“Whether it is Corey yesterday or Emmanuel, Carl, Cody today, we felt good about all those guys and Shon, certainly, was someone we did not think would be there at that place in the draft, as well, as some other teammates here”.
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Cleveland enters the fourth round with eight more selections as the club’s new front office tries to improve a team that went 3-13 last season.
Coleman won the Fred Biletnikoff Award last season, given to the nation’s top receiver.
Quarterback Robert Griffin III also played for Baylor.
Coleman played at Auburn during his career and played well while adjusting to the position during his time. “It’s something we haven’t had in recent years”.
Mississippi State defensive tackle Chris Jones, one of the last players left in the green room, went to Kansas City at No. 37 and got a big ovation when he walked onstage.
He ensured his new coach that effort wouldn’t be an issue.
Jackson, who was impressed by Ogbah’s unusual combination of size and speed, echoed a similar sentiment.
Baylors Corey Coleman poses for photos after being selected by Cleveland Browns as the 15th pick in … “He can light it up from anywhere on the field”. He set a single-season school record with 19 quarterback hurries, forced three fumbles, recovered two, scored a defensive touchdown and broke up four passes at the line of scrimmage. He caught 74 passes, 20 of them for 30 yards or more.
Forget the focus on analytics everyone pointed to upon the hiring of Paul DePodesta as a chief strategy officer – the chief strategy here is to build through the draft while amassing as many picks as possible, as the most successful teams in the National Football League often do.
With time ticking down until they have to make a decision, the Browns are still unsure of what they want to do with that No. 32 overall selection.
Cleveland has numerous holes to fill, but DePodesta said the goal this year is not to just horde picks for the future. Numerous write-ups on him highlight his tendency to take plays off. While scouts rave about him when his motor is running, it’s the fact this doesn’t occur on every play that seems to be a major sticking point.
We’ll see what Friday holds for the Browns, but one personnel man believed they actually had a chance to make all of the trade downs make sense had they managed to capitalize on what “Moneyball” would dictate you do: pounce on a market inefficiency.
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He said he emulates Steve Smith and Steelers receiver Antonio Brown. My mindset was that if you don’t want me to play receiver that’s fine, but I am going to play receiver and I am going to show you why I am the best receiver in this draft.
