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Draft Selections
Shedeur Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (CLE)
Shedeur Sanders
QB Colorado
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (CLE)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Lathan Ransom Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (CLE)
Lathan Ransom
S Ohio State
Damien Martinez Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (CLE)
Damien Martinez
RB Miami
Jalen Rivers Head Shot
PICK: 192 RND: 6 (CLE)
Jalen Rivers
OT Miami
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (CLE)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Isaac TeSlaa Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (CLE)
Isaac TeSlaa
WR Arkansas
Caden Prieskorn Head Shot
PICK: 255 RND: 7 (CLE)
Caden Prieskorn
TE Ole Miss
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
The Browns answered their biggest question with Sanders. Grade: B.

Somewhere a scout is still blinking. The Browns spent pick 255 on Caden Prieskorn, a name the board had a full 114 spots lower. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

So much rides on Shedeur Sanders that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. Rivers falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the edge rusher spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Shedeur Sanders
In No. 2 they get their guy under center for the next decade. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick33 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
Tyler Warren at pick No. 33 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick67 Rnd3 Tre Harris
Nothing to complain about; Tre Harris went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick94 Rnd3 Cam Skattebo
A clean, defensible pick in slot 94 with a little surplus value in Cam Skattebo. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick104 Rnd4 Lathan Ransom
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Lathan Ransom. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick179 Rnd6 Damien Martinez
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Damien Martinez in pick 179, plain and simple. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick192 Rnd6 Jalen Rivers
They robbed the room for Jalen Rivers here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick200 Rnd6 CJ West
Nice patience on CJ West, who had no business lasting to No. 200. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick216 Rnd6 Isaac TeSlaa
Isaac TeSlaa in the Round 6 slot is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick255 Rnd7 Caden Prieskorn
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Caden Prieskorn well ahead of where he belonged. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.