Inside Cleveland Browns’ NFL Draft room, where trade calls keep phones ringing and high-speed databases whir
Yahoo Sports embedded with the Browns for the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft, observing and listening to the team as it levied its 2026 draft capital into 10 rookies.
BEREA, Ohio — It’s 8:38 p. m. on Thursday in the Cleveland Browns' draft room and general manager Andrew Berry stands up, grabs a water bottle, then sets it down to take out his phone.
It’s the first night of the 2026 NFL Draft , and the Browns have already traded the sixth overall pick to the Kansas City Chiefs for picks 9, 74 and 148. Now two more NFC teams are calling with offers they hope will compel Cleveland to move down, yet again, from pick nine. The first team relays its offer to Ken Kovash, the Browns’ vice president of player personnel process and development.
Kovash, along with assistant general managers Glenn Cook and Catherine Hickman, are designated phone operators for Browns trade considerations. And the Browns have a lot of trade considerations. The second NFC team’s general manager calls Berry directly.
Would the Browns move off No. 9 and risk losing one of their top targets? “Depends what’s on the board — what are you thinking?
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