Should the Browns Pursue a Trade With the Seahawks for LB Aaron Curry?

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By Daniel Wolf


The Cleveland Browns are sitting at 2-2 during their Bye week, and are a quick-snap play away (in Week 1) from possibly being 3-1.

Last Sunday, against the Tennessee Titans, the Browns were blown out and it all started with a long touchdown play where tight end Jared Cook burned linebacker Scott Fujita with his speed.

Since the beginning of training camp and throughout the preseason, the Browns have been in need of speed and depth at linebacker.

Back in the Eric Mangini-ran 2009 NFL Draft, the Browns held the No. 5 overall pick and fans were crossing their fingers for Wake Forest linebacker Aaron Curry to fall to Cleveland. Unfortunately, Curry was taken one pick ahead of the Browns by the Seattle Seahawks with the No. 4 overall pick. Mangini might have been targeting Curry, and since he was gone, traded Cleveland's No. 5 pick to the New York Jets for their first round pick and a bunch of mediocre players.

Coming back to the present day, the Browns are building a youth-laden franchise and the linebacker position is one position where the Browns could use some more talent. Besides starters D'Qwell Jackson, Fujita and Chris Gocong, the Browns have two backups in Titus Brown and Kaluka Maiava.

The problem is they do not have a solid backup for Fujita, who is losing a step in his coverage and this was evident on Titans tight end Cook's 80-yard touchdown catch-and-run.

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