If the Bengals can't resist Missouri QB Blaine Gabbert, the top-rated receiver could fall to the Browns at No. 6.
View full sizeDoes Cincinnati's interest in Blaine Gabbert impact the Browns?CLEVELAND -- Of the five teams ahead of the Browns in the first round of the draft, none impacts the Browns' choice more than the Cincinnati Bengals.
I make that statement based on the following: 1. They are the only team ahead of the Browns strongly linked to Georgia wide receiver A.J. Green, 2. They are seriously considering taking a quarterback, and 3. The top three choices now are routinely believed to be Cam Newton, Marcell Dareus and Von Miller.
That's why I found today's revelation by the Cinncinnati Enquirer's Joe Reedy that the Bengals have visited with and worked out Missouri quarterback Blaine Gabbert a compelling news bit.
Until now, Gabbert had not been confirmed as one of the quarterbacks the Bengals have worked out. Without that confirmation, many analysts had assumed the Bengals would go quarterback-hunting in the second round, with Andy Dalton of Texas Christian and Christian Ponder of Florida State being the likeliest targets.
And if Cincinnati waited for its second pick to choose its quarterback, the predominant feeling was the Bengals would take Green with their first pick.
If the Bengals, indeed, select Gabbert with the fourth overall pick, it would present Arizona at No. 5 with the choice of Green and LSU cornerback Patrick Peterson. In that case, a source told me the Cardinals would entertain trade offers, and a team liking Peterson would probably make a move up.
And that would leave Green for the Browns at No. 6.
All of it is conjecture, of course, with more speculation to follow in the next 72 hours.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2011/04/cleveland_browns_and_aj_green.html
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