Bye Brock

[bikerack]

Osweiler is being shipped to Cleveland, Adam Schefter of ESPN reports. The compensation? The Texans have to give the Browns a 2018 second-round draft pick and a 2017 sixth-round pick. The Browns ship a 2017 fourth-round pick to Houston.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...-to-cleveland/

[bikerack]

https://twitter.com/TexansCap/status/839939952762896385

Cleveland basically is spending $16m to buy a 2nd round pick in 2018, in exchange giving up a 4th

[Arky]

Wow!

Brock's huge contract no longer screwing things up but sucks we lose next year's #2 pick..... Still, probably the only decent way to clean the slate....

Romo coming to Houston?

[bikerack]

Sounds like CLE is going to try to spin Brock elsewhere or cut him. They had money to burn this yr and spent it on a 2018 2nd.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Arky

Wow!

Brock's huge contract no longer screwing things up but sucks we lose next year's #2 pick..... Still, probably the only decent way to clean the slate....

Romo coming to Houston?

The Texans should get a 3 next year for Bouye. That will help some.

[bikerack]

https://twitter.com/awexlerKPRC/stat...52369135857664

Brown's 4th rd pick to #Texans is 1st pick of the round (108 overall).


Take the above with a grain of salt - now there are conflicting reports.

[barrett]

I put this in another thread a month ago. This (paying the Browns) was the only way we were trading Brock. How bad was your initial move when it was a smart move to pay a 2nd round pick to make it go away?

Either way good on Rick Smith for admitting the mistake this quick. Most NFL GMs choose to deny, deny, deny when they screw up. The downside of his admission is that only a GM with absolutely no job security concerns would publicly admit a mistake like this.