7-round Browns mock draft: Fixing what can be fixed in 10 picks

When it comes to NFL football in Cleveland, the more things change, the more we kinda hope they don’t stay the same. The Cleveland Browns, the franchise with the league’s third-fewest regular-season wins over the last decade, and precisely three postseason games in that time period, are attempting once again to get it right with a radical shift in coaching staffs. Gone are Kevin Stefanski and Jim Schwartz , as all Browns fans have known for a while now, and in come new head coach and offensive shot-caller Todd Monken , new offensive coordinator Travis Switzer , and new defensive coordinator Mike Rutenberg .

In addition, the Browns’ offensive line underwent an offseason overhaul the likes of which we haven’t seen since the Kansas City Chiefs parted out their entire front five in 2022 following their Super Bowl LV loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Gone are guards Joel Bitonio ( likely retired ) and Wyatt Teller ( signed with the Houston Texans ), center Ethan Pocic, and tackle Jack Conklin; in come guards Zion Johnson and the re-signed Tevin Jenkins, center Elgton Jenkins, and tackle Tytus Howard. We’ll see how it all goes, but at least there’s some talent there, and the team was proactive regarding the inevitable.

Some things do remain, of course. GM Andrew Berry is still valiantly trying to maintain a salary cap that has Deshaun Watson hanging over him like the Sword of Damocles ( 2027 can’t come soon enough ), the defense is still relatively packed with estimable talent, and the quarterback situation is still as undefined as it’s seemingly been since the days of Brian Sipe and the Kardiac Kids. Now that the big moves in NFL free agency are in the rearview, it’s time for Berry, Monken, and everybody else in the building to turn their attention to the draft.

How can these guys get the most out of a draft that will go a long way to defining what appears to be a murky, blurry future at this point in time? Armed with my own amateur tape study, a bunch of fancy numbers, and the PFF Mock Draft Simulator , here are my humble suggestions based on the draft capital the team has right now. Round 1, Pick 6 (6): Carnell Tate, WR, Ohio State So… here’s where the rubber meets the road, so to speak.