1.09 Baltimore Brown Clowns - RB Terrance West

In the real world: The Browns needed depth behind their free agent signing, Ben Tate, and drafted West in Round 4. NFL Network's Bucky Brooks named West one of the NFL Draft's 10 sleepers to watch: "Powerful running style and impeccable instincts. He has a natural feel for finding creases in the middle, yet is quick enough to bounce around the corner for big gains." At 5'11", 223 lb., West is relatively thick and may be hard to bring down. Given Tate's injury history, West would seem to be a few games away from having a starting job. Thing is, they also signed Isaiah Crowell (Alabama State) as an undrafted free agent.

In the TUFF world: The run on RBs continues. Baltimore is still smarting from two first-round RBs that didn't pan out (Jahvid Best, 2010; and Lamar Miller, 2012), and needed to rebuild their backfield almost as badly as the San Diego Slewage did. I would have liked West at this point except that the Cleveland Browns also brought in Crowell, who (according to Sigmund Bloom of footballguys.com) may be even better than West (Crowell's red flags notwithstanding). There was this rule change suggested back in 2011 that could have prevented teams from overdrafting RBs. It would have allowed teams with injuries or bye week issues the flexibility to start a fourth wideout or a second tight end instead of a second running back. Baltimore voted against it, as did a few of the other teams taking RBs in this round. Karma's a bitch, ain't it?