This Cleveland Browns Mock Draft starts at receiver and gets interesting
By Chad Porto
The first Cleveland Browns mock draft using PFF’s simulator.
The Cleveland Browns are once again looking towards the NFL Draft as a cure-all to what ails them. After a disappointing 2021, the Browns need a strong draft to help give the fans hope for a better and more compelling 2022.
This is going to be one of three mocks, with the focus on each being a different starting point. What does the draft look like when the Browns focus on three key issues; improved receiver play, improved defensive tackle play, and improved quarterback play.
To be clear, I don’t think the Browns need to move on from Baker Mayfield, though that doesn’t mean he isn’t on a short leash. It’s just rather odd to rush to replace him when we all know that there isn’t a lot of better options. Not only that, but we’ve been finding out more and more in the NFL these days, a great quarterback is hard to come by and a great quarterback can’t win anything without a team around him.
So can Mayfield get the job done? Sure, I mean, if Matthew Staffard, Joe Flacco and Nick Foles can, why not Mayfield?
It’s a long-shot, sure, but isn’t that the curse of being a Browns fan?
So with that said, we’re starting the draft from the receiver position to start this off.