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  • A Yank on the Footy DRAFTING FOR THE
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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (CLE)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Jaxson Dart Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (CLE)
Jaxson Dart
QB Ole Miss
Trey Amos Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
Trey Amos
CB Ole Miss
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (CLE)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (CLE)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Sebastian Castro Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (CLE)
Sebastian Castro
S Iowa
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (CLE)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (CLE)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (CLE)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
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
Jamon Dumas-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (CLE)
Jamon Dumas-Johnson
LB Kentucky
Trevor Etienne Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (CLE)
Trevor Etienne
RB Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NYG)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Jaxson Dart Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NYG)
Jaxson Dart
QB Ole Miss
Sebastian Castro Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NYG)
Sebastian Castro
S Iowa
Jamon Dumas-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (NYG)
Jamon Dumas-Johnson
LB Kentucky
Draft Picks Traded
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (NYG)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Kyren Lacy Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (NYG)
Kyren Lacy
WR LSU
Players traded away
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Greg Newsome II
CB
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Juan Thornhill
S
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Rodney McLeod
S
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall D
ValueB NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
The Browns let Jones Jr. fall into their laps, and walked away with a D.

Somebody took the Browns to the cleaners. The deals they made bled real value, and the whole class wears it.

They will need Dart to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. The Jones Jr. pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. The interior defensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and interior defensive lineman is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
Abdul Carter in the 3rd pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick33 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
They did well to land Omarion Hampton in slot 33, just ahead of his grade. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick34 Rnd2 Jaxson Dart
A big swing on Jaxson Dart at Round 2, Pick 2, well ahead of any board in the building. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick67 Rnd3 Trey Amos
Trey Amos slipping to No. 67 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick94 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
The board had Donovan Jackson higher than pick No. 94, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. It fills a real need, too.
Pick103 Rnd4 Tez Johnson
A tidy bit of business in the Round 4 slot, where Tez Johnson graded well above the range. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick104 Rnd4 Sebastian Castro
Sebastian Castro slid further than he should have, and slot 104 is lovely value for the safety. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick181 Rnd6 Emery Jones Jr.
They barely believed it either: Emery Jones Jr. still on the board at pick 181. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick194 Rnd6 Kurtis Rourke
Kurtis Rourke at Round 6, Pick 16 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick202 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. is a better player than the 202nd pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick216 Rnd6 Luke Lachey
Luke Lachey at No. 216 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick217 Rnd6 Jack Kiser
They let Jack Kiser come to them and pounced at the Round 6 slot. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick221 Rnd7 Jamon Dumas-Johnson
Jamon Dumas-Johnson at the 221st overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick257 Rnd7 Trevor Etienne
Steal is underselling it; Trevor Etienne at pick No. 257 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.