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Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (CLE)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (CLE)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (CLE)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (CLE)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Jack Bech Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (CLE)
Jack Bech
WR TCU
Daylen Everette Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (CLE)
Daylen Everette
CB Georgia
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 183 RND: 6 (CLE)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (CLE)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Joshua Gray Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (CLE)
Joshua Gray
OG Oregon State
Nick Nash Head Shot
PICK: 213 RND: 6 (CLE)
Nick Nash
QB San Jose State
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 7 (CLE)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Browns found their guy under center in Ward: B.

The Browns did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Devin Neal fell into slot 215. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

The Griffith pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. So much rides on Cam Ward that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him.

The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In No. 7 they get their guy under center for the next decade at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick38 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
Omarion Hampton at the 38th pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick69 Rnd3 Derrick Harmon
They barely believed it either: Derrick Harmon still on the board at slot 69. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick93 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson in the Round 3 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick105 Rnd4 Jack Bech
Jack Bech slipping to Round 4, Pick 4 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick166 Rnd5 Daylen Everette
They robbed the room for Daylen Everette here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick183 Rnd6 Chris Paul Jr.
A linebacker of that caliber at pick 183 is the definition of value, full stop. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick187 Rnd6 Thor Griffith
Thor Griffith at pick No. 187 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick204 Rnd6 Joshua Gray
The board fumbled Joshua Gray all the way to the 204th overall pick, and they scooped it up. The roster fit checks out.
Pick213 Rnd6 Nick Nash
Nick Nash in No. 213 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick215 Rnd7 Devin Neal
Devin Neal in Round 7, Pick 1 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.