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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (CLE)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Jaxson Dart Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
Jaxson Dart
QB Ole Miss
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (CLE)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (CLE)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (CLE)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (CLE)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (CLE)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Seth McLaughlin Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (CLE)
Seth McLaughlin
C Ohio State
Luke Lachey Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (CLE)
Luke Lachey
TE Iowa
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 6 (CLE)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Kobe Hudson Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (CLE)
Kobe Hudson
WR UCF
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Browns cashed the board's mistake on Hudson: B.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Browns were there to profit. Kobe Hudson, the No. 206 name on the board, should have been long gone before the 257th overall pick. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

They are betting McLaughlin proves the room right and everyone else wrong. Leaving interior defensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

They went 8 of 9 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In pick 2 they get a bendy edge with upside. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick33 Rnd2 Jaxson Dart
They reached into another round for Jaxson Dart, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick67 Rnd3 Quinshon Judkins
Quinshon Judkins at the 67th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick94 Rnd3 Tez Johnson
Tez Johnson in slot 94 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick103 Rnd4 Malachi Moore
They let Malachi Moore come to them and pounced at the 103rd pick. The roster fit checks out.
Pick165 Rnd5 Cody Simon
They robbed the room for Cody Simon here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick181 Rnd6 Ollie Gordon II
Ollie Gordon II in Round 6, Pick 3 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It fills a real need, too.
Pick194 Rnd6 Cobee Bryant
A quiet steal in pick No. 194: Cobee Bryant for less than the market said. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick202 Rnd6 Seth McLaughlin
A big swing on Seth McLaughlin at pick 202, well ahead of any board in the building. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick216 Rnd6 Luke Lachey
Luke Lachey in the 216th overall pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick217 Rnd6 Jack Kiser
Jack Kiser slipping to No. 217 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick257 Rnd7 Kobe Hudson
Kobe Hudson in slot 257 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.