I had a discussion with a Browns fan yesterday and he agreed, Winslow is a selfish player. We hear all the time about how much this team likes each other and they go out an battle for each other. Winslow has a ton of talent and very little desire, let another team make the mistake of trading for him.

I’d steer clear of him at all costs.

Big mouth, selfish, cry baby, knees of a 45 year old, can’t block, shaky hands and most of all he wants a new contract. No thank you

A lot of people are talking about us taking a TE from Missouri or Notre Dame I think. (For the first time in a few years I am not thinking about the draft after six games!)

I’d rather draft a heady player than take one who is full of himself.

I don’t really like the selfish, big mouth argument you’re all throwing out there. Many of the best players in the league are just that and we all know many of the players on the great teams in the 90s certainly were of that variety. There is no problem bringing in a few arrogant pricks with talent so long as you have a coach and QB who can keep them in check. Winslow is certainly not T.O. and I don’t think its fair to question his desire. The guy wants to win and plays hard.

That said ,the argument against him I do like is that his knees are a major concern and that he is always injured. He’s had two healthy seasons so far. However, there is no denying that when he is healthy he is one of the top 2 tight ends in the league (I even think a healthy Winslow is better than Gates).

It has just recently come out that prior to the trade deadline, the Browns had been offering Winslow to any bidders, probably wanting a 2 and a 5th or even more. That is a lot to pay for a guy with questionable attitude and injury problems.

However, with that said, we are a team that is chock full of blah blah, better than average but only barely tight ends. Fine and Schouman are young and can fill in when needed, they have already done so. So if we had Winslow, I would think our offense could explode when he was healthy and tick along just fine with Trent Edwards conducting the same offense he does now with a backup Fine or Schouman coming in when he is injured.

I don’t think it is such a bad idea at all.

and Winslow drops it!

There are 2-3 strong TEs coming out in the draft who will not have the baggage this dude carries. Now if his daddy was available at 25 – I’sd be all over that move!

LOL sheesh… have we learned nothing from the Cowboys? Adding me-first crybabies to a talented team ultimately leads to team implosion.

This is a terrible idea. PASS.

Ditto. If there’s anything we should have learned from the disaster that was Donahoe, it’s that team chemistry is as important as the talent level of its individual players. We have something good going here in Buffalo. Let’s not even think about importing a team cancer here.

“I’m not looking for the best players, I’m looking for the right ones.” Winslow is not the right player for this team.

and like i said before, i was just throwing this all out there to get feedback. but i still honestly dont think its a hands down “horrible” decision. i also didnt know about desmond clark and greg olsen being FA at the end of the season. id take olsen over winslow anyways, cheaper and less of a headache. and i dont think you can compare the cowboys to this debate. the cowboys are buying an entire team, im suggesting one player that we actually need/could use. seriously adding williams to a roster that has TO? thats just not smart, but not in the same league as gettin winslow.

im not familiar with the new te’s coming out, but we just drafted a TE in fine, and i think we should get a good te with experience. i refer back to olsen and clark.

Winslow would have the same issues in Buffalo that he has in Cleveland. Besides, there are too many young leaders on this football team to allow a player pull that kind of stuff. Do you see anyone in that Browns locker room (other than maybe Willie McGinnest) that is a high character leader? Besides, have any you of actually heard the comments he was suspended for? They weren’t crazy outlandish comments: he basically said the staff is impersonal with the players and he disclosed that he had stapholococcus aureus growing on him… which the Browns desperately wanted to censure.

I’m not saying let’s do it rah rah rah but we’re not talking about a Terrell Owens here, if the Bills got this guy I would be stoked. But if the draft has some excellent TEs we can pluck then there’s no sense in trading for him.

I live in St. Louis, went to Mizzou, and watch every game that is on tv. Chase Coffman is flat out the best TE in college football…maybe in the last five years. He can catch like nobody you have ever seen, runs well, and is mentally very tough. His dad played in the NFL for 10 years. No attitude problems either. I’d spend a first round pick on him and we’d be set for 10 years.