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Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (CLE)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (CLE)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (CLE)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Browns did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B-.

You can draft well and still miss the point. The Browns did plenty of tidy work and somehow never got around to quarterback, which was the need that mattered most. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

On the needs board they went 2 of 9, with cornerback the one that mattered most. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick54 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
A straight-up fair deal on Payton Wilson at pick No. 54, value and slot in agreement. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick85 Rnd3 DJ James
DJ James at the Round 3 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick156 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
They paid sticker price for Kitan Oladapo in No. 156, and that is fine. The roster fit checks out.