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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (CLE)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (CLE)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (CLE)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (CLE)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (CLE)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (CLE)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 6 (CLE)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
John Emery Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (CLE)
John Emery Jr.
RB LSU
Draft Picks Received
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (GB)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (GB)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Draft Picks Traded
Earnest Greene III Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (GB)
Earnest Greene III
OT Georgia
Woody Marks Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (GB)
Woody Marks
RB USC
Luke Lachey Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (GB)
Luke Lachey
TE Iowa
Gino Garcia Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (GB)
Gino Garcia
PK Texas Tech
Players traded away
Head Shot
Myles Garrett
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Draft Grade — Browns
Overall D
ValueB NeedA- TradesF FutureB-
The Browns answered their biggest question with Ward. Grade: D.

The John Emery Jr. pick is the one that will follow the Browns into the fall. They took him 169 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. The math is unkind, and the D follows.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. The whole projection now runs through Cam Ward; hit there and everything else looks smarter.

The Cornelius steal is the beam this whole class leans on. A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In the Round 1 slot they get a quarterback's worst nightmare. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick23 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In the 23rd overall pick they get their quarterback of the future, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick33 Rnd2 JT Tuimoloau
A conviction pick on JT Tuimoloau at slot 33 that the board grades a round light. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick54 Rnd2 Isaiah Bond
Isaiah Bond at pick No. 54 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick67 Rnd3 TreVeyon Henderson
TreVeyon Henderson at the 67th pick is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. It fills a real need, too.
Pick94 Rnd3 Denzel Burke
A tidy little value on Denzel Burke in Round 3, Pick 30, a step better than break-even. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick103 Rnd4 Malachi Moore
A tidy bit of business in the 103rd overall pick, where Malachi Moore graded well above the range. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick165 Rnd5 Ajani Cornelius
Ajani Cornelius in pick 165 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick217 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at slot 217 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick257 Rnd7 John Emery Jr.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, John Emery Jr. well ahead of where he belonged. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.