Might Browns go on Milroe after regarding Senior Bowl revelation?

Earlier this month, a Cleveland Browns workforce that’s basically anticipated to start out from scratch this offseason concerning its quarterback scenario was linked with Alabama’s Jalen Milroe, partially as a result of Milroe had new Browns offensive coordinator Tommy Rees as his OC in the course of the 2023 school season. 

Nonetheless, Browns insider Tony Grossi of ESPN Cleveland/The Land on Demand steered Cleveland and different golf equipment may have second ideas about spending a noteworthy draft asset to land Milroe after the signal-caller was measured on the Senior Bowl in Cellular, Ala., on Monday. 

“Milroe’s proper hand, measured from the tip of thumb to the tip of pinky, got here in at 8 ¾ inches. That’s properly under the 9 ½ in. threshold that’s thought-about common,” Grossi defined. …”‘It does matter,’ texted a former NFL workforce personnel govt. ‘Fumbles, struggles in chilly/moist climate, and so on. Guys like Josh Allen and [Patrick] Mahomes can seize that ball like a vice-grip wrapping their hand round it.'”

John Mitchell of Bama Hammer famous that Milroe misplaced six fumbles in 13 video games throughout this previous school season. That stat, coupled with Milroe’s hand dimension, may concern Browns basic supervisor Andrew Berry and head coach Kevin Stefanski, contemplating Cleveland will play late fall and early winter dwelling video games outside on the shoreline of Lake Erie by no less than the following handful of seasons.

Some could keep in mind how quarterback Kenny Pickett labored to alter his hand measurement from 8 1/2 inches on the 2022 scouting mix to 8 5/8 inches. Whereas the Pittsburgh Steelers finally chosen Pickett within the first spherical of the 2022 draft, they gave up on him after simply two seasons and traded him to the Philadelphia Eagles final March. 

The Browns maintain the second total decide of the upcoming draft and will use that option to seize both Miami’s Cam Ward or Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders. In a mock draft posted on Tuesday morning, Nick Baumgardner and Scott Dochterman of The Athletic predicted that the Browns would go on each Ward and Sanders to as a substitute take cornerback/vast receiver Travis Hunter of Colorado. Baumgardner and Dochterman had the Tennessee Titans taking Milroe with total decide No. 35 and Ole Miss’ Jaxson Dart going to the New York Jets through choice No. 42.