BROWNS: WHAT SHOULD THEY DO?

The Dawg Pound has gone through a rough decade or so,
but will the Browns be able to turn their fortune around with
two first round picks and around $20 million in cap space?

The Browns have been a seemingly cursed franchise since they returned to the NFL in 1999. They have only had two winning seasons and one playoff berth in that time period, and have been disappointing their fans on a yearly basis.

The Redskins have just made a move up to the second pick in the draft, a move that the Dawg Pound was hoping the Browns would make, in order to land Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III. This leaves the Browns with very few options to find their franchise quarterback, unless they want to put their faith back in Colt McCoy after going after Griffin and Peyton Manning.

Despite a need for an upgrade at the quarterback position, the Browns have much bigger problems on the offensive side of the ball besides the QB. While the Browns have a solid offensive line, there is not a single offensive threat on this team right not that a defense has to game plan around. A lack of skill players on offense in the reason they were one of the worst offenses in the league last season and is the main reason they finished with just four wins.

REDSKINS: WHAT SHOULD THEY DO?

The Redskins started the bumbling duo of Rex Grossman and
John Beck in 2012, meaning they will spend this offseason
scrambling to find a franchise quarterback to lead this team.

The Redskins beat the Super Bowl championship New York Giants twice last season, but that was about the only good thing you could say about Washington in 2011. Head coach Mike Shanahan said he would bet his career on getting production out of Rex Grossman or John Beck, and that blew up in his face big time.

Clearly the Redskins' top priority this offseason is finding a franchise quarterback, but they have so many issues all over their roster that this is a team that is not likely to have a huge turn around, unless they land a fully healthy Peyton Manning in free agency along with some other big name free agents.

The only good thing to say about the Redskins’ roster is that they have two young and extremely talented rush outside linebackers for their 3-4 defense in Brian Orakpo and Ryan Kerrigan. Every single other position on this team is at least sub par. So let’s get into specifically what they should be looking to accomplish in 2012.

COLTS: WHAT SHOULD THEY DO?

Colts' owner Jim Irsay and new GM Ryan Grigson have a
very tough road ahead of them in rebuilding a franchise with
a fan base that is very accustomed to winning a lot of games.

The Colts lost their first 13 games this season, so they definitely have a lot of work to do. They were in the bottom five of almost every single major offensive and defensive categories. Rookie head coach Chuck Pagano and rookie GM Ryan Grigson do not have time to settle into their positions because the Colts probably have more crucial personnel decisions to make than any other team in the NFL.

While the big topic is what to do with Peyton Manning and his $28 million roster bonus, the Colts have to decide on what to do with their 13 free agents. Defensive end Robert Mathis, center Jeff Saturday, and receivers Reggie Wayne and Pierre Garcon are their biggest free agents. It will be interesting to see who gets the franchise tag, if any of them.

The Colts could go in a lot of directions with their offseason, but here is what I think they should do.

Free Agency:

As tough as a decision this will be for a franchise that has built their entire organization around one player, the Colts have to release Peyton Manning. His contract is simply too massive and there is no guarantees that he will even play another down in the NFL. The Colts are rebuilding, which is something you do with a young quarterback, not one that is turning 36 in less than a month. The team has no choice but to move on and attempt to use the money they would have paid him to retain their young players.