Even if he’s available, The Browns should NOT sign Tom Brady

The Browns are in the center of a lot of rumors, but none more so mind-numbing than the idea that Tom Brady ends up in Cleveland.

The rumor mill churns out some real gems no matter the time of the year for the NFL. Rumors drive business in the NFL, as does speculation. Even among those in the know, rumors, and speculation are the biggest conversation starter in the league.

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The rumor mill and the speculation surrounding the Browns right now is beyond wild, and it should concern fans. The current talk is about how IF Josh McDaniels comes to Cleveland that Tom Brady could come with him. This has fans actually wanting McDaniels, and it makes no sense why they would.

Firstly, Brady is either no.1 or no.2 all-time with Peyton Manning. There is no third or fourth option. Brady and Manning were simply that much better than everyone else. So if you could get Brady at 32 you do it. There’s no reason not to at that point, especially at that point a decade ago, when the starting quarterbacks for the Browns were set to be Jake Delhomme and Colt McCoy. Now, we may all want to grow up to be McCoy, but that doesn’t mean he was a better option at quarterback than Brady a decade ago. All that said, it’s not 2010, it’s 2020. Tom Brady’s not 32, he’s 42. Brady’s no longer the best quarterback in the league, he might not even be in the top 10 anymore.

Secondly, who says Cleveland would even be a good place for him? Brady wants SuperBowl ring number seven. The Patriots have been to 11 SuperBowls, nine with Brady as the starting quarterback. The Browns haven’t even been to a SuperBowl yet, let alone 11. The team can’t even get to a winning record. In twenty years, the Browns have TWO winning seasons, in 2002 and 2007. In Cleveland, a 7-9 record is a good thing! It shouldn’t be, that’s a losing record but to the fanbase, they’ll take that record because so often the franchise has three, or four wins tops.

Why would Brady want to be apart of dysfunction? The media has spun this idea that Brady and McDaniels are attached at the hip like school girls. Are they? Would Brady leave a well ran organization, with a coach that helped him get six titles, and a franchise that has enough clout to get guys to come in on discounts just to play for the legendary Bill Belichick and have a shot at a title? That doesn’t exist in Cleveland, and won’t.

Baker Mayfield, the current starting quarterback, may have had a down year but that doesn’t mean he’s not talented. We know he is. One not-good season does not change that he has the tools. He needs guidance, and a leader to help mold him.

The idea that the Browns should scrap the development of their first real franchise quarterback prospect in literal decades to get one or two years out of Brady, that may culminate in a lone playoff birth is obnoxiously short-sighted. The Browns need to avoid that. Let Brady go to Carolina, or wherever.

Don’t sign Brady.