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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (CLE)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jalen Milroe Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
Jalen Milroe
QB Alabama
Ashton Gillotte Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
Ashton Gillotte
DE-EDGE Louisville
Andrew Mukuba Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (CLE)
Andrew Mukuba
S Texas
Kaimon Rucker Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (CLE)
Kaimon Rucker
DE-EDGE North Carolina
Fadil Diggs Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (CLE)
Fadil Diggs
DL-EDGE Syracuse
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (CLE)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (CLE)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Browns.

The Browns treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the Round 5 slot on Fadil Diggs a full 66 spots early. No fireworks, but a solid B-.

Getting Thornton Jr. where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. The cornerback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The roster is better shaped than it was, with quarterback chief among the fixes.

The skill positions did well by the weekend.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In the Round 1 slot they get a centerpiece for the ground game. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick33 Rnd2 Jalen Milroe
This one needs a full-page explanation: Jalen Milroe in pick 33, miles early. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick67 Rnd3 Ashton Gillotte
They reached a country mile for Ashton Gillotte at the 67th pick, and the board is aghast. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick94 Rnd3 Andrew Mukuba
Andrew Mukuba in the 94th overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick103 Rnd4 Kaimon Rucker
Kaimon Rucker in No. 103 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick165 Rnd5 Fadil Diggs
A wild overpay on Fadil Diggs in pick No. 165, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick181 Rnd6 JJ Pegues
JJ Pegues at pick No. 181 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick194 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at the 194th overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.