Editor's note: Tony Grossi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN 850 WKNR.

Here we go again: The Browns are weighing a proposed deal to move down from the No. 2 spot in the draft in exchange for four draft picks from the Philadelphia Eagles, a source told ESPN Cleveland.

Alex Marvez of FoxSports.com reported the deal, if completed, would net the Browns Philadelphia’s No. 8 overall pick and a third-round pick this year, plus the Eagles’ first- and third-round picks in 2017.

The Eagles do not own a second-round pick this year, but have two in the third round – No. 77, from Detroit, and No. 79. It is not known at this time which would be involved in the trade.

The cost to the Browns would be forsaking one of the draft’s top quarterbacks – California’s Jared Goff or North Dakota State’s Carson Wentz – whichever one the Los Angeles Rams do not select at No. 1 overall.

If the Browns made this deal – it is being reported as merely a proposal – it would mark the fourth time since 2009 they traded a pick in the top 10 of the draft order for extra picks.

Each of the three previous trade-downs – consummated by three different management regimes -- failed miserably.

The roll call: Each time the Browns traded down in the first round, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

In 2009, then-Browns coach and de facto GM Eric Mangini needed bodies to kick off his program after the Phil Savage-Romeo Crennel era crashed in a 4-12 season.

Mangini inherited the No. 5 pick in the draft and orchestrated three trade downs in the first round. He moved from No. 5 to No. 17 in a trade with the Jets (his former team), from No. 17 to No. 19 in a trade with Tampa Bay, and from No. 19 to No. 21 in a trade with Philadelphia.

Ultimately, Mangini netted one pick in the first round, one in the second and two in the sixth, plus three Jets players not named Larry, Curly and Moe. The draft picks resulted in center Alex Mack, linebacker David Veikune, cornerback Coye Francies and running back James Davis.

Among the players bypassed as a result of the Mangini maneuverings were pass rusher Brian Orakpo, receiver Jeremy Maclin and linebacker Clay Matthews.

Fast forward to 2011.

In the second year of the Mike Holmgren-Tom Heckert era, GM Heckert implemented a shakedown of the roster and needed to stock up with new bodies.

He held the No. 6 pick in the draft. Heckert didn’t shop the pick, but was made an offer he couldn’t refuse by Atlanta Falcons General Manager Thomas Dimitroff.

For the No. 6 pick, Heckert received five picks from the Falcons – first-, second- and fourth-round picks in 2011 and first- and fourth-round picks in 2012. Dimitroff wanted receiver Julio Jones that badly.

After the trade, Heckert targeted Baylor nose tackle Phil Taylor, but he had to move up from Atlanta’s No. 27 spot to get him. He traded a third-round pick to Kansas City to move up to No. 21 and took Taylor.

With the extra picks, the Browns ended up with receiver Greg Little and fullback Owen Marecic in 2011, and quarterback Brandon Weeden in 2012. Heckert threw in the fourth-round pick to move up one spot in the 2012 first round to select running back Trent Richardson.

Among the players bypassed as a result of Heckert’s trades besides Jones were elite defensive linemen J.J. Watt and Robert Quinn, and pass-rush linebacker Ryan Kerrigan. Also, the third-round pick swapped to Kansas City to bounce back up for Taylor was used by the Chiefs on pass-rush phenom Justin Houston, who has 56 sacks in 70 career games.

On to 2014.

First-year GM Ray Farmer and rookie coach Mike Pettine inherited the No. 4 pick after a 4-12 season. On draft day, Farmer unexpectedly received another “offer he couldn’t refuse” from the receiver-desperate Buffalo Bills.

Buffalo surrendered its first-round pick in 2014 and first- and fourth-round picks in 2015 for the chance to select receiver Sammy Watkins.

For some reason, Farmer wasn’t content to stay at Buffalo’s No. 9 spot. He traded a fifth-round pick to move up one slot and select cornerback Justin Gilbert. A year later, he used Buffalo’s 2015 first-round pick, No. 19, on offensive lineman Cam Erving, and the fourth-round pick on receiver Vince Mayle, who didn’t make the final roster.

Among the players bypassed in the first round besides Watkins were linebacker Khalil Mack, receiver Mike Evans, receiver Odell Beckham Jr., defensive tackle Aaron Donald, and … oh, what’s the use?

If you’re keeping track, you know the scorecard of these three major trades by the Browns is ugly.

They moved down three times and acquired 12 picks and three players. The only ones left on their roster are Gilbert and Erving.

Be careful of what you ask: So, like their well-meaning predecessors, the new regime of Sashi Brown, executive vice president of football operations, and Paul DePodesta, chief strategy officer, want to collect extra picks to kick-start their master plan to build a winning team.

Like the others, they believe they will draft well.

One major difference this time is the Browns would be bypassing one of the draft’s top quarterbacks – Goff or Wentz – at a time the franchise still has not identified its future quarterback hopeful.

Coach Hue Jackson has put a lot of faith in reclamation project Robert Griffin III, the former Washington Redskin celebrity quarterback who hasn’t had a good season since 2012. There still is the option of choosing a quarterback from the second wave of prospects at Philadelphia’s No. 8 spot or beyond.

And so, the New Browns Order contemplates its first draft trade. Good luck. We’re all counting on you.