Well, on the second day the Cleveland Browns answered that question for at least one of their draftees when they made a decision to take Oklahoma State DE Emmanuel Ogbah with the 32nd pick.
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He said he was surprised to be drafted by the Browns “because I didn’t have any private workouts or visits with them”.
Doctson, who like Coleman was in Chicago for the draft, ended up in Washington with the 22nd pick.
It started with the selection of Corey Coleman with the 15 overall pick on Thursday. Those numbers show exactly why the Browns made him their first round selection.
Treadwell ran a 4.63-second 40-yard dash at his pro day workout.
“He scores touchdowns, ” said Jackson, who spent the past two seasons as Cincinnati’s offensive coordinator.
Ogbah had 63 tackles for Oklahoma State last season.
Of course, what matters most is that the Browns get more productive players via these picks. “It was tempting today to listen to some calls but nobody was really able to give us the value of Emmanuel”. He finally saw limited action with the Tigers during their 2013 season as an extra man in a type of “jumbo package”.
Pluto says the Browns desperately need players for every position. “We expect Emmanuel to come in and compete to be one of our full-time three-down linebackers on the edge and to create a little bit of pressure, so people have to think about what’s coming on that edge”. “He’s a relentless pass rusher with speed and power and that’s the kind of moves I normally do when I pass rush”. And while there are no guarantees that Jackson, executive VP Sashi Brown and the rest of the front office will be given the opportunity for longevity in Cleveland that their predecessors lacked, they certainly are going about the process of rebuilding the Browns in a methodical, clear manner.
Ngakoue would be an ideal candidate for a 3-4 outside linebacker in the National Football League, which is what he’ll play as in Cleveland’s defense. “I’m ready to play with him”.
Ogbah appeared undaunted by learning a new defense. Although it’s unlikely they would have been competing for the same job, the team selected Corey Coleman in the first round last night and opted to release Hakim on Friday, Dov Kleiman of RantSports reports. “He has that kind of versatility”. “We drafted him because he can do both of those things well”.
Ogbah learned that work ethic in a strict home environment in Lagos, Nigeria, before his parents moved to Houston when he was nearly 10 years old in search of a better life for the family. The same reason a lot of us wanted the team to stay away from Joey Bosa, applies to Ogbah.
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Known for his work ethic and character in the buildup to the draft, Ogbah said his family instilled in him a set of core values at an early age. “He’s a big, long kid with gifted feet, but he’s going to struggle Year 1, I think”.
