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    Browns
Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (CLE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Carson Schwesinger Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (CLE)
Carson Schwesinger
LB UCLA
Mason Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (CLE)
Mason Taylor
TE LSU
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (CLE)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
DJ Giddens Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (CLE)
DJ Giddens
RB Kansas State
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (CLE)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (CLE)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
John Williams Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CLE)
John Williams
OT Cincinnati
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Browns robbed the room for Rourke. Final grade: B.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Kurtis Rourke tumbling to the Browns in pick 179 is a gift they did not have to think twice about. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through edge rusher. Job largely done: quarterback settled and 6 of 9 of the wish list covered.

The back end got a real overhaul.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
They took Travis Hunter at par in slot 2, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick33 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Emeka Egbuka at the Round 2 slot. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick67 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Tate Ratledge. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick94 Rnd3 Carson Schwesinger
A tidy bit of business in the 94th pick, where Carson Schwesinger graded well above the range. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick104 Rnd4 Mason Taylor
Somehow Mason Taylor was still sitting there in the 104th overall pick, and they pounced on premier tight end value. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick179 Rnd6 Kurtis Rourke
The board fumbled Kurtis Rourke all the way to pick No. 179, and they scooped it up. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick192 Rnd6 DJ Giddens
DJ Giddens at Round 6, Pick 16 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It fills a real need, too.
Pick200 Rnd6 Jay Higgins
The board had Jay Higgins higher than No. 200, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick216 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They robbed the room for Dont'e Thornton Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick254 Rnd7 John Williams
They read the board right and John Williams was the payoff at the 254th overall pick. A need, and now a little less of one.