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Cleveland Browns jump start offense with drafting of Trent Richardson, Brandon Weeden

General Manager Tom Heckert acknowledged that Weeden was drafted to be the starting quarterback. He said the team would discuss whether or not to trade Colt McCoy Thursday night and Friday.

Heckert said his friend Rick Spielman, the Vikings GM, told him the competing offer he had for Richardson "and I beat it. We were pretty fired up. Trent was the guy we really wanted and I'm glad it worked out.

Report: Browns wanted Wright over Weeden, told McCoy no first-round QB

SECOND-ROUND OPTIONS: Still available to the Browns heading into the second round of the draft include offensive tackles Cordy Glenn of Georgia, Jonathan Martin of Stanford, Mike Adams of Ohio State and Mississippi State's Bob Massie; and receivers Stephen Hill of Georgia Tech and Rueben Randle of LSU.

Cleveland Browns: Colt McCoy trade would be more evidence of a well-considered plan -- Bud Shaw NFL Draft 2012 blog

They can recoup one of the draft choices they gave up to move to No. 3 for the Trent Richardson pick and lend more credence to their claim that they really do have a plan in Berea.

The have remedied the two most glaring voids of the offseason: the failure to land the Rams' No. 2 pick (Robert Griffin III); and letting their starting running back, Peyton Hillis, leave in free agency for a relatively modest salary.