The significant portion of the Browns fan base who believes Saquon Barkley is the answer to the offensive woes might want to sit down, perhaps with a calming sedative . . .

Last summer, new Browns personnel consultant Scot McCloughan got candid on Twitter about a number of issues. One of them was his preference in the 2018 running back draft class.

As captured by several astute Twitter users with long memories, McCloughan was not part of Team Barkley.

Derrius Guice is the LSU running back, and at the time he held a statistical advantage over his talented Penn State counterpart, Barkley. In the 2016 college season, Guice had a better yards per carry (7.58 to 5.5) average and more 100-yard rushing efforts (6 to 4).

Barkley caught up in 2017, when both had five 100-plus yard games on the ground. The yards per carry evened out too, with Barkley gaining a slight (5.86 to 5.28) advantage.

It’s too early to tell how much influence McCloughan, a two-time former general manager, will have in Cleveland’s decision-making process. However, his blunt assessment from last summer casts some doubt on how much the Browns will be infatuated with Saquon Barkley.