The NFL Draft is now less than three weeks away and as we do in northeast Ohio, there is obsession about who the Cleveland Browns will take in the selection process, but particularly what they will do with their two picks in the first round.
The draft obsessed fans and media alike would surely love a trade down because more picks!!! And to be fair, it would make sense if the organization really liked someone and were sure said player would be available say four or five picks later.
But, you can’t mess that up.
As stated before, we have no confidence in anything that happens in Berea, so until proven otherwise, we will assume whatever they do probably won’t work or will be done with the idea of winning three years from now.
Yes, we know last year’s draft looks to be very good, but time will tell, and if a baseball player hit .220 four years in a row, then hit .300 in a season, what would you predict he will hit next season?
The logical needs for the Browns would seem to be wide receiver and offensive line, but the Cleveland Browns are also a bad football team. They’ve won eight games over the last two seasons. To say if they only had a couple of good pass catchers and two solid offensive linemen, they would be Super Bowl contenders would seem insane.
What we are trying to say here is the Browns need talent, another draft like last year, where they bring in say, four quality starters (Mason Graham, Carson Schwesinger, Quinshon Judkins, and Harold Fannin Jr.) would be a good start to getting better.
We know the Browns have the best defensive player in the NFL in Myles Garrett (no, we don’t care if he skips OTAs), but if you can get a player like David Bailey, DE from Texas Tech, to pair with Garrett, it is something to think about.
Remember what former Browns (when they were good) executive Ernie Accorsi said. The two most important players on the field are quarterback and the guy who can get to the quarterback. Having a pair of edge rushers to terrorize opposing passers wouldn’t be the worst thing.
We also know the analytics people say not to draft a running back high, but let’s say you added Jim Brown to the Browns, you don’t think he would make a huge impact?
We aren’t saying Jeremiyah Love from Notre Dame is the next Jim Brown, the greatest of them all, but let’s face it, the Cleveland offense struggles to score 17 points, so adding someone who will touch the ball 15-20 times per game is a bad thing?
A tandem of Love and Judkins would seem to work, no?
Getting a franchise left tackle would be a great get and so would a reliable wide receiver to help out Shedeur Sanders. Unfortunately, the problem is the people in charge who make the picks. Maybe GM Andrew Berry has another good draft and sets the foundation for future success.
Or maybe they dump half of this year’s picks in trade for picks in 2027 under the guise of getting their “franchise QB”. You never know with the Cleveland Browns.
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