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Hclam22 DRAFTING FOR THEBrowns
Draft Selections
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Draft Grade — Browns
Overall
A-
ValueC
NeedB+
TradesA+
FutureA
The Browns won the weekend at the trade table. Grade: A-. There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Browns started one anyway for J.J. Weaver, 198 picks ahead of schedule. Very little went wrong, and the A- is earned.
Landing Stout that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own.
Add it up and few war rooms did better this weekend, Quinn Ewers and all.
Pick Analysis
Pick33
Rnd2
Quinn Ewers
A big swing on Quinn Ewers at Round 2, Pick 1, well ahead of any board in the building. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick56
Rnd2
Emeka Egbuka
Emeka Egbuka in the Round 2 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick62
Rnd2
Kaleb Johnson
The board fumbled Kaleb Johnson all the way to the 62nd overall pick, and they scooped it up. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick67
Rnd3
Aireontae Ersery
You do not let an offensive lineman like Aireontae Ersery reach No. 67 and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick104
Rnd4
Denzel Burke
Denzel Burke at pick 104 is money in the bank, a cornerback taken below his worth. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick179
Rnd6
J.J. Weaver
J.J. Weaver at pick No. 179 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick192
Rnd6
JJ Pegues
A tidy bit of business in No. 192, where JJ Pegues graded well above the range. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick200
Rnd6
Dorian Strong
Circle this one: Dorian Strong at slot 200 is a fall that decides a draft. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick216
Rnd6
Upton Stout
Upton Stout at pick No. 216 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick254
Rnd7
Jackson Hawes
A clean, defensible pick in pick 254 with a little surplus value in Jackson Hawes. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.















