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Draft Selections
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (CLE)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (CLE)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Armand Membou Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (CLE)
Armand Membou
OT Missouri
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (CLE)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (CLE)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (CLE)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Elijah Arroyo Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (CLE)
Elijah Arroyo
TE Miami
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (CLE)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
A passer of the future in Ward, and a B, for the Browns.

You could see the war room lean forward. Jahdae Barron at Round 7, Pick 39 is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

Whatever Cam Ward becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through wide receiver. Job largely done: quarterback settled and 8 of 9 of the wish list covered.

The offense got the lion's share of the attention.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In slot 2 they get a franchise quarterback. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick33 Rnd2 Abdul Carter
You do not let an edge rusher like Abdul Carter reach the Round 2 slot and blink. They did not. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick67 Rnd3 Travis Hunter
Travis Hunter at the Round 3 slot is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick94 Rnd3 Ashton Jeanty
They will replay Ashton Jeanty at Round 3, Pick 30 for years; that is how good the value is. The roster fit checks out.
Pick104 Rnd4 Armand Membou
Armand Membou in No. 104 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick179 Rnd6 Walter Nolen
Somehow Walter Nolen was still sitting there in pick 179, and they pounced on premier interior defensive lineman value. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick192 Rnd6 Nick Emmanwori
A safety of that caliber at slot 192 is the definition of value, full stop. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick200 Rnd6 Demetrius Knight Jr.
Demetrius Knight Jr. at the 200th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick216 Rnd6 Elijah Arroyo
Circle this one: Elijah Arroyo at pick No. 216 is a fall that decides a draft. It fills a real need, too.
Pick255 Rnd7 Jahdae Barron
Jahdae Barron in the 255th pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.