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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (CLE)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (CLE)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (CLE)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (CLE)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (CLE)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (CLE)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Earnest Greene III Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (CLE)
Earnest Greene III
OT Georgia
Jaishawn Barham Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (CLE)
Jaishawn Barham
LB Michigan
J.J. Weaver Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (CLE)
J.J. Weaver
LB-EDGE Kentucky
KeAndre Lambert-Smith Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 6 (CLE)
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
WR Auburn
Shilo Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (CLE)
Shilo Sanders
S Colorado
Draft Picks Received
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LV)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Tyler Booker Head Shot
PICK: 37 RND: 2 (LV)
Tyler Booker
OG Alabama
Draft Picks Traded
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (LV)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall C+
ValueB- NeedB TradesD FutureB-
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Browns to a C+.

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 J.J. Weaver in pick 216.

That is an offensive lineman worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In pick 6 they get a three-down runner. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick33 Rnd2 Derrick Harmon
Derrick Harmon at the Round 2 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick37 Rnd2 Tyler Booker
Tyler Booker at slot 37 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick67 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson in No. 67 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick94 Rnd3 Denzel Burke
They did well to land Denzel Burke in Round 3, Pick 30, just ahead of his grade. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick103 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
The board had Tez Johnson higher than the 103rd pick, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick165 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
This one needs a full-page explanation: Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the 165th overall pick, miles early. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick181 Rnd6 Cobee Bryant
Cobee Bryant at pick 181 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick194 Rnd6 Earnest Greene III
They will replay Earnest Greene III at pick No. 194 for years; that is how good the value is. The roster fit checks out.
Pick202 Rnd6 Jaishawn Barham
They reached a country mile for Jaishawn Barham at Round 6, Pick 24, and the board is aghast. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick216 Rnd6 J.J. Weaver
J.J. Weaver at the 216th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick217 Rnd6 KeAndre Lambert-Smith
KeAndre Lambert-Smith in the Round 6 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick257 Rnd7 Shilo Sanders
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Shilo Sanders. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.