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    Browns
Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (CLE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (CLE)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Junior Colson Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (CLE)
Junior Colson
LB Michigan
Ricky Pearsall Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (CLE)
Ricky Pearsall
WR Florida
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (CLE)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Blake Corum Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (CLE)
Blake Corum
RB Michigan
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (CLE)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Tyrone Tracy Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 135 RND: 4 (CLE)
Tyrone Tracy Jr.
WR Purdue
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (CLE)
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S Texas Tech
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (CLE)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
Curtis Jacobs Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (CLE)
Curtis Jacobs
LB Penn State
Nathan Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 208 RND: 6 (CLE)
Nathan Thomas
OT Louisiana
Keaton Bills Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (CLE)
Keaton Bills
OG Utah
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 8 RND: 1 (ATL)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Chop Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Chop Robinson
DE-EDGE Penn State
Ricky Pearsall Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Ricky Pearsall
WR Florida
Blake Fisher Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (ATL)
Blake Fisher
OT Notre Dame
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 110 RND: 4 (ATL)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson Head Shot
PICK: 137 RND: 5 (ARI)
Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
S Texas Tech
Players traded away
Head Shot
Deshaun Watson
QB
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall D
ValueB NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
The Browns found their guy under center in Maye: D.

Every swap seemed to tilt away from the Browns, and the value they bled adds up to real damage. It grades a D, and the process earned it.

So much rides on Drake Maye that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Tracy Jr..

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and tight end is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick8 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In the 8th overall pick they get their guy under center for the next decade. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick27 Rnd1 Chop Robinson
In pick No. 27 they get a problem off the edge at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick54 Rnd2 Junior Colson
Fair-plus on Junior Colson, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick66 Rnd3 Ricky Pearsall
Nothing to complain about; Ricky Pearsall went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick74 Rnd3 Blake Fisher
Blake Fisher at the 74th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It fills a real need, too.
Pick85 Rnd3 Blake Corum
Blake Corum in slot 85 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick110 Rnd4 Mekhi Wingo
They paid sticker price for Mekhi Wingo in the Round 4 slot, and that is fine. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick135 Rnd4 Tyrone Tracy Jr.
Tyrone Tracy Jr. at pick 135 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick137 Rnd5 Dadrion Taylor-Demerson
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Dadrion Taylor-Demerson at the 137th overall pick. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick155 Rnd5 Jarrian Jones
Jarrian Jones at the Round 5 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick205 Rnd6 Curtis Jacobs
A slide stopped in Round 6, Pick 30, with Curtis Jacobs worth more than the price. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick208 Rnd6 Nathan Thomas
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Nathan Thomas. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick228 Rnd7 Keaton Bills
Keaton Bills in No. 228 is fair value, right on his grade. The roster fit checks out.