BROWNS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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2026 03 29 boring B-

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Cleveland Browns

Good, not great, for the Browns: B-.

by JMZajc65 · 2026 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 4 steals · 5 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades C
Future 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 Roman Hemby in slot 248. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

Landing Bisontis that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.12 · Pick 12 · Carnell Tate · WR · rank 12
A straight-up fair deal on Carnell Tate at pick No. 12, value and slot in agreement. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R1.28 · Pick 28 · Olaivavega Ioane · OG · rank 22
In No. 28 they get a cornerstone up front at fair value.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Brandon Cisse · CB · rank 36
They did well to land Brandon Cisse in pick 39, just ahead of his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Germie Bernard · WR · rank 58
Value with a capital V on Germie Bernard in Round 3, Pick 6, a genuine coup. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R3.25 · Pick 89 · Jake Golday · OLB · rank 59
Jake Golday in the Round 3 slot should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.28 · Pick 92 · Markel Bell · OT · rank 112
They left a pile of value on the table to take Markel Bell this early at the 92nd overall pick. It fills a real need, too.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Will Lee III · CB · rank 124
Will Lee III in No. 106 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R4.7 · Pick 107 · Chase Bisontis · OG · rank 70
They robbed the room for Chase Bisontis here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.6 · Pick 146 · DeMonte Capehart · DT · rank 137
DeMonte Capehart at pick No. 146 is money in the bank, a interior defensive lineman taken below his worth. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.9 · Pick 149 · Kage Casey · OT · rank 159
They went early on Kage Casey in Round 5, Pick 9, and the value did not follow. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R6.25 · Pick 206 · Jaren Kanak · TE · rank 225
Jaren Kanak at the 206th pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R7.32 · Pick 248 · Roman Hemby · RB · rank 353
Roman Hemby at the 248th overall pick is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
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