Browns: Ranking the 7 worst players drafted between 2012-2014
By Chad Porto
The Cleveland Browns draft classes from the 2012, 2013, and 2014 NFL Drafts are considered by Sports illustrated as three of the 10 worst.
Sports Illustrated listed the ten worst draft classes in Cleveland Browns’ history and what fans may not realize is that three of those ten happened in back-to-back-to-back seasons. The 2012, 2013, and 2014 NFL Drafts all make the list for being three of the ten worst ever. Looking at the names in those, it’s easy to see why.
Those three drafts single handily killed any momentum or opportunities the Pat Shurmur and Rob Chudzinski Browns could’ve mustered. It single-handily set up the 1-15 and 0-16 teams that followed in 2016 and 2017 and featured some all-time great busts.
So let’s look at who ended up being the worst of the worst from those draft classes.
These are the seven worst drafted players the Browns took from 2012 to 2014.
7. Leon McFadden (Round 3, Pick 68 of 2013 NFL Draft
When you’re a third-round pick, you’re not expected to do much more than start, and maybe be a long-time bench guy. The expectations aren’t high, and the floor is pretty deep. Yet, despite being a third-round pick, Leon McFadden an inexpensive player heading into his season was so bad that the Browns cut him. If cutting an affordable bench player with no expectations other than “don’t suck” doesn’t tell you how bad he is, then nothing will.