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Cleveland Browns

A masterclass at the trade table lands the Browns a B.

by Buckwheat · 2026 NFL Draft · 16 picks · 2 steals · 10 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades A+
Future B-

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Browns shredded theirs for Adam Randall. He came off 54 spots early, and the room will hear about it. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. The safety spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Lane falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

The Browns clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.

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

Pick-by-Pick

R1.9 · Pick 9 · Kadyn Proctor · OT · rank 14
In No. 9 they get an anchor for the offensive line. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.25 · Pick 57 · Josiah Trotter · LB · rank 57
No drama and no debate, Josiah Trotter went about where he belonged in the 57th pick. It adds depth where they could use a little.
R2.27 · Pick 59 · Christen Miller · DL · rank 56
Christen Miller in slot 59 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It fills a real need, too.
R3.6 · Pick 70 · Dani Dennis-Sutton · DE-EDGE · rank 83
Dani Dennis-Sutton at the Round 3 slot is a conviction pick that outran the value. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R3.24 · Pick 88 · Brenen Thompson · WR · rank 94
No edge and no loss on Brenen Thompson in pick No. 88; it is a wash and a sensible one. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R3.25 · Pick 89 · Jalon Kilgore · CB · rank 100
Jalon Kilgore at Round 3, Pick 25 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
R3.27 · Pick 91 · Jalen Farmer · OG · rank 106
They paid a round early for Jalen Farmer in the 91st overall pick, more than the board wanted. The roster fit checks out.
R4.5 · Pick 105 · Davison Igbinosun · CB · rank 113
Davison Igbinosun in No. 105 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R4.7 · Pick 107 · Parker Brailsford · C · rank 129
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Parker Brailsford. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
R4.9 · Pick 109 · Ja'Kobi Lane · WR · rank 98
The board had Ja'Kobi Lane higher than slot 109, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R4.26 · Pick 126 · Jaeden Roberts · OG · rank 149
A wild overpay on Jaeden Roberts in the Round 4 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R5.6 · Pick 146 · Dae'Quan Wright · TE · rank 179
Dae'Quan Wright in pick No. 146 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
R5.9 · Pick 149 · Taylen Green · QB · rank 186
Value said wait; Taylen Green in Round 5, Pick 9 says they were not listening. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R6.7 · Pick 188 · Zane Durant · DT · rank 177
Zane Durant in the 188th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R6.25 · Pick 206 · Riley Nowakowski · TE · rank 214
They paid up for Riley Nowakowski at No. 206 when waiting would have done the job. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R7.4 · Pick 220 · Adam Randall · RB · rank 274
They talked themselves into Adam Randall at pick No. 220, and the board did not agree. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
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