National 2-round Browns mock draft has new trade down, new QB option
Every Cleveland Browns mock draft is different. This one has a trade down, Garrett Nussmeier and more
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA - MARCH 26: Garrett Nussmeier of the LSU Tigers poses for a portrait at the LSU Football Practice Facility on March 26, 2026 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Ella Hall/LSU/University Images via Getty Images) Three weeks from today, the 2026 NFL draft will be one round deep with a lot of talk about what will happen on Day 2. As Cleveland Browns fans prepare for the most realistic best-case scenarios and dread the realistic worst-case ones , the NFL mock draft world continues to spin.
For many, mock drafts never stop. For those mocking a trade down in Browns mock drafts, it is often dropping out of the sixth overall pick. Earlier Friday, we did just that in our “No QB or OT selected high” Cleveland mock draft .
What if, instead, the Browns make their top selection but find someone interested in moving up for their second pick in the first round? SB Nation’s Doug Farrar has that exact scenario happening. In the first round , Farrar has Cleveland selecting the first offensive lineman off the board, Miami Hurricanes OL Francis Mauigoa : While I have some concerns about his pass protection — there are times when he’s a bit too concerned with kicking your ass to stay in phase — the overall skill set and playing personality is a combination that can help to take a line to the proverbial next level.
Right tackle, guard… wherever. You can figure that out as you go. With the Browns, Mauigoa would see left tackle as his “wherever.