The 2024 NFL Draft is now in the rearview mirror but that does not mean that teams are done adding talented rookies. Undrafted free agents are all over the NFL and two even made the Cleveland Browns roster last season.
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GM Andrew Berry had his eye on developmental players, which did not exactly impress NFL media members.
Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry took a measured approach to the 2024 NFL Draft.
Without a first-round selection for the third consecutive year as part of the trade for quarterback Deshaun Watson, which was finally marked “paid in full” this weekend, Berry opted to look to the future while making six...
The Cleveland Browns did not make a trade in the 2024 NFL Draft and stayed at all six of their scheduled selections to add new talent to the roster for the upcoming season and beyond.
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There is an immediate need for guard depth and future development
The Cleveland Browns went into the 2024 NFL draft with six draft picks. In rounds two and three, GM Andrew Berry stood pat and did not participate in any trades. Berry is known as not only a trader but a shrewd broker of Cleveland’s future.
The Browns drafted Ohio State defensive tackle Michael Hall, Jr. in the second round. In Round 3, they had the #85 pick. Berry was...
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The return of a 1st rounder and three extra picks on Day 3
The 2024 NFL draft is officially behind us. The Cleveland Browns added six players with their six selections. How many will make the team’s loaded roster remains to be seen but DT Michael Hall Jr. and OL Zak Zinter lead this year’s draft class for the team.
With the Deshaun Watson trade now complete, the Browns enter the 2024 season with a first-round pick available in the upcoming NFL draft....
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The 2025 NFL draft is 362 days away (probably), but it is time for next year’s Browns mock draft
The Cleveland Browns, and their fanbase, head into 2024 with expectations of a team that is ready to compete for the AFC North title and more. With all of the resources, including the Deshaun Watson trade, poured into the roster, the Browns must make the playoffs, at a minimum, to make it all worth it.
Gone are the days when the next NFL draft was going...
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More of the latest Browns news and notes from around the web in today’s dose of the Sunday Dawg Chow.
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The Deshaun Watson trade is finally, officially, complete (Thomas Moore) - The Cleveland Browns swung a deal in March 2022 to acquire quarterback Deshaun Watson from the Houston Texans. While the Browns still have three years to go on Watson’s current contract, the draft pick portion of the deal was finally...Kareem Elgazzar/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK
The team selected Briggs in the 7th round on Saturday
The Cleveland Browns selected Cincinnati defensive tackle Jowon Briggs with the 243rd pick in the 7th round of the 2024 NFL Draft.
The team added two defensive tackles this weekend, with Briggs being Cleveland’s last selection of the draft. He’s a scrappy, one-gapping defensive tackle who plays with a good amount of energy and grit at the point of attack.
Cleveland now has a...
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Cleveland adds another depth piece at defensive tackle with selection of Cincinnati’s Jowon Briggs.
The Cleveland Browns - to the surprise of many - made their second seventh-round selection by picking defensive tackle Jowon Briggs from Cincinnati.
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Briggs is the Browns’ fourth Day 3 pick, joining wide receiver Jamari Thrash, linebacker Nathaniel Watson, and cornerback...
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Mississippi State linebacker put up big tackling numbers in college, but he will need to make his mark on special teams if he wants to stick in Cleveland.
The Cleveland Browns used the first of their two sixth-round draft picks on Saturday to select linebacker Nathaniel Watson from Mississippi State.
The 6-foot-2 and 233-pound Watson was the No. 206 overall selection and the second of Cleveland’s Day 3 picks, joining Louisville...
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Cleveland’s LB group has seen a lot of changes this offseason including a new addition in the NFL draft
After waiting two hours since the team took WR Jamari Thrash in the fourth round of the NFL draft, the Cleveland Browns were back on the clock in the sixth round. After adding two players to the lines in DT Michael Hall Jr. and OL Zak Zinter, GM Andrew Berry went to the second level of the defense by selecting LB Nathaniel Watson with his fourth...
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The Browns selected Watson in the 6th round on Saturday
The Cleveland Browns selected Mississippi State Linebacker Nathaniel Watson with the 206th overall pick in the 6th round of the 2024 NFL Draft.
The team added much-needed depth at the linebacker position in Nathaniel Watson, and he has the potential to develop into a solid rotational or sub-package option within a year or two. His unique pass-rushing ability gives the team versatility at the...
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Cleveland adds a defensive back to begin the seventh round.
With the 227th pick of the 2024 NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns selected CB Myles Harden (6-0, 201 lbs) from South Dakota. He is the Browns’ third Day 3 pick, having been selected in the seventh round.
Scouting ReportsHere is a scouting report from The Athletic’s Dane Brugler, who had Harden as his 22nd-ranked cornerback on his board and a projected 5th-round...
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The NFL Draft is just about over, but the Browns will still have work to do!
The NFL Draft might be ending, but the fun hasn’t ended yet. The media, along with the players themselves, are about to start reporting on the undrafted free agents who teams are trying to sign. Listed below will be players who have been rumored to have been contacted and signed by the Cleveland Browns. Also, use this as an open thread to discuss any players we sign, or...
The 2024 NFL Draft is here, making it an excellent time to highlight some of the class' best players with scouting reports. Each report will include strengths, weaknesses and background information. Here's our report on Jamari Thrash.
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New Browns guard Zak Zinter said there are no hard feelings about an injury he suffered when new Browns DT Michael Hall Jr. fell into him during last year's Ohio State-Michigan game.
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A deep receiver draft, Cleveland added Louisville’s top pass catcher
After three hours on Day 3 of the 2024 NFL draft, the Cleveland Browns were finally on the clock. Despite GM Andrew Berry’s history of trading picks during the draft, he stood pat for the third time by selecting WR Jamari Thrash from the Louisville Cardinals.
Thrash joins DT Michael Hall Jr. and OL Zak Zinter as the first three new Browns players with Berry having three more...