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  • jacks04 DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (CLE)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Cameron Williams Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
Cameron Williams
OT Texas
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (CLE)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Oluwafemi Oladejo Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (CLE)
Oluwafemi Oladejo
LB-EDGE UCLA
Quincy Riley Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (CLE)
Quincy Riley
CB Louisville
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (CLE)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
KeAndre Lambert-Smith Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (CLE)
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
WR Auburn
Ethan Downs Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (CLE)
Ethan Downs
DE-EDGE Oklahoma
Collin Oliver Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (CLE)
Collin Oliver
LB-EDGE Oklahoma State
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Browns: B-.

The Browns did not so much draft Ethan Downs as overpay for him, 69 picks clear of his grade. It sets an uneasy tone for the weekend. They moved the roster forward and banked a B- for it.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. On the needs board they went 6 of 9, with edge rusher the one that mattered most.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In No. 2 they get juice off the edge. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick33 Rnd2 JT Tuimoloau
JT Tuimoloau at Round 2, Pick 1 is a clear overpay, with better names still on the board. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick67 Rnd3 Cameron Williams
By-the-book stuff, Cameron Williams at the Round 3 slot squarely in line with his ranking. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick94 Rnd3 Darius Alexander
They paid sticker price for Darius Alexander in slot 94, and that is fine. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick104 Rnd4 Oluwafemi Oladejo
This one needs a full-page explanation: Oluwafemi Oladejo in pick No. 104, miles early. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick179 Rnd6 Quincy Riley
No drama and no debate, Quincy Riley went about where he belonged in the 179th pick. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick192 Rnd6 Donovan Edwards
They paid a round early for Donovan Edwards in the 192nd pick, more than the board wanted. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick200 Rnd6 KeAndre Lambert-Smith
KeAndre Lambert-Smith in the 200th overall pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick216 Rnd6 Ethan Downs
They talked themselves into Ethan Downs at pick No. 216, and the board did not agree. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick255 Rnd7 Collin Oliver
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Collin Oliver. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.