
Who Will the Browns Target on Night Two of the NFL Draft?
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Afternoon Drive on The Fan — Who Will the Browns Target on Night Two of the NFL Draft?. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
but you want the Browns to do tonight in the draft. I listen, I, because you went wide receiver and tackle last night. Yeah. I do think we're in the best player available pool here of potential talent. And there are, I mean, Jermon McCoy, I don't know, he makes it to 39. That is a top 15 talent. I know the injuries are real, but top 15 talent and Denzel awards getting older, Emmanuel McNeil Warren, the, the, the kid from Clemson, Denzel Boston, Caden McDonald, the defensive tackle out of Ohio State, a couple of edge rushers, TJ Parker still available, obviously wide receivers, Chris Brasile from Tennessee, Chris, Chris Bell, Denzel Boston, like there's, if they stick at 39, or if they move up, yeah, there's definitely potentially another day one starter here. Oh, definitely. There's a lot of talent here. Oh, it's interesting about it is that there seems like there's a lot more defense right now than there is offense. But if the Browns want to go offense, like
they, you take Denzel Boston, if he's there, that'd be an incredible way to start out round two. Yeah, it does. It's, it's, it's, I don't know that there's, they could go wrong here. You know what I mean? Like maybe Zachariah Branch. I'm not a big fan of him. He's, he's, he's got, I mentioned his name because he's top 13 here of the best available prospects. They're gnarred out of Alabama. Like if I'm going to, I want, I want a, a bigger X receiver. If you're going to go wide receiver, those guys don't really fit it. Maybe it, maybe another off-ball linebacker. I don't really want Eli Stowers. I'd rather get like a, CAC Merrick or Max Claire later in the draft. I'm trying to, I'm trying to think what would piss me off and there really isn't much here. Yeah, I mean, I, here's the, I want something random like a Zion Young or something like that that shouldn't be in the area that we're talking about, but it's good. So he's, he's in the top 10 of their remaining players. Oh, I'm, I'm surprised. Matt Miller is going to mock the, the Lions at 50th here. Well, so this actually think we're pretty interesting here because we are in the spot where
the difference between like the 20th pick in the draft and the 50th pick in the draft is up to whatever draft board is there. So like Jennings Dunker on ESPN is one of the top 25 best players still available in the draft. I don't think it's an, I don't know. He'll go in the first 25 picks. I think if you're going to go guard Jennings Dunker would be one of the guys that could be available there, but it could be in play. Yeah. I mean, it's, it's kind of just screams to what we've been talking about with this draft for a while. That like once you get from, it was like, it was really like pick number 25. Then I now to pick 70. It's going to be a lot of the guys that you could go anyway. And it's, it's interesting. The talent. That's around 216474 0092. The second day of the NFL draft comes up in about 35 minutes here. Of course, we've got the draft coverage for the Browns radio network coming up in about 25 minutes. Let's get another receiver today. Let's do it. Let's make me happy. Let's get another receiver. If they don't take one at 39, I'm really going to be hoping like a Ted Hurst or a Chris Bell are still somehow available at 70.
