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I’m thinking the right tackle is next.
Couple of reasons.
• They really need one.
• What’s the point in drafting a quarterback who will start right away and get beat up as badly as the last one?
• The best wideout still on the board will probably go to Indy at No. 33.
• Cordy Glenn hasn’t been picked yet and could be there as a gigantic bonus at 37.
• Bobby Massie is still there, too, and either he or Glenn should still be there.
OK, that’s several reasons.
Another trade up could be next, as well. We’re guessing that Tom Heckert sat upstairs until the end of the first round thinking he might trade into Round 1. He didn’t go there for a couple of reasons:
• The price wasn’t to his liking when he hung up the phone.
• Plenty of guys with similar grades were still on the Browns’ board.
We haven’t seen Heckert’s board, but we have a sneaking suspicion Glenn and Hill are at the top of it.
Some of the overnight discussions, we’ll surmise, had to do with trading up for Glenn, if it is deemed necessary. We’ll guess the Colts will take the best receiver on their board at 33. Receivers run to taste. It doesn’t have to be Hill.
It might have to be Hill in terms of what the Browns need: Speed.
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I don’t know whether Mike Mayock knows his stuff or gets his stuff fed to him because he basically works for the league, no matter how they want to paint NFL Network and nfl.com as independent entities.
Probably it’s a little bit of both.
Mayock knows his stuff. He’s a bright guy with a lot of contacts. He balances forceful opinion with discretion. Plenty of people from around the league scratch his back.
Anyway ...
Twenty-seven of the 32 players drafted last night were in the top 32 on Mayock’s board. Don’t try that at home.
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The best players left based on Mayock’s ratings:
• No. 22, Alabama defensive end Courtney Upshaw
• No. 25, Glenn, the Georgia lineman who projects as a Browns right tackle
• No. 26, Michigan State DT Jerel Worthy
• No. 30, Marshall DE Vinny Curry
• No. 32, Hill, the Georgia Tech wideout
• No. 34, Stanford OT Jonathan Martin
• No. 36, Illinois OT Jeff Allen
• No. 37, Midwestern State guard Amini Siolatolu
• No. 38, Stanford TE Coby Fleener
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I could see this happening: Wait for 37 and take Fleener if he falls, grab the best wideout in a deep pool of them at 67, hope against hope right tackle Mitchell Schwartz falls to 100 (or trade up for him), then hope Dick Jauron doesn’t resign.
Whatever the weather, it should be an interesting evening in Berea.
I like Steve's line of thinking here....