You Are The Worse Coach That I Ever Meet Star Player Disparaging The Cleveland Browns Head Coach Kevin Stefanski….

The Cleveland Browns are looking under every rock to evaluate as many prospects as possible. Their list of players that have come into the Berea complex for a Top-30 visit has grown to 11 athletes.

Now the franchise has brought in their third quarterback when Michael Pratt of Tulane staged a visit. The other signal-callers to visit were Joe Milton of Tennessee and Oregon’s Bo Nix.

Is it surprising the Browns have brought in another quarterback? Maybe. Depends on what the purpose actually is. Currently, Cleveland’s QB room consists of starter Deshaun Watson, veterans Jameis Winston and Tyler Huntley, plus last year’s fifth-round draft pick Dorian Thompson-Robinson (DTR).

Most teams only keep two quarterbacks on the roster, plus one on the practice squad for one of the four protected positions which can be used for the emergency QB3 spot on game day. There is no way Cleveland is going to keep four QB’s much less five. So, why the visits? Why take the time and effort to go beyond the scout’s evaluation of these guys?

Browns GM Andrew Berry keeps meticulous records on players. Basically, you never know when an athlete will go down and almost instantly Berry will have to know which direction to proceed, and which sports agent to call. This became very clear last season when the team lost Watson and was faced with starting a journeyman in P.J. Walker or the rookie DTR.

Later, after seeing that neither of these quarterbacks would help this team win, he called free agent Joe Flacco and eventually signed him. There were about a dozen free-agent QB’s out there waiting for a call such as Matt Ryan who had plenty of experience. By keeping records on what talent was available out there, Berry knew who to call and not waste a bunch of time chasing rabbits.

It is very unlikely that Berry is going to draft a QB this year. But he now has knowledge of three young prospects, has met and spent time with them including eating dinner, and the coaches have gotten time with them. Often, the athletic ability is only one aspect of the allure of the player.

Pratt (6’-3”, 220 pounds) grew up in Boca Raton, Florida. He was home-schooled and went to Deerfield Beach High School where he played baseball and led his football team to the Class 8A State semifinals in 2019. He ran a 4.7 in the 40 and gained a three-year rating from 247Sports.com.

He made nine starts as a freshman for Tulane and established himself as one of the top freshman dual-threat quarterbacks in the nation. In his sophomore season, he really shined starting 11 games and posting 2,544 all-purpose yards with 26 touchdowns. He earned Honorable Mention All-AAC. In his junior year, he started all 13 games and had a career-best 63.6 completion percentage. Tulane competed in the AAC Championship Game as Pratt was named to the AAC’s All-Academic Team.

Prior to his senior season, Pratt was a preseason candidate for the Wuerffel Trophy, the Maxwell Award, the Davey O’Brien Award, the Walter Camp Award, the Manning Award, the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Watch List and on the Senior Bowl Watch List.

In his senior season, Pratt started 11 games and gained 2,406 yards with 185 completions on 283 attempts with 22 touchdowns with just five picks for a 65.4% ratio. He was named First Team All-AAC, the AAC Offensive Player of the Year, and a Senior Bowl invitee.