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Draft Selections
Yhonzae Pierre Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (CLE)
Yhonzae Pierre
LB-EDGE Alabama
Boubacar Traore Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (CLE)
Boubacar Traore
DL-EDGE Notre Dame
Solomon Tuliaupupu Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CLE)
Solomon Tuliaupupu
DE-EDGE Montana
Jayden Maiava Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (CLE)
Jayden Maiava
QB USC
Adon Shuler Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (CLE)
Adon Shuler
S Notre Dame
Eric Singleton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 5 (CLE)
Eric Singleton Jr.
WR Florida
Jayden Bellamy Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (CLE)
Jayden Bellamy
CB UCF
Benjamin Brahmer Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (CLE)
Benjamin Brahmer
TE Penn State
Gunner Stockton Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (CLE)
Gunner Stockton
QB Georgia
Kyle Altuner Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (CLE)
Kyle Altuner
C Virginia Tech
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall C+
ValueD NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Browns landed square in the muddy middle: C+.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Yhonzae Pierre at pick 6 is 40 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. It lands right in the middle: a C+, no more, no less.

That interior defensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Quarterback is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Hit on Yhonzae Pierre and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Yhonzae Pierre
In the 6th overall pick they get a double-digit-sack hope, a steep price for the projection. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick24 Rnd1 Boubacar Traore
In the 24th pick they get a bendy edge with upside, though the board says they badly overpaid. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick39 Rnd2 Solomon Tuliaupupu
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Solomon Tuliaupupu well ahead of where he belonged. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick70 Rnd3 Jayden Maiava
Jayden Maiava at pick No. 70 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick107 Rnd4 Adon Shuler
Adon Shuler in the Round 4 slot is fair value, right on his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick139 Rnd5 Eric Singleton Jr.
A wild overpay on Eric Singleton Jr. in No. 139, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick144 Rnd5 Jayden Bellamy
A straight-up fair deal on Jayden Bellamy at pick 144, value and slot in agreement. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick147 Rnd5 Benjamin Brahmer
They reached into another round for Benjamin Brahmer, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick204 Rnd6 Gunner Stockton
A clean, defensible pick in the 204th pick with a little surplus value in Gunner Stockton. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick248 Rnd7 Kyle Altuner
No drama and no debate, Kyle Altuner went about where he belonged in No. 248. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.