The Cleveland Browns are in a singular place through the first spherical of the NFL Draft as they sit on the quantity three place. The Browns may take game-changing defensive finish Abdul Carter out of Penn State. They may even choose two-way star Travis Hunter as nicely. The Cleveland Browns have plenty of holes to fill, particularly at crucial place: quarterback. The one ones presently underneath contract are ageing vet Joe Flacco, a one-legged Deshaun Watson, and Kenny Pickett.
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It’s a lackluster room that doesn’t present a lot route for his or her franchise cornerstone of the long run. There have been rumors prior to now linking the Cleveland Browns to Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott, however up till this level, it has solely been noise. The concept of Cleveland buying and selling again and probably together with their second-round decide (No. 33) in a deal may permit them to maneuver again and nonetheless get their quarterback of the long run Thursday night time.
ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky and Marcus Spears took opposing sides when it got here to the Browns’ thought of choosing Travis Hunter. They claimed that Hunter coming to Cleveland wouldn’t make this group higher tomorrow and that, with their holes on offense, he could also be a waste of a decide.
“Travis Hunter has mentioned he desires to play broad receiver. A large receiver isn’t going to assist the Cleveland Browns’ a** any higher,” Marcus Spears mentioned on First Take this morning. “Travis Hunter has not been a full-time broad receiver in his life, and also you need an NFL franchise to guess on him being your primary broad receiver from day one once you nonetheless have questions at quarterback?”
Legitimate questions from Spears, and Dan’s response — whereas anticipated for the sake of debate — nonetheless raised eyebrows. Cleveland drafting a receiver with the third decide, even one who may play cornerback when Cleveland already has top-of-the-line in Denzel Ward, appears questionable. Hunter is a real generational expertise; nevertheless, the match simply might not take advantage of sense for Cleveland.
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