Cleveland Browns draft DE Alex Wright, possible closes door on Jadeveon Clowney return

The Cleveland Browns have taken DE Alex Wright with their second third-round pick.

The Cleveland Browns are focusing on defense and may have closed the door on Jadeveon Clowney coming back to the team, by drafting defensive end Alex Wright from UAB with their 78th overall pick in the NFL Draft

The selection comes just 10 picks after they selected cornerback Martin Emerson, out of Mississippi State.

The Browns have decided to focus heavily on the defense once again, despite the team needing help at receiver, tight end and the offensive line. They did take a position of need with Wright, who to the best of my knowledge is not the former WCW superstar.

The Cleveland Browns may have admitted that Jadeveon Clowney isn’t coming back

The move to get Wright will be debated for a while, mostly if he was the best pass rusher on the board still, which we won’t know until they play. Nor do we know if picking him was the right call over getting a receiver, most of the best are long gone by now.

Yet, what can’t be debated is that the Browns seem to be planning on moving off Jadevon Clowney. The Browns landed Chase Winovich and now Wright in the offseason, and they may still bring back Porter Gustin. The Browns have also been rumored to have an interest in former Cleveland player Carl Nassib.

If Clowney is truly out of the running to return to Cleveland, the Browns may up their pursuit of Nassib.

It was the right position to go after at this point in the draft, but many fans will have wanted this position addressed much earlier, but due to the trade, that didn’t end up happening. The Browns have one more pick on day two, with Pick No. 99, and it’ll be interesting to see what they end up doing at that spot.