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    Browns
Draft Selections
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 55 RND: 2 (CLE)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Gabriel Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (CLE)
Gabriel Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
MarShawn Lloyd Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (CLE)
MarShawn Lloyd
RB USC
Javion Cohen Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (CLE)
Javion Cohen
OG Miami (FL)
Nathan Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (CLE)
Nathan Thomas
OT Louisiana
Omar Speights Head Shot
PICK: 205 RND: 6 (CLE)
Omar Speights
LB LSU
Steele Chambers Head Shot
PICK: 210 RND: 6 (CLE)
Steele Chambers
LB Ohio State
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (CLE)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Draft Picks Received
Gabriel Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (SF)
Gabriel Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
MarShawn Lloyd Head Shot
PICK: 131 RND: 4 (SF)
MarShawn Lloyd
RB USC
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (SF)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Audric Estime Head Shot
PICK: 86 RND: 3 (SF)
Audric Estime
RB Notre Dame
Players Gained
Head Shot
Danny Gray
WR
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesB FutureB-
More right than wrong for the Browns, and a B to prove it.

The Browns' one glaring miss is cornerback, a need they left exactly as they found it. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

That Tagovailoa pick is the receipt they will wave around later. They are betting Thomas proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

Small wins on the phones, but wins all the same. The roster is better shaped than it was, with quarterback chief among the fixes.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but cornerback.

Pick Analysis
Pick55 Rnd2 Ja'Lynn Polk
No drama and no debate, Ja'Lynn Polk went about where he belonged in Round 2, Pick 23. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick94 Rnd3 Gabriel Murphy
A tidy bit of business in the Round 3 slot, where Gabriel Murphy graded well above the range. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick131 Rnd4 MarShawn Lloyd
A clean, defensible pick in slot 131 with a little surplus value in MarShawn Lloyd. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick138 Rnd5 Javion Cohen
Javion Cohen at the 138th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick159 Rnd5 Nathan Thomas
Nathan Thomas at No. 159 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick205 Rnd6 Omar Speights
Omar Speights at pick 205 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick210 Rnd6 Steele Chambers
Steele Chambers at the 210th overall pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick231 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Taulia Tagovailoa at pick No. 231 is the proof. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.