I would just, I love it. Especially like a guy like even like Denzel Boston, I've already discussed. I wanted, but I wanted him last night. I wanted him in the case he concepts he owns bought last night. So if you ended up with two wide receivers, we throw in Jerry Judy into this mix and all of a sudden the wide receiver room looks completely different. That's kind of what I'm going for. That's kind of what I want. 216474 0092. What do you want in 39 and what do you want in the third round? Tom Mission Brunchwick. Welcome to the show, buddy. Well, thank you guys. I appreciate it. I want an outside linebacker or an edge washer on the other side of miles at 39. Okay. If there's a good one, you know what I mean? I'm not the draft expert, but No, that's so TJ Parker, the kid from Clemson, I think is still available. JP mentioned Zion Young. How long did Texas say? So I think how and who is the first name I mentioned? I know Parker. So I actually think TJ Parker and Zion Young might actually fit the
even front. I think how might be a 3, 4 edge washer. But yeah, I mean, here's the thing. Gabe Jockis, the kid out of Illinois. If you want an edge washer, Tommy, there are plenty of dudes at 39 that would be available. And by the way, can I just give you one name? What can I give you one name to keep in mind here, Tommy? We appreciate you, buddy. Max Luellen of Iowa. Okay. He's he's a high floor, maybe lower ceiling guy, but he reminds me of this year's Jack Sawyer. He is he is absolutely a, uh, even front edge washer. And I, I think he's a little underrated by frankly, I can't believe he's seen as like a fourth or fifth round pick. That would be a guy that if you get him like in the fourth or fifth round, I Iowa has a lot of players. Uh, offensive line wise, Logan Jones, the center. What was the name against the other name, buddy? Max Luellen. Max Luellen. Yeah. Okay. I'm not familiar with this game. Um, he's a big corn fed boot. Um, boy, is that right to say? Okay. Not boo. Corn. It's not said. He's your, he's your boo. Not since I
called Darryl big girl yesterday. If I had a sofa, Vanessa's most hated prospect. Yeah. He just really likes corn fed guys. He just keeps calling him boo. But if you came out, he's serious. Oh, dude, Todd McShay hates this guy. Really? 161 on his big board. Oh, yeah, yeah. That's right around the spot. You get him right around the fifth round. Why? Oh, oh, I'm sorry. I thought we were still talking like second, third round tonight. I was like, this guy, this guy's way down there. I did. So I look at edge rusher and safety kind of in the same encampment. And maybe wide receiver, we should probably look at this way too. I think there are really nice players sprinkled in through all seven rounds. So if, if you went on a spot that maybe there isn't that depth in like defensive tackle at 39. He's a smoky Maxwell on his or tight end. I could see. I could see you waiting on safety. I could see you waiting on on defensive end here. Let's go with. Okay. Is it rot in Kent? Brought short for rot while they're generally full of browns talk. I want to, I want to say this.
The demographic pretty talk. I guess when I'm listening to the app, it's like hair loss. Get your hair line back today. Thank God. I got a good head of hair and strong hair. And then ED erectile and function. Thank God. I don't suffer none of that because I'm a young man. But you know, we won't get into that. I just like it. It makes me laugh. You know, I know something stupid. But what is up with fans? You bet. I was at a bar. Okay. All week. I heard. It's killed. Downs is available at six, which is a huge maybe you get him. And he was available at nine. And you know who we got? What's this? I don't even know his name. That's your father. They showed him. They showed him. He was the video of when we got him. They showed him. They showed him. He just looks like bus. It looks like a bus written all over it. I hope not. And then who's the other guy who's five? Five nine. He's five 11. Five 11. Five 11. You might as well be five nine. You might as well. That's the new five nine. I wait. Wait. Rod. Real quick. How tall are you? I don't say I run yet. Hey, but you know, I'm not a, I'm not a ride receiver though. I'm
not a ride receiver. All right. I was just saying some short king on short and crime. He doesn't suffer from hair loss. No problem with my short kings. You know, I rack it and I got it from Miami. The Hawaiian guy. You know, when they're Hawaiian, they're really good at football. We could have had it right. By the way, Spencer Fano is Polynesian. He's in the Polynesian hall. So he's not from America. Samoa, but he is, he is. Yeah. Okay. That's a lot. Also. Yeah. If you have to say, I have a full head of hair and everything works fine down below the mountain. Probably doesn't work fine. And you don't have a full head of hair. Yeah. And here's the thing. If I go after short kings, Dylan Gabriel, little fellow. You did call Casey conception at Chihuahua earlier. I meant his spirit. And I meant that as a compliment. Yeah. Okay. All right. You heard it. You took it the wrong way. But if I go after short kings,
that makes sense. I'm six foot four. And I'm built like a brick. You know what? Hey, if you're five nine and you're going after, and by the way, that's more like average king height, five nine is not short. Yeah. I mean, you're in the 1% of height and 1% of weights. It's a 2% of height, 1% of weight. However, remember, I thought it was 1.9%. I gave you the one. Oh, you gave me the point one in there. But no, I don't think you should go after other short kings. I feel like, you know, they're going to turn on you. Does it feel like only short king should be able to go after other short kings? No, like it's a short king and a short king prime. No, I kind of feel like if like, like if you do it, it feels like you're bullying. Oh, whereas if like, if I'm five nine, I'm not five nine. But if I was five nine, and then I just, you know, made fun of people that were like five eight, I'm kind of in the right ballpark. Solidarity. Solidarity. Strengthen numbers. Because it's going to take about four of them to beat me up. Yeah. Is that right? Yeah. Yeah. How many? How many five foot nine people
