BROWNS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Cleveland Browns

The Browns worked the phones like thieves and earned a B+.

by aechean · 2026 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 3 steals · 6 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades A+
Future A

Nobody else had Jalen Catalon anywhere near the 248th overall pick. The Browns did, by 48 spots, and that gap is the whole story.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. They will answer for taking linebacker early while edge rusher and tight end went begging.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. The Branch pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · Caleb Lomu · OT · rank 28
In pick 24 they get a cornerstone up front. A clean fit for the roster.
R1.29 · Pick 29 · Sonny Styles · LB · rank 21
In Round 1, Pick 29 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece, outstanding value to boot. More want than need.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Dillon Thieneman · S · rank 35
A tidy little value on Dillon Thieneman in the Round 2 slot, a step better than break-even. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R2.8 · Pick 40 · Dontay Corleone · DT · rank 67
Dontay Corleone at the 40th pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Nicholas Singleton · RB · rank 108
Nicholas Singleton at pick No. 70 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. It fills a real need, too.
R3.10 · Pick 74 · Zachariah Branch · WR · rank 60
A tidy bit of business in the 74th overall pick, where Zachariah Branch graded well above the range. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.7 · Pick 107 · Harold Perkins Jr. · LB · rank 133
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending the 107th overall pick on Harold Perkins Jr. with edge rusher and tight end unsolved.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Drew Allar · QB · rank 157
A wild overpay on Drew Allar in slot 112, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.6 · Pick 146 · Kaleb Proctor · DL · rank 135
Value with a capital V on Kaleb Proctor in the Round 5 slot, a genuine coup. The roster fit checks out.
R5.8 · Pick 148 · Dametrious Crownover · OT · rank 144
A clean, defensible pick in the 148th pick with a little surplus value in Dametrious Crownover. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.9 · Pick 149 · Jaeden Roberts · OG · rank 150
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jaeden Roberts. A need, and now a little less of one.
R6.25 · Pick 206 · Jadon Canady · CB · rank 214
A reach for Jadon Canady in pick No. 206; a little patience would have been rewarded. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.32 · Pick 248 · Jalen Catalon · S · rank 296
Value said wait; Jalen Catalon in pick 248 says they were not listening. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
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