The Cleveland Browns still have a lot to figure out between now and the NFL draft in late April. The team could have Deshaun Watson at quarterback, Baker Mayfield at quarterback or neither as their starting quarterback by that time.
If they trade for Watson or another top-tier quarterback, it will likely involve a good portion of their best draft selections in the upcoming draft. If not, the team’s first selection is currently slated to be the 13th overall pick.
The team also has an extra early fourth-round pick from a trade during last year’s draft with the Detroit Lions.
Today came news of the NFL announcing all of the compensatory picks that will be given out for this year’s draft. Among them is Cleveland being assigned the 99th selection. That pick is granted to the team after the Minnesota Vikings hired Kwesi Adofo-Mensah as their next general manager.
The pick was expected but which selection the Browns got was unknown. The team ended up with the third-best pick among the selections assigned. Nine third-round picks were handed out this year.
Cleveland will get another third-rounder next year for the Adofo-Mensah hire and could add another if Glenn Cook, a popular interview candidate this offseason, gets a general manager job.
