BROWNS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Wetjen should have been long gone. The Browns pounced, and earned a B.

by CB2SB · 2026 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 7 steals · 0 reaches
Value B
Need B-
Trades D+
Future A

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Kaden Wetjen, slot 248, roughly 31 picks past where he belonged.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. The dealing tilted against them, just enough to notice.

It is a bet on later, and a defensible one for a team playing the long game. The roster is better shaped than it was, with quarterback chief among the fixes.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · Arvell Reese · LB · rank 7
A tidy bit of business in the Round 1 slot, where Arvell Reese graded well above the range. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
R1.28 · Pick 28 · Olaivavega Ioane · OG · rank 22
In Round 1, Pick 28 they get protection for the quarterback. A real need, handled.
R2.6 · Pick 38 · Chris Bell · WR · rank 40
They took Chris Bell at par in the 38th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Blake Miller · OT · rank 45
No drama and no debate, Blake Miller went about where he belonged in No. 39. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Jake Slaughter · C · rank 55
Jake Slaughter at pick No. 70 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R4.6 · Pick 106 · Ted Hurst · WR · rank 86
The board fumbled Ted Hurst all the way to the 106th pick, and they scooped it up. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.7 · Pick 107 · Bryce Lance · WR · rank 92
Bryce Lance slipping to pick 107 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R5.1 · Pick 141 · Oscar Delp · TE · rank 131
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Oscar Delp in slot 141. The roster fit checks out.
R5.6 · Pick 146 · Dametrious Crownover · OT · rank 143
They did well to land Dametrious Crownover in slot 146, just ahead of his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
R5.9 · Pick 149 · Kaytron Allen · RB · rank 146
Nothing to complain about; Kaytron Allen went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R6.25 · Pick 206 · Cole Payton · QB · rank 193
A quiet steal in Round 6, Pick 25: Cole Payton for less than the market said. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R7.32 · Pick 248 · Kaden Wetjen · WR · rank 217
A top-tier wide receiver at a bargain, Kaden Wetjen in No. 248, plain and simple. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
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