DawGzzOnlyy'S MOCK DRAFT

CLE Post Day 1 FA

  • DawGzzOnlyy DRAFTING FOR THE
    Browns
Draft Selections
Ruke Orhorhoro Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (CLE)
Ruke Orhorhoro
DT Clemson
Blake Corum Head Shot
PICK: 85 RND: 3 (CLE)
Blake Corum
RB Michigan
Trevin Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (CLE)
Trevin Wallace
LB Kentucky
Daequan Hardy Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (CLE)
Daequan Hardy
CB Penn State
Bub Means Head Shot
PICK: 243 RND: 7 (CLE)
Bub Means
WR Pittsburgh
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Browns.

The Browns treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending Round 5, Pick 19 on Trevin Wallace a full 81 spots early.

That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Hardy. On the needs board they went 4 of 9, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick54 Rnd2 Ruke Orhorhoro
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Ruke Orhorhoro. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick85 Rnd3 Blake Corum
No edge and no loss on Blake Corum in pick 85; it is a wash and a sensible one. The roster fit checks out.
Pick155 Rnd5 Trevin Wallace
A wild overpay on Trevin Wallace in pick No. 155, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick205 Rnd6 Daequan Hardy
The board had Daequan Hardy higher than Round 6, Pick 30, and the cornerback fell to them anyway. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick243 Rnd7 Bub Means
Bub Means at No. 243 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.