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Draft Selections
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (CLE)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CLE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (CLE)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (CLE)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Harold Fannin Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CLE)
Harold Fannin Jr.
TE Bowling Green
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (CLE)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 203 RND: 6 (CLE)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (CLE)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Deontae Lawson Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (CLE)
Deontae Lawson
LB Alabama
Kyle McCord Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (CLE)
Kyle McCord
QB Syracuse
Draft Picks Received
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 9 RND: 1 (NO)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Harold Fannin Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (PIT)
Harold Fannin Jr.
TE Bowling Green
Kyle McCord Head Shot
PICK: 223 RND: 7 (PIT)
Kyle McCord
QB Syracuse
Draft Picks Traded
JT Tuimoloau Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (NE)
JT Tuimoloau
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (PIT)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Kobe King Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (PIT)
Kobe King
LB Penn State
Players traded away
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Elijah Moore
WR
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Jedrick Wills Jr.
OT
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall C-
ValueA NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
The Browns bet the future on Ward. The board says C-.

Thirty-one other rooms let Dylan Fairchild slide, and the Browns were the ones holding the card at the Round 6 slot. Highway robbery.

They have staked the next five years on Cam Ward, which is the only story that really matters here. They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

Call it incomplete, and check back in a couple of seasons.

Pick Analysis
Pick9 Rnd1 Cam Ward
In slot 9 they get a long-term answer under center at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick17 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In the 17th overall pick they get an island corner at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick33 Rnd2 Ashton Jeanty
A top-tier running back at a bargain, Ashton Jeanty in the Round 2 slot, plain and simple. The roster fit checks out.
Pick67 Rnd3 Wyatt Milum
Wyatt Milum in Round 3, Pick 3 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It fills a real need, too.
Pick93 Rnd3 Jahdae Barron
A cornerback of that caliber at the 93rd overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick103 Rnd4 Tre Harris
You do not let a wide receiver like Tre Harris reach the 103rd pick and blink. They did not. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick154 Rnd5 Harold Fannin Jr.
They barely believed it either: Harold Fannin Jr. still on the board at pick 154. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick178 Rnd6 Xavier Restrepo
Xavier Restrepo at pick No. 178 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick203 Rnd6 Dylan Fairchild
They will replay Dylan Fairchild at No. 203 for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick214 Rnd6 Malachi Moore
They robbed the room for Malachi Moore here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick215 Rnd6 Deontae Lawson
Deontae Lawson in No. 215 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick223 Rnd7 Kyle McCord
The board fumbled Kyle McCord all the way to the 223rd pick, and they scooped it up. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.