B
Cleveland Browns
The Browns checked most of the boxes and earned a B.
by Warren1 ·
2026 NFL Draft
· 12 picks
· 3 steals
· 7 reaches
Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Kamran James at pick No. 248 is 99 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline.
The Everette pick is the one they will point to when this weekend is judged. The tight end hole is the one line item this class does not answer.
Good work on the whole, with tight end the one box left unchecked.
Pick-by-Pick
In the 6th overall pick they get an anchor for the offensive line, though the board says they badly overpaid. A clean fit for the roster.
In the Round 1 slot they get a building block for the line. A real need, handled.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Dillon Thieneman in Round 2, Pick 7. It fills a real need, too.
A slide stopped in No. 92, with Skyler Bell worth more than the price. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Steal is underselling it; Daylen Everette at the 107th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Gracen Halton at pick 112 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Bryce Lance in Round 5, Pick 1 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They reached into another round for Taylen Green, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Red Murdock at the Round 5 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Ephesians Prysock this early at the 152nd pick. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Value said wait; Adam Randall in slot 206 says they were not listening. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Kamran James at pick No. 248 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
