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Cleveland Browns
Larceny in pick 193 lands the Browns a A, Alexander and all.
by CP44 ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 14 picks
· 6 steals
· 5 reaches
The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Darius Alexander, No. 193, roughly 67 picks past where he belonged.
They will need Hemingway to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend.
The tight end hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The Browns paired the rookies with proven help, Ikem Ekwonu leading the way.
Bottom line, with Emeka Egbuka leading the way, this is a class that should pay off fast and rarely be regretted.
Pick-by-Pick
In No. 22 they get a true top target at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
They took Jack Sawyer at par in slot 33, which is nothing to complain about. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Steal is underselling it; Nick Emmanwori at the 39th overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Aireontae Ersery at pick No. 54 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
They reached into another round for Jalen Milroe, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
You do not let a running back like Devin Neal reach the 121st pick and blink. They did not. The roster fit checks out.
A safety of that caliber at the Round 5 slot is the definition of value, full stop. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Mello Dotson in Round 6, Pick 3, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Darius Alexander at the 193rd overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It fills a real need, too.
Jamon Dumas-Johnson in No. 194 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
They liked Hayden Conner enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 199. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
The board fumbled Tyler Shough all the way to slot 202, and they scooped it up. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
A wild overpay on Ty Hamilton in pick 216, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Value said wait; Tonka Hemingway in the Round 6 slot says they were not listening. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.