One week away!
Another week, another monster trade! The Eagles, free from Chip Kelly getting rid of all their good players, made a foolish bold move by moving up to the #2 spot. Cleveland did a very un-Cleveland like thing by trading down and acquiring multiple (much needed) picks. It looks like the Browns are taking this whole draft thing seriously now.
But wait, don’t the Browns still need a qb? Of course they do (RGIII is not the answer). The Machine can’t help but to make parallels to the ’04 Draft, where the Browns (picking 6th) should have picked Big Ben (after Rivers and Manning), as the drop off after Big Ben was significant (cough, JP Losman, cough). Instead, the Browns picked Kellen Winslow. Enough said. Like ’04, there are 3 consensus first round qbs. After that, the talent drops dramatically. Cleveland did select a qb in ’04, Luke McCown in the 4th round, who became another name added to the infamous jersey.
Damn…
Will Cleveland make the same mistake again? Let’s find out.
| Round 1 | Team | Pick | Position |
| 1 | LA Rams | Jared Goff (Cal) | QB |
| 2 | Philadelphia Eagles | Carson Wentz (North Dakota St.) | QB |
| 3 | San Diego Chargers | Jalen Ramsey (FSU) | CB |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys | Joey Bosa (OSU) | DE |
| 5 | Jacksonville Jaguars | Myles Jack (UCLA) | LB |
| 6 | Baltimore Ravens | Laremy Tunsil (Ole Miss) | OL |
| 7 | San Francisco 49ers | Ronnie Stanley (Notre Dame) | OL |
| 8 | Cleveland Browns | Paxton Lynch (Memphis) | QB |
| 9 | Tampa Bay Bucs | Leonard Floyd (Georgia) | LB |
| 10 | New York Giants | DeForest Buckner (Oregon) | DE |
Ozzie Newsome wins the draft again.
| 11 | Chicago Bears | Vernon Hargreaves (Florida) | CB |
| 12 | New Orleans Saints | Sheldon Rankins (Louisville) | DT |
| 13 | Miami Dolphins | Ezekiel Elliot (OSU) | RB |
| 14 | Oakland Raiders | William Jackson III (Houston) | CB |
| 15 | Tennessee Titans | Jack Conklin (MSU) | OL |
| 16 | Detroit Lions | Jarran Reed (Alabama) | DT |
| 17 | Atlanta Falcons | Laquan Treadwell (Ole Miss) | WR |
| 18 | Indianapolis Colts | Taylor Decker (OSU) | OL |
| 19 | Buffalo Bills | Emmanuel Ogbah (Ok St.) | DE |
| 20 | New York Jets | Darren Lee (OSU) | LB |
| 21 | Washington Redskins | Reggie Ragland (Alabama) | LB |
Laquan opposite Julio would be nasty!
| 22 | Houston Texans | Will Fuller (Notre Dame) | WR |
| 23 | Minnesota Vikings | Corey Coleman (Baylor) | WR |
| 24 | Cincinnati Bengals | Josh Doctson (TCU) | WR |
| 25 | Pittsburgh Steelers | Eli Apple (OSU) | CB |
| 26 | Seattle Seahawks | Chris Jones (Miss St.) | DE |
| 27 | Green Bay Packers | Kenny Clark (UCLA) | DT |
| 28 | Kansas City Chiefs | Vernon Butler (Louisiana Tech) | DT |
| 29 | Arizona Cardinals | Keanu Neal (Florida) | S |
| 30 | Carolina Panthers | Shaq Lawson (Clemson) | DE |
| 31 | Denver Broncos | Kevin Dodd (Clemson) | DE |
Will Fuller opposite Hopkins would be nasty!