Just a shade over a week remains until the 2012 NFL Draft. And despite all of the talking heads, researchers, analysts, and writers opinions we are still no closer to knowing what the Cleveland Browns will do with their number four over-all pick. Trade up, trade down, pick Blackmon, Richardson, Kalil, Tannehill, Claiborne, or simply give up and go home. Every possibility has been spoken of at nausea. Every scenario has been passed around like a bong at a Doobie Brothers concert. So instead of “Once Again” examining the options, let’s blow off a little steam. And we will do this in the classic form of pointing out flaws with other teams. Just like back in high school we can look at other’s problems in order to feel better about ourselves.

Washington Redskins

Yes Washington has put themselves in position to draft who they believe will be their next franchise QB since Mark Rypien. It is true that potential 2nd overall draft pick Robert Griffin III is a dynamic player, but I do seem to remember analysts saying the same thing about Vince Young. Coming out of College Young had all the tools necessary to succeed in this league but ultimately lost his starting job in Tennessee to Kerry Collins.

And some stats that you won’t hear about RGIII is his lack of ball control. Throughout his college career the Heisman Trophy winner has fumbled the ball 31 times, and surrendered 14 of them. And players with ball control issues in college tend to continue to have problems in the NFL. He has also thrown 17 interceptions throwing six of them in his final season at Baylor. He may be the next Michael Vick, but even Vick has not been able to carry a team on his back for an entire season. Combine all of this with the price that the Redskins paid for him (draft pick wise) and the bar is set high for the incoming rookie in Washington. I know if he does not live up to billing, it will be a long year in D.C.

New Orleans Saints

The commissioner came down hard on the Big Easy in response to “bounty-gate”. The Saints have been fined, lost draft picks, lost their head coach for the entire season, lost their GM for eight games, lost their assistant coach for six games, and in case that’s not enough, they have also (to this point) failed to resign their top-tier QB Drew Brees. Plus player punishments have yet to be handed out. Is there any chance that the Saints will be remotely competitive this year? I think not. If by some miraculous set of circumstances they are in the hunt for another Super Bowl after having endured all of this, then no team deserves to be on the same field as them.

New York Jets

In this case, it’s not so much the team that will have issues in 2012 (although they probably will) But Mark Sanchez himself has been put in an impossible position. He has gained the most popular NFL player today as his backup. Tim Tebow took the league by storm last year and he did everything short of walking on water in 2011. Tebow’s performance was not necessarily pretty while doing it, but Tebow’s come from behind wins took the Broncos to the playoffs. Sanchez has already been questioned as a viable starter in the NFL so clearly this cannot help his psyche. I have in fact come to think of the Jets more as a circus act and less as an NFL franchise. In 2012, the Jets will have a QB controversy on their hands if Sanchez is not perfect, and as we all know, no one really wins in a QB controversy.

Seattle Seahawks

Finally we look at the Seahawks. It’s not that Seattle has a bad team, they really don’t have much negative press either. In fact I think the Seahawks may be on the rise. However, it’s got to be hard to pull for a team with the most hideous uniforms in the league. And if the older uniforms weren’t bad enough, the new Nike ones highlight that awful neon trim. It almost looks like the uniforms were meant to be worn under black-light. But as a small side note, how cool would it be to have an NFL game under-black light? I’m just saying.

Who do you think has bigger issues than the Cleveland Browns? We would love to hear from you.