Comments on: If He Goes Pro, Would Beanie Wells Be a Good Pick for the Cleveland Browns? http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2009/01/if-he-goes-pro-would-beanie-wells-be-a-good-pick-for-the-cleveland-browns/ A sports blog by and for Midwest Sports Fans Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:06:58 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: AIE: My Shout Out For Todays Top Posts « Hardcore Detroit Fan http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2009/01/if-he-goes-pro-would-beanie-wells-be-a-good-pick-for-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-1/#comment-3046 AIE: My Shout Out For Todays Top Posts « Hardcore Detroit Fan Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:20:55 +0000 http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2009/01/if-he-goes-pro-would-beanie-wells-be-a-good-pick-for-the-cleveland-browns/#comment-3046 [...] 7. Chris ” Beanie” Wells is a terrific running back at Ohio State and is debating whether or not to go to the NFL draft this year. But would he be good enough to make it in the NFL. Here is the article If He Goes Pro, Would Beanie Wells Be a Good Pick for the Cleveland Browns? [...] [...] 7. Chris ” Beanie” Wells is a terrific running back at Ohio State and is debating whether or not to go to the NFL draft this year. But would he be good enough to make it in the NFL. Here is the article If He Goes Pro, Would Beanie Wells Be a Good Pick for the Cleveland Browns? [...]

]]> By: JRod http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2009/01/if-he-goes-pro-would-beanie-wells-be-a-good-pick-for-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-1/#comment-3036 JRod Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:17:23 +0000 http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2009/01/if-he-goes-pro-would-beanie-wells-be-a-good-pick-for-the-cleveland-browns/#comment-3036 @KVB, good points. And I will defer to your far greater knowledge of OSU than my own. Look, I think Beanie Wells is going to be a really good running back in the NFL. But the truth is that you can get great productivity at that position later in the draft, especially if you have focused enough attention on building a solid O-line. The Browns still need more work on the line, and need to stay healthy, and I just don't think they can justify taking a running back top 5. Too many other holes. The problem is that to get Wells, it will likely take a top 5 or top 10 pick. I'd LOVE to have Chris Wells in Cleveland. He just looks like a Browns RB. He's tough and would be a great #1 back with change of pace guys like Harrison and Wright. I voted for trading down and still getting him, if such an opportunity is available. The Browns need more draft picks anyway, so it might be the best possible scenario. @KVB, good points. And I will defer to your far greater knowledge of OSU than my own.

Look, I think Beanie Wells is going to be a really good running back in the NFL. But the truth is that you can get great productivity at that position later in the draft, especially if you have focused enough attention on building a solid O-line. The Browns still need more work on the line, and need to stay healthy, and I just don’t think they can justify taking a running back top 5. Too many other holes.

The problem is that to get Wells, it will likely take a top 5 or top 10 pick. I’d LOVE to have Chris Wells in Cleveland. He just looks like a Browns RB. He’s tough and would be a great #1 back with change of pace guys like Harrison and Wright.

I voted for trading down and still getting him, if such an opportunity is available. The Browns need more draft picks anyway, so it might be the best possible scenario.

]]> By: KVB http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2009/01/if-he-goes-pro-would-beanie-wells-be-a-good-pick-for-the-cleveland-browns/comment-page-1/#comment-3035 KVB Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:11:35 +0000 http://www.midwestsportsfans.com/2009/01/if-he-goes-pro-would-beanie-wells-be-a-good-pick-for-the-cleveland-browns/#comment-3035 I think a Wells combination with Wright or Harrison would be pretty dangerous two headed monster which is the growing trend of successful NFL running attacks. He could bust out like the young Jamaal Lewis' or Eddie George's. Maybe the Browns can do more draft day magic by keeping their top 5 pick and trading Jamaal Lewis for a 10-15 pick to draft Beanie if he slips like Quinn. One issue: Ohio State does not have a great offensive line. Beanie consistently gets most of his yards after contact and a lot of the first tacklers he makes miss are also in the backfield a split second after the hand off. Except against Michigan because they just suck. Beanie avg. 5.7 yards a carry this year, while the team averaged 3.4 a carry in Beanie's absence against Ohio U, USC, and Troy. Pryor scrambling was a reason that number was even that high. I think a Wells combination with Wright or Harrison would be pretty dangerous two headed monster which is the growing trend of successful NFL running attacks. He could bust out like the young Jamaal Lewis’ or Eddie George’s. Maybe the Browns can do more draft day magic by keeping their top 5 pick and trading Jamaal Lewis for a 10-15 pick to draft Beanie if he slips like Quinn.

One issue: Ohio State does not have a great offensive line. Beanie consistently gets most of his yards after contact and a lot of the first tacklers he makes miss are also in the backfield a split second after the hand off. Except against Michigan because they just suck. Beanie avg. 5.7 yards a carry this year, while the team averaged 3.4 a carry in Beanie’s absence against Ohio U, USC, and Troy. Pryor scrambling was a reason that number was even that high.

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