 Now we all have those things that can just make you question life in general. One would be why do you drive on a parkway and park on a driveway. Another can be why when chicken is grilled and baked the wings taste so much better, but when it's fried the drumsticks are so much better. We can go down a plethora of things and go down a long list about things that really make you scratch your head. But another one of those things came up last night. It was actually a story that dropped about maybe like two two and a half days ago about the Browns 2018 their number one overall pick. And apparently according to Chris Sims of NBC Sports according to him he said the Seahawks were interested in the Browns number one pick. And he even said there were rumors that the Seahawks offered Russell Wilson offered Russell Wilson for the Browns for that number one overall pick. And when I first saw it last night I am in good morning team keeping clean by the way I appreciate y'all I love y'all it is 9.52 a.m. so I hope y'all are doing good. But when I first saw it last night I almost thought I was still sleeping. I almost thought that okay maybe I'm knocked out maybe this is like a dream or something or maybe this is a satire count or something like that but then I rub my eyes I pinched myself a couple times went through a lot of pain and then I realized wait a minute notice this is real this is real this this is actually coming from legitimate accounts and I will look at the comments and the first thing I saw from so many different people and I can understand it's a knee jerk reaction most people were thinking oh brown they didn't take this that stupid that fools all this is why the Browns are the Browns they're forever gonna be the Browns because they make decisions like this and this came from people who are Browns fans this came from people who aren't Browns fans it was a mix of both and that was most people's knee jerk reactions oh man why wouldn't the Browns take this but I sat back thought about it even slept on it too obviously cuz it's the next morning and I realized that wait was this really that bad of a decision because when you look at things as they are now hindsight like we always say hindsight is always 2020 hindsight is always 2020 you can always be in a position now and look back and be like oh I should have done things that way I should have done it that way I should have done this I should have done that you can always do that we can all look back at our lives and feel like we should have done things differently so we can we could have had different outcomes and different fusions blah blah blah but when you're right there in the thick of things when the heat is on you you don't know how things are gonna turn out you don't know how things are gonna work out you don't know you don't know what's gonna go down next so if this is true if this is true I know a lot of people may not agree but I can't necessarily I don't really feel like the Browns are at fault for not taking Russell Wilson reason I say that and you can argue both cases for this and I can understand completely understand both sides of this cuz a lot of people like man you could have had Russell Wilson one of the best quarterbacks in the league and you certainly could have you certainly could have but with the Browns and I mean they definitely would have had a cap space for him too but maybe they felt like a they not structured enough to bring on one Russell Wilson even though I feel like he could help your team out that much more and help you sort of help you get set at the quarterback position maybe they felt like they could they he wasn't a good fit maybe they feel like they coaching staff just it wouldn't work with him maybe they felt like they just had too much problems within the coaching staff to bring on a Russell Wilson maybe they feel like the people around Russell Wilson wouldn't be good enough even though I'm sure he could raise the level of some guys play maybe they just felt like hey this guy is gonna have to get paid in a couple years and you know what we know we don't want to do it I don't know but I can't I can't sit up here and knock them for not wanting to give up their future and it ain't like Russell Wilson is some old washed up quarterback and obviously this was two years ago so he definitely wasn't old and washed up then I mean we saw just this past season he was still having MVP level seasons just this past season he had an MVP level season it wasn't on a level of Lamar's but now it was still really good but with the Browns maybe it was a thing with them where it was like um we know what Russell Wilson can do love Russell Wilson respect Russell Wilson but maybe they just they wanted to take that chance and they felt like they really had their guide for the next 10 12 possibly 15 years at the quarterback position in Baker Mayfield and again I know some of y'all might say oh well look at it y'all he throws all these picks and blah blah blah again hindsight is 2020 Browns didn't know that going into the 2018 season they didn't know that they didn't know how things were gonna be and again I mean things were looking like really good because Baker may I remember when I first saw Baker Mayfield I'm like wow this dude his his pocket presences is great and he makes quick quick accurate smart decisions but maybe the Browns were like you know what we we are looking to the long-term future Russell Wilson he will be the short-term future and he could be around for a while definitely but as far as long long-term probably not I mean you never know how long I mean look at Brady he he's what he's like 40 something what is he like 40 42 something like that and he's still going so Russell Wilson I mean in his the way that he plays how smart he is he could definitely play that long too if he chose to but with um I just feel like maybe the Browns they didn't want to give up their possible long long-term future for Russell Wilson and I feel like maybe they just wanted to sort of try to start from scratch and really build around a Baker Mayfield because that was gonna be that guy