The image of Corey Coleman, Emmanuel Ogbah, Carl Nassib, Shon Coleman and Cody Kessler sitting at the podium looked a bit different than previous details of draftees on the dais.
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Four players drafted by the Browns are wide receivers – Coleman from Baylor, Ricardo Louis from Auburn, Jordan Payton from UCLA and Rashard Higgins of Colorado State.
While Jackson refuses to acknowledge construction to contention will be slow, the Browns are confident their plan will work.
“I had some of the best times of my life at Oklahoma State and I’ll forever be grateful for all of the time and energy that Coach Gundy, Coach Glass and the entire staff at OSU put into helping me become the best I could be, both as a player and as a man”, Ogbah said.
“Definitely. I watched him in college and I watched a couple of games when he played for the Redskins”. “I can do a lot of stuff to help the team out”. I kind of patterned my game after him. Has straight-line speed. Excellent feel for navigating around the pass rush arc with maximum efficiency. Nassib, of course, was a 4-3 end at Penn State, but figures to be an outside linebacker with the Browns, or at the very least will be asked to drop into coverage often. “We had some debate today about whether or not we would trade out, and, frankly, the player was just too good to pass on any opportunities that were there”. He immigrated to the United States with his parents at the age of 9, and even then he was expressing an interest in this new American sport of football. “The reason why we immigrated is because my dad wanted a better life for our family”.
Considering how long it could have been, they will take it. He played basketball before switching to football.
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“That’s a good emulation, ” coach Hue Jackson said. After the Browns lost longtime starting center Alex Mack this offseason, getting another center in this draft is a must-though they can afford to wait until Day 3 to do so. “You can just hear everybody in the background really excited for him, and we are excited to have him here”. Last year’s rookies Danny Shelton and Xavier Cooper left a lot to be desired, while defensive end John Hughes has had an uneven career with the Browns. Those numbers show exactly why the Browns made him their first round selection. When the pick finally came in from the Browns it was a shocker. Ogbah wants to be the next Strahan, whose 141.5 sacks are fifth most in National Football League history. They combined for 28.5 sacks this season. He plays bigger than his size. I didn’t really keep up with the Browns much, but I know for a fact they did have RGIII and they did draft two players that I know personally.
