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[QUOTE="Orangeyes, post: 953264, member: 34"]
[B]"SECOND THOUGHTS?[/B]
During last year’s draft, the Browns and Steelers made their first trade since 1968. Banner gave up a fourth-round pick in 2013 in exchange for a third-rounder this year.

The Steelers selected Syracuse safety Shamarko Thomas with the 111th pick. Cleveland’s pick in May will be No. 83.

Thomas (5-foot-9, 217 pounds) was bothered by an ankle injury, started two of 14 games and totaled 29 tackles. Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert, who called the upcoming draft the deepest in his 30 years, was asked how he’d grade the trade.

“Shamarko Thomas (was) a safety that we felt was worth a third-round pick. We’d do it again today,” Colbert said. “But the result was the 8-8 (record), and we’ll see whether Shamarko can help change that. If he does, it was a good deal. If he doesn’t, it wasn’t.”

In 1968, the Browns got the better of the Steelers — Cleveland received quarterback Bill Nelsen for quarterback Dick Shiner."
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