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Originally Posted by MRCboicgy
Chiefs get their tackle and an extra pick
So Browns gotta take Sanders @ 33, right?
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I’m not sure. I think they are looking at drafting a better QB prospect next year.
If that’s the case, they should load up on linemen and linebackers.
https://www.cleveland.com/browns/202...t-rounder.html
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The trade, which saw the Browns select Michigan defensive tackle Mason Graham at No. 5, not only gave them two incredibly valuable picks at the top of Round 2 on Friday — No. 33 and No. 36 — but provides them with a powerful one-two punch to possibly package for a quarterback in a potential star-studded class next season, depending on who comes out.
Granted, the Browns can — and probably still will — draft a quarterback in this class, possibly on Friday in the second or third round. But the Browns have already stated unequivocally they’re not going to force a quarterback from this draft if he’s not there.
“We just felt like it was a fantastic opportunity for our organization to move down three spots, still get a top notch prospect in the trenches, adding a pick in what we view as really the sweet spot for this year’s draft class and then adding a first round pick next year in a class that, quite frankly we think will be a bit stronger in the first 30 picks,” Browns GM Andrew Berry said shortly after the pick was made. “We just felt like both in the short term and over a multi-year time horizon, it was a fit for what we wanted to do with the team and what we wanted to do with the roster. And we’re excited to add Mason. We’re excited to add the extra draft resources both this year and next.”
Of course, they’ll have to draft better than they did the last time they traded down from No. 2 in 2016. In that “Carson Wentz trade” with the Eagles, they wound up with 11 total picks when all the wheeling and dealing was done, but really only had four-time Pro Bowl cornerback Denzel Ward to show for it.
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