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  • jacks04 DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (CLE)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Grey Zabel Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
Grey Zabel
OT North Dakota State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (CLE)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (CLE)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (CLE)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (CLE)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (CLE)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (CLE)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (CLE)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (CLE)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Stone Handy Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (CLE)
Stone Handy
LB-EDGE Charlotte
Draft Picks Received
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (LV)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (LV)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Players traded away
Head Shot
Jedrick Wills Jr.
OT
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall C+
ValueB NeedA- TradesF FutureB-
A passer of the future in Ward, and a C+, for the Browns.

The Browns treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the 255th overall pick on Stone Handy a full 102 spots early.

The Jones Jr. pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. Cam Ward is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere.

They will regret leaving safety for another day if the season turns on it.

It nets out as a middle-of-the-pack haul that neither helps nor hurts much.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In the 2nd overall pick they get a franchise quarterback at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick33 Rnd2 Grey Zabel
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Grey Zabel. It fills a real need, too.
Pick67 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins at Round 3, Pick 3 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick94 Rnd3 Mason Taylor
Value with a capital V on Mason Taylor in the Round 3 slot, a genuine coup. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick104 Rnd4 Quinshon Judkins
Quinshon Judkins in No. 104 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The roster fit checks out.
Pick108 Rnd4 Darien Porter
Steal is underselling it; Darien Porter at pick 108 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick143 Rnd5 Jordan Phillips
A top-tier interior defensive lineman at a bargain, Jordan Phillips in the 143rd pick, plain and simple. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick179 Rnd6 Cody Simon
Somehow Cody Simon was still sitting there in the Round 6 slot, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick192 Rnd6 CJ West
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing CJ West in Round 6, Pick 16. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick200 Rnd6 Emery Jones Jr.
Emery Jones Jr. at slot 200 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick216 Rnd6 Logan Brown
They will replay Logan Brown at No. 216 for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick255 Rnd7 Stone Handy
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Stone Handy. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.