Browns owner orders first round QB pick

[Hellwig]

According to NFL.com, the Browns have been ordered by owner Randy Lerner to take a franchise quarterback with their first pick in the NFL Draft. The pick is the third overall be-hind Oakland and Detroit.

Lerner has now decided to go from an owner with no apparent leadership skills to an owner who will tie the hands of general manager Phil Savage by making this kind of command decision.

The latest rumor has the Browns talking trade with the Lions for the second pick in the draft to secure a quarterback, probably Notre Dame's Brady Quinn. The Lions would then have the third pick and some other combination of picks from the Browns in the draft.

If this is true, then it would be the worst decision the Browns have made since trading Paul Warfield to the Dolphins for what would become Mike Phipps in 1970.

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How do you Browns fans feel about your owner? And do you guys feel it is necessary to get either Quinn or Russell?

[SirPaul]

God I hope not. It doesn't really fit w/ Lerner's style, but maybe he just likes making lots of money and doesn't want to have to worry about winning.