Cleveland Browns: Watch the 10 worst missed blocks of Cam Erving’s career
Cameron Erving is gone, as a result of the Cleveland Browns trade with the Kansas City Chiefs for a conditional fifth-round draft pick in 2018.
The Cameron Erving era is over after a Cleveland Brown trade sent the former first-round pick to the Kansas City Chiefs for a fifth-round selection in 2018.
Cleveland continues to add picks with the trade of Erving.
A lot of jokes will be made, because Erving was low hanging fruit. But by most accounts, he was a good guy who worked hard–he just had that first-round pick cloud hanging over his head and he just couldn’t live up to the hype.
Perhaps the most surreal moment of the Erving trade is that the move is being celebrated in Kansas City because of yours and mine favorite buzzword, “Value.”
From the NFL Network’s Ian Rappoport.
The #Chiefs have gone after players aggressively. Now, they acquire a swing tackle for $1.3M. A bargain considering the price tag & pick.
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) August 30, 2017
And this guy, sure, get excited about Patrick Mahomes, but Cameron Erving.
Mahomes, Ragland and Erving all have potential long term value, so if those are strong contributors, could be a steal for a 1st, 4th & 5th.
— Matt Derrick (@mattderrick) August 30, 2017
Ask Mahomes how excited he is to have an offensive lineman famous for being bullrushed and blowing blocks.
No offensive lineman in the age of social media was featured so much on social media–unfortunately, that’s a bad thing.
Erving was overdrafted in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft (19th overall) by GM Ray Farmer. The chapter on Farmer’s brief time has been written, and there will be no revisionist historians changing anything about the tone of his draft picks.
Erving was drafted to play center, and it seemed like a good idea. He was the center for Jameis Winston en route to the Seminoles run to a national title.
Slam dunk, pick, right?
It was often lost among draft experts that Erving had played a number of his college games at tackle. He was moved to center after an injury.
After he got to the Browns, the Mike Pettine led coaching staff tried Erving at a number of positions. ESPN Cleveland’s Tony Grossi was one of the first to forecast Erving’s future: Jack of trades, master of none.
And so it ends…but before it does, the top 10 missed blocks of Erving’s Browns career, ranked!
No. 10: He’ll never work for Allstate
Also, I'd prefer if the Cam Erving experiment came to an end. This is a joke https://t.co/oJwenpPc8Z
— Jordan Zirm (@JordanZirm) October 16, 2016
No. 9: Whoops…
Cam Erving. Got get this one Vine before it's gone pic.twitter.com/kF3BxCMgwf
— Mickey™ (@Astro_Mickey) October 30, 2016
No. 8: Josh McCown just couldn’t stay healthy…
Oh my lord Cam Erving. pic.twitter.com/fi2fODW1ZY
— Dan (@CLE_Sports88) December 1, 2015
No. 7: They tried him out at right tackle, too.
That is Cam Erving for ya 😐😑 pic.twitter.com/Sh6d1xTtTz
— Colton Steiner™ 🎙️ (@s_colton) January 1, 2017
No. 6: But to be fair, no one looks good in the orange pants.
Cam Erving should not play guard if you can't block on this play pic.twitter.com/1mcToB7HxH
— Dan (@CLE_Sports88) December 1, 2015
No. 5 The Tweet says it all…
Cam Erving's career in 5 seconds. pic.twitter.com/KEnExpC3SM
— Kevin Beard (@TheKevinBeard) December 11, 2016
No. 4: Erving at right guard. One minute he’s there, the next he’s not #spinmove.
No. 3: Offensive lineman probably aren’t supposed to be rolling around the field like this.
https://twitter.com/WFNYScott/status/678925385594224640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ffactoryofsadness.co%2F%3Fp%3D62649
No. 2: The nose tackle is right in front of him. It’s got to be hard to whiff like this…
Chiefs just gave up a fifth-rounder for this guy https://t.co/nuNfR30AZi
— Scott (@WFNYScott) August 30, 2017
No. 1: Against the Steelers, a piece of notebook paper might’ve worked better against the rush.
Webster defines overmatched as "better armed, more skillful than" An example is this clip, the @Browns Cam Erving pic.twitter.com/nYjaLiK4kK
— Chris Clark (@ChrisClark_) November 15, 2015
Perhaps a change of scenery will serve Erving well.
Next: Jarvis Landry a trade option?
It just wasn’t going to happen for him a Browns uniform.