Darnell88'S MOCK DRAFT

First Mock

  • Darnell88 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Browns
Draft Selections
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (CLE)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Jaxson Dart Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
Jaxson Dart
QB Ole Miss
Gunnar Helm Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (CLE)
Gunnar Helm
TE Texas
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Browns: B-.

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Browns started one anyway for Jaxson Dart, 75 picks ahead of schedule. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

The Helm value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. That edge rusher hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Job largely done: quarterback settled and 4 of 9 of the wish list covered. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Kelvin Banks Jr.
In pick No. 2 they get a blindside protector. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick33 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
Omarion Hampton slid further than he should have, and No. 33 is lovely value for the running back. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick67 Rnd3 Jaxson Dart
A big swing on Jaxson Dart at Round 3, Pick 3, well ahead of any board in the building. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick93 Rnd3 Gunnar Helm
Steal is underselling it; Gunnar Helm at the 93rd pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.