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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
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 67 RND: 3 (CLE)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (CLE)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (CLE)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (CLE)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Lathan Ransom Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (CLE)
Lathan Ransom
S Ohio State
Jeffrey Bassa Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (CLE)
Jeffrey Bassa
LB Oregon
Robert Spears-Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 202 RND: 6 (CLE)
Robert Spears-Jennings
S Oklahoma
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (CLE)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Ryan Fitzgerald Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 6 (CLE)
Ryan Fitzgerald
PK Florida State
Trevor Etienne Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (CLE)
Trevor Etienne
RB Georgia
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Browns finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Cam Skattebo, pick No. 216, roughly 111 picks past where he belonged. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

Whatever Shedeur Sanders becomes, the front office has tied its fortunes to the answer. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The cost of the Ratledge reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

Quarterback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Shedeur Sanders
In the Round 1 slot they get a franchise quarterback. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick33 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
Tyler Warren at No. 33 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick67 Rnd3 Tate Ratledge
They liked Tate Ratledge enough to skip the value, taking him in the Round 3 slot. It fills a real need, too.
Pick94 Rnd3 Omarion Hampton
Steal is underselling it; Omarion Hampton at pick 94 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick103 Rnd4 Savion Williams
Fair-plus on Savion Williams, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick165 Rnd5 Jared Wilson
Taking Jared Wilson in the 165th pick is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick181 Rnd6 Lathan Ransom
Somehow Lathan Ransom was still sitting there in Round 6, Pick 3, and they pounced on premier safety value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick194 Rnd6 Jeffrey Bassa
They robbed the room for Jeffrey Bassa here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick202 Rnd6 Robert Spears-Jennings
Robert Spears-Jennings at No. 202 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick216 Rnd6 Cam Skattebo
You do not let a running back like Cam Skattebo reach slot 216 and blink. They did not. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick217 Rnd6 Ryan Fitzgerald
A specialist of that caliber at the Round 6 slot is the definition of value, full stop. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick257 Rnd7 Trevor Etienne
The board fumbled Trevor Etienne all the way to the 257th overall pick, and they scooped it up. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.