BROWNS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

Mock 3-27-26 ( All Positions) B-

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Cleveland Browns

The Browns kept it disciplined and banked a B-.

by Brownsfan8909 · 2026 NFL Draft · 9 picks · 1 steals · 6 reaches
Value C
Need B
Trades B-
Future B-

The Browns bet big and early on Eric McAlister, 44 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.

That Lew pick is the receipt they will wave around later. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes. The skill positions did well by the weekend.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.6 · Pick 6 · Kenyon Sadiq · TE · rank 19
In pick 6 they get a red-zone target to build around, reach and all.
R1.24 · Pick 24 · Caleb Lomu · OT · rank 28
In slot 24 they get protection for the quarterback at fair value. A real need, handled.
R2.7 · Pick 39 · Emmanuel Pregnon · OG · rank 39
No drama and no debate, Emmanuel Pregnon went about where he belonged in the 39th pick. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Ted Hurst · WR · rank 86
Ted Hurst in the Round 3 slot is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.7 · Pick 107 · Connor Lew · C · rank 82
They robbed the room for Connor Lew here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R5.6 · Pick 146 · Jeff Caldwell · WR · rank 186
A wild overpay on Jeff Caldwell in the 146th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.9 · Pick 149 · Eric McAlister · WR · rank 193
Value said wait; Eric McAlister in Round 5, Pick 9 says they were not listening. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R6.25 · Pick 206 · Thaddeus Dixon · CB · rank 215
Thaddeus Dixon at pick 206 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.32 · Pick 248 · Brett Norfleet · TE · rank 273
Brett Norfleet at pick No. 248 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.