gormenghast20'S MOCK DRAFT

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  • gormenghast20 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Browns
Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (CLE)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Quinn Ewers Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
Quinn Ewers
QB Texas
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Elijah Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (CLE)
Elijah Roberts
DE-EDGE SMU
Tai Felton Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (CLE)
Tai Felton
WR Maryland
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (CLE)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (CLE)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Tonka Hemingway Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (CLE)
Tonka Hemingway
DT South Carolina
Jasheen Davis Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (CLE)
Jasheen Davis
DL-EDGE Wake Forest
PJ Williams Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (CLE)
PJ Williams
OT SMU
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (CLE)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall B-
ValueC NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
A respectable, level-headed haul for the Browns: B-.

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Browns did exactly that with Jasheen Davis in pick 203. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

The Paul Jr. value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. Leaving cornerback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In slot 2 they get a true top target. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick33 Rnd2 Quinn Ewers
They talked themselves into Quinn Ewers at pick 33, and the board did not agree. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick67 Rnd3 Jihaad Campbell
Jihaad Campbell at No. 67 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick93 Rnd3 Elijah Roberts
Value said wait; Elijah Roberts in the 93rd overall pick says they were not listening. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick103 Rnd4 Tai Felton
They read the board right and Tai Felton was the payoff at the 103rd pick. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick167 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
They robbed the room for Oronde Gadsden II here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick178 Rnd6 Devin Neal
Taking Devin Neal in slot 178 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick191 Rnd6 Tonka Hemingway
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Tonka Hemingway well ahead of where he belonged. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick203 Rnd6 Jasheen Davis
They reached into another round for Jasheen Davis, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick214 Rnd6 PJ Williams
PJ Williams in Round 6, Pick 39 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick215 Rnd6 Chris Paul Jr.
Circle this one: Chris Paul Jr. at No. 215 is a fall that decides a draft. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.