they really wanted to they were they were already fully invested in him if they didn't want to take Russell Wilson again one of the best QBs in the league he was one of the best QBs in the league two years ago and he still is right now but if they didn't want to take him for their future then I can understand that because what last night when it first came across my screen and I was really thinking about it taking it all in I was thinking because me as a Ravens fan I was thinking huh would I rather the Ravens drafted Lamar Jackson or traded that pick for Russell Wilson now Russell again Russell Wilson is nice like I said one of the best QBs in the league no doubt about that but would I rather the Ravens had drafted a Lamar Jackson or traded that number one pick for Russell Wilson and I honestly I would have just like them to take take Lamar because with me and I know it's different situations with the Browns and with the Ravens because the Browns they usually always have way more money than the Ravens do way more because they like with the Ravens they and I think and I'm not taking a shot at them or whatnot but I think it's because the Ravens they have been more competitive so players got to get paid and whatnot and they spend to they spend to the brim they spend all the way up until you can't spend no more but the Browns they have a lot of turnover they've lack consistency so when you lack consistency those big contracts that you give out you end up cutting guys you end up releasing guys you end up getting rid of so many different guys and you have a lot of cap every year you have a lot of cap every year because guys aren't fulfilling their contracts and you just have a lot of turnover but with the Ravens they've been pretty consistent at being competitive and whatnot so yeah guys guys to get paid and guys remain with the team but anyway but the cap situations are far different so the Browns usually have a lot more money so that would have been one thing that I would definitely I was excited for Lamar Jackson come draft time I really really wanted the Ravens to draft Lamar Jackson come draft time because I remember when I fell in love with the idea of us possibly getting Lamar Jackson was when me and my wife we were it was like a week before the draft we were on the plane and we were going to Chicago me my wife and our son and Mel Kuiper was talking about Lamar Jackson I was watching them then I started looking at stuff myself about Lamar Jackson I was like wow this guy is he's something and then he's from down here South Florida so I'm like oh yeah that bias kicked in too so then I fell in love I was like man I'm ready let's please let's get Lamar Jackson and then as the drafts went on and the Ravens kept trading down and when the Saints traded all the way up I was thinking oh man they're gonna pick Lamar Jackson no no don't do it they gonna pick Lamar Jackson then they then they got Marcus Davenport I was like whoo then Ravens kept trading down trading down trading down then they drafted Hayden Hurston I was like ah thought that was gonna be Lamar now the Patriots probably gonna get them Patriots didn't get them it was the 32nd pick Ravens traded back in they traded up with the Eagles and they picked Lamar Jackson I went crazy I went crazy but I wouldn't have traded that for Russell Wilson and not that it would have been a bad trade because again Russell Wilson is nice Russell was would have automatically became the best quarterback that the Ravens ever had if they would have traded for him and the team that they could have possibly built around him it would have been some series but again you Ravens would have had to pay him and Ravens they they weren't in the best shape to to pay a quarterback a lot of money who was coming up do for a big contract very soon but for me it wouldn't just have been about the pay it would have just been about the few and again the immediate future Russell Wilson oh yeah no problem no problem the long-term future again the deals like Russell Wilson just got paid like what a year or two ago Lamar and he ain't due for another like two years or another year yeah another year or two but just thinking about the future that what he could bring to the team and I mean we see what he brought we see what he brought his first season start and he got MVP and he sat out nine quarters so maybe the Browns were thinking along those lines again about just the future long-term future and they while they love Russell Wilson and definitely respect Russell Wilson they weren't like they were like you know what no we invested in our future we invested in the long term I mean cuz that stuff happens with all of us we can get these these little quick fixes we can get these oh we a lot of us ready for the here and the now and we want things right away but we don't think about stuff long-term it's like what what food coming out the microwave tastes better than food that comes out the oven or even on a grill you know I'm definitely biased to the grill I love the grill tell me that what food coming out the microwave tastes better than food that's coming out the oven or coming off the grill there's nothing nothing because the microwave water food is still good then and I ain't complaining about no food but water food is still good now that food is done quickly it's short term but you put it on the grill you put it in the oven you got to wait for it but it tastes so much better and I'm saying that so far Baker Mayfield he hasn't been better than Russell Wilson but again the Browns I think the biggest thing was that they were invested in a long-term so we'll see how everything works out but I just I can't get on them about not trading for him I can understand if you do but for me I see it from both sides man yeah they could have traded for him had a real nice quarterback boom but again they maybe they would just have super invested on Baker Mayfield and he felt like they like Baker Mayfield fit them and what they're trying to do and what they were trying to go for the future anyway team keep it clean I love y'all I appreciate y'all and I'm out