Browns take defensive tackle, wide receiver in sixth round
After trading up in the fourth round to draft linebacker Beau Bell and back into the fourth for tight end Martin Rucker,t the Browns stayed at pick 190 in the sixth round to select Athyba Rubin, a defensive tackle from Iowa State.
Rubin, at 6-foot-3, 321 pounds, could be a backup for new nose tackle Shaun Rogers. He doesn't do a whole lot. Rubin is mostly a space filler who can take up multiple blockers. Hey, the guys at Mistake by the Lake are probably happy.
The Browns also traded to pick 191 in the sixth round to take Wisconsin wide receiver Paul Hubbard. I don't understand the pick. There's no way he's going to play. That pick was traded from Philadelphia who actually obtained the pick from the Browns in the first place.
Hubbard is a big player at 6-foot-3 and 221 pounds. Here's a video of Hubbard:
Just an FYI, the Rubin draft pick came from the Charlie Frye trade. The Hubbard pick came via the Hank Fraley trade. Not sure what the Browns gave up to give it back. Not a problem, though, Fraley has been a sound player.
April 29th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Rubin screams Babatunde Oshinowo II to me.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
You know, that's exactly what I thought too. So, that sucks.
April 29th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Both of these picks baffled me. Is this Hubbard kid just a project or what? Odd stuff…
I love the 4th rounders tho. Both guys look solid.
May 3rd, 2008 at 12:14 pm
My guess is that the Hubbard pick was to try and motivate Travis Wilson. If it doesn't, maybe it's time to cut him and give Hubbard a look.
Rubin, though, who knows. I guess he was probably the team's highest-rated nose tackle left.
May 3rd, 2008 at 1:32 pm
After watching the video highlights of Hubbard how you can you say that he will never play? He looked pretty good to me. Who knows what's going to happen or who may get hurt? You can't ever say that this guy will never play.
May 3rd, 2008 at 2:31 pm
Just an FYI, this is Dan Kadar here. I'm also comments two and four.
The only way I see Hubbard playing is if guys get hurt. There are at least five guys ahead of him (Edwards, Jurevicius, Stallworth, Carter, Cribbs), so I just don't see him getting off the practice squad.
Maybe I'm wrong, who knows.