Every Cleveland Browns fan remembers where they were on May 8th, 2014, and most want to forget that day every year when it comes. However, on the tenth anniversary of the date, Brown fans took to social media to share their thoughts about that day.
May 8th, 2014 Night One Of The NFL Draft
The Cleveland Browns went into night one of the NFL Draft with the fourth overall pick, but they would not stay there. The Browns would trade out that pick to number nine to the Buffalo Bills, and they would select Sammy Watkins, the wide receiver from Clemson.
Cleveland needed a wide receiver badly in that draft, and they passed some of the best ones up in Watkins and Mike Evans with their ninth overall pick; they would trade up to pick eight with the Minnesota Vikings and take the cornerback from Oklahoma State Justin Gilbert.
To put it nicely, Gilbert was one of the worst players the Browns have had since 1999, and there have been many bad ones. He only played in 23 games in Cleveland before being traded to the Pittsburgh Steelers. You know a player is bad when the Browns are willing to trade him to their biggest rival.
Sadly for the Browns, that wasn’t the worst pick that night, and they would change the NFL Draft when they traded up to pick 22 and took a quarterback from Texas A&M.
Johnny Manziel Heads To The Cleveland Browns
The Cleveland Browns would take the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback in a stunning move, and many fans were shocked in good and bad ways. Manziel came to Cleveland like every other Browns quarterback since 1999 and became a bust, but most of it was his fault, so you can’t blame the organization. After two years, the Texas A&M quarterback was out of the league, and Cleveland would go back to the drawing board to find their quarterback.
Fans Are Still Not Happy What Happened 10 Years Ago
Browns fans went to their social media X account and expressed their feelings about what happened ten years ago.
Johnny Manziel and Justin Gilbert get introduced to the Browns organization. pic.twitter.com/OMQwKON9QV
— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) May 9, 2014
10 years ago today. I still have nightmares.
Never forget that former #Browns GM Ray Farmer used 4 first round draft picks in 2 years on Johnny Manziel, Justin Gilbert, Cam Erving, and Danny Shelton. https://t.co/CcrCmn0pgb
— Roberto Shenanigans (@Rob_Shenanigans) May 9, 2024
He going to be better than LeBron
— Bodis (@frbodis) May 9, 2024