doesn't take depends on five foot nine. This is like, this is like 100 chickens beat one bear. I don't know. Are they all fat? Because I think I can do well. Even skinny chickens, I think have a good chance, right? Let's go with Dom in Medina. What do you want tonight in the draft from the Browns? How are we doing, gentlemen? Doing well, buddy. Doing good. Doing good. Yeah. So, you know, I think tonight is such an interesting pick. I mean, you guys mentioned the amount of talent that's still there or guys that could have easily gone in the first round. And just with what I'm looking at now, I see some of these defensive back that are still available. And I can't help but think maybe a defensive back of this spot would be pretty nice. I know Colton Hood out of was at Tennessee. I think he's going to be a really good player. I know he's sticky with his man coverage. And then the kid from Toledo, McNeil Warren, I think it is. He sounds like a really good player. And I mean, if we're able to jump on one of those two guys at 39, that would be an absolute win for us tonight. So let's just hope for the bad. Dom, appreciate you. Yeah, it's
funny because there's so much talent. I probably am against trading up. And it does seem like Andrew Barry wants to do kind of volume shooting over the next two days. Yeah, he definitely has like a strength in numbers type of approach here. So I know the starts of the dart board. The quarterback thing is interesting because I this is deep and safety. There's a lot of interesting guys in safety. And I think there's a lot of interesting guys in the edge market. Depending on where you're going to pick them. Corners. Yes. But like there, I think there should be a corner run in the second round. And that might be maybe what the Browns are also trying with that or edge that they might try and get ahead of. Yeah, maybe. But if you're taking a quarterback and for this second round pick, I feel like there's there's almost too many good players that you're leaving on the table here. And so I could say it's like, if you want to do a third round with one of the third round picks that you got from the chiefs, I'm accepting of that. We can have that conversation. I don't think it's going to happen, by the way, but we can have that conversation. But if you do it with the second round, there's there's a lot of really good players here. I think I think leaf TA said value wise, you could take both third rounders and you get as high as 44. Yeah,
that's right. Yeah. Um, it's interesting. I still think I'd rather have more picks in this meaning like if if I'm saying I'd rather stay at 39. But if if if my options are trade down or trade up, I'd rather pick up another late third round to move down seven to eight spots, then deal a third rounder move up to, you know, six spots basic. Well, that, I mean, that seems like that's what Andrew Barry's prioritized. He is a he is a volume shooter. And he's like understood the idea that you just have to take as many shots as you can and then just sort it all out when when the whole thing's done. Let's go with David in Lakewood. David, welcome to the show. Hey, what's wrong, though? Hey, David. So my hope is it's Warren. Uh, I think the safety, you know, to play opposite delp it. I think the problem that I have with downs is I feel like those guys are probably a little more closer than what, uh, having somebody that's more of like a center fielder, um, like Warren. And he's got the measurables, which is one another thing with downs. I think
that that some teams are a little bit afraid of for all the talent that he has. So that that would be the guy that I'd really like. But in terms of guards, we got the Santhus and Fregnon out there. We're talking about the guy with the mullet. Like he's not even as good as those two guys and those guys are both available for the guard position. Uh, white receivers, there's there's there's plenty of guys that are, uh, that are going to be available in the next coming rounds. That are, uh, as good, uh, Burke Brazil, uh, Brazil. So we've got time to go after one of those wide receiver twos. But I think right now it'd be corner or safety because we've been lucky with ward. But I think that you do have to start to at least think about the, the future of that position. If you got a guy like, um, the, uh, hood or even, uh, um, it's escaping me right now, but the guy that was injured that still sitting there might be the next guy to go here when this starts. Um, I think you got to make a plan for one of those guys. Um, go from there.
All right. We appreciate you, David. Um, it'd be really interesting if both Tennessee corners are on, are on the board at 39. Yeah. Uh, which one they would prefer hood absolutely profiles to be the corner of that they like big physical man corners. Yeah. So not saying that McCoy is, is a lesser quiz actually the better talent. But it'd be interesting if maybe they think I can't remember which draft it was because I've seen so many day too mock drafts at least one of them. I did see that the browns going hood over McCoy. And I just, I, I'm a little tantalized with the top 15 picture. I think that was Matt Miller. Good men. Well, I don't know. I've seen a hundred of these. It's probably probably was McShay. McShay gave her higher grade to hood than McCoy. McShay is all over the place. McShay likes to be all over the place. He does.
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