick in the first round in 2012 but he was taken at 20.  That caused them to take Brandon Weedon as they wanted to take QB/WR in their 22nd and 37th picks and felt they couldn't afford the change that someone else would take Weedon.
There's only so many players that can help your team and the rest are marginal prospects that end up on the bench or cut.  Once Wright was gone the Browns front office felt there weren't any other great WRs.  Weedon was the only QB left that could beat out Colt McCoy.  That's how the draft works.  Luck and timing have as much to do with a good draft as skill and the key for the Browns is they are in desperate need of help at WR.
The Browns were snake bit this season.  They really wanted Robert Griffin III and offered this years 1st, next years 1st, and this years 37th pick for him.  It was a huge gamble but the Redskins upped the ante and gave their next three #1 picks to move up.  That's why the Browns ended up with Weedon who would have been ranked as high as RG3 if he wasn't 29.  That made them take the best player available in their mind of Trent Richardson.
Going into the draft they needed RB, RG, QB, and WR in no particular order.  As things turned out the only position they weren't able to fill was WR which is why Gordon was so intriguing to the team.  When the supplemental drafted, the Browns front office had a difficult decision.  Risk that Gordon is going to be available at their spot in the 3rd or take a risk at 2nd.  Most experts ranked him as a late 2nd rounder at worst.  He is no doubt raw and won't be able to step in right away but you can't teach his combination of size and speed.  In his one year at Baylor 42 catches for 714 yards (a 17-yard average) and seven touchdowns.  He was better, faster, and biggest then Kendall Wright that was just picked 20th.
The Browns chose him and I feel good about the pick.  He’s raw but look at his size and speed.

Good hands, good speed, good size. A definite lack of experience but the athleticism is evident.

The Browns had a stellar defense in 2011 but not many noticed as the offense kept them on the field most of the game.  The biggest flaw on offense was any resemblance of a passing game.  The issue on offense is directly related to the 2008(?) draft where the Browns took two wideouts in the 2nd round.  2nd round picks are expected to have long careers and they missed badly on both Robiskie and Massaquoi.  With other issues on the team, they couldn’t afford to spend more picks on a wide-out and bet these players would develop.  Last season it was obvious that was never going to happen which is what lead to their decision which some might see as desperation.
There’s no doubt that drafting Gordon was a risk and will set the team back a few years if he turns out to be a bust like the 2nd rounders from a few seasons ago.  It’s still a risk I like.  If he develops along with the other incoming top picks, the Browns will surprise this season and be playoff contenders next.

Ignoring Specific Posters on the O-Zone Forums using Google Chrome & Tampermonkey

Repeated comments from certain posters on the O-Zone forum got me thinking about switching back to Firefox so that I could use Zanzibar’s Greasemonkey script. He created this a while back so forum users could ignore specific people. Before I took that drastic step I decided to see if someone had created something for Google Chrome that would do the same thing.
Fortunately there is an app called Tampermonkey that works easily with Zanzibar’s script and I thought I’d share how to install it.
Here’s a screenshot of the board on a typical morning (the images came out a bit lo-res due to the way I uploaded them -- they still should give a good idea of what to do):

To add Tampermonkey in Google Chrome click on the following to see your extensions:

Once you’ve done that, click on ‘Get More Extensions’ at the bottom of the page:

That takes you to the Chrome Web Store. Do a search on ‘Tampermonkey’ and you should see the following:

Click on ‘Add to Chrome’ on the right side of the page and you will see:

Click ‘Add’ and you will get the notification that it has been added along with a new icon.

Now we need to use Zanzibar’s script. Go to this link à http://forums.the-ozone.net/gm/ to see his tutorial on using Firefox and go to Step 2. Click on ‘click here’ to install.

Alternatively you can go to this address -> http://forums.the-ozone.net/gm/o-zone_forum_ignore.user.js but you should go to his tutorial as it goes into more detail about the script.
Once you click on his script you will see:

Click on ‘OK’ which will give a followup message:

Click on ‘OK’ again. Your screen should looks something like this:

Left Click on the Tampermonkey icon in the upper right corner of the screen on then on ‘Add a new script’

Click on the tab on the right side called ‘Installed userscripts’ and you should see the following:

Click on the name ‘O-zone forum ignore’ and that will bring up the editor so we can add specific names. You should see a screen like this.

There’s a few options here and Zanzibar explains it much better so I suggest you goto his Firefox page @ http://forums.the-ozone.net/gm/.
If you look closely you can see that I added two lines:

• Under the ignoreAuth section I added - “if (auth.match(/^Bucksmba/)) return 1;” -- This ignores Bucksmba
• Under the wantHighlight section I added – “if (auth == 'Wake Forest Buckeye') return 'silver';” -- This highlights posts made by Wake Forest Buckeye in the color of my choice (Silver).

Save your changes by clicking on the save icon on the upper left side of the screen and after clicking ‘OK’ on this prompt you are done.

When you refresh the O-Zone forum and you will see something like the following:

Notice the difference from the original at the top of the post. Wake Forest’s posts are now highlighted and the posts in the thread started by Bucksmba are gone (no offense - you just happened to have the post under Wake). You can do the same thing using email for people that like to ghost as well but once again, I strongly suggest you read Zanzibar’s Firefox tutorial if you want to know more.
All credit for this goes to Zanzibar and if you read this, feel free to take any image for your own use.
Enjoy!

Is the BTN biased against Penn State

I saw an article on Black Shoe Diaries that claimed that BTN had a bias against Penn State. Regardless of the fact that now is a good time for the BTN to focus on other schools the proof is based on the following spreadsheet.


Ohio State

37 Football (74 hours)
32 Basketball (64 hours)
3 Tailgate 48 (3 hours)
4 BIG Championships (8 hours)
8 Icon (4 hours)
1 School Days 6/19, 7/10, 8/1
Total = 153 hours (6.375 days)

Penn State

11 Football (22 hours)
5 Basketball (10 hours)
1 Misc (30 min)
7 BIG Championship (14 hours)
2 Icon (1 hour)
1 School Days 6/20, 7/11, 8/2
Total = 47.5 hours (1.97916 days)
Football – 6 Wins, 5 Loss; Basketball – 1 Loss, 4 Wins; BIG Championships– 7 Losses

 It included all the schools but Ohio State had the most time. If you look at the schedules the difference is Ohio State 153 hours to Penn State's 47.5, a difference of 105.5. That seems a clear indication of bias. The B1G hates Penn State it is obvious.

A deeper look at the details tells a different story. If you add the football games to the basketball games you get a total of Ohio State 138 hours to Penn State's 32, a difference of 106.

Why is there a difference?

 Because right now beating Ohio State in football/basketball is a bigger deal than beating Penn State. On Nebraska's team day you can see last year's Ohio State game. Purdue will show a basketball game and the "Get Used to it" loss from 3 years ago. Do you really think Ohio State fans want to see those games again? They were tough enough to deal with the first viewing.

 These games are a treat to whichever school is being shown and Ohio State gets shown more often. Frankly if there is any bias it anti-Ohio State.