Cleveland Browns: 2019 7-Round mock draft, Vol. 4

The College All-Star Games and Super Bowl completed, it’s the offseason and another chance to look at what the Cleveland Browns might do in the NFL Draft.

The Cleveland Browns have are five weeks into their offseason, but the last games of football this season have been completed with yet another New England Patriots Super Bowl win. This should be the last season the Browns don’t play January football for the foreseeable future, but how general manager John Dorsey and new head coach Freddie Kitchens get them there is the question.

The Browns have proven they are no longer a bad team, but they now have to prove they are a good one. This year’s NFL Draft will obviously play a big role in that, but it’s also about further cementing their identity. Power running game, Baker Mayfield and a defense that causes turnovers was who they were last year. It could be a continuation of that, but it’s likely to take further shape with a new head coach in Freddie Kitchen further putting his fingerprints on the team.

As always, this is an exercise in exploring potential fits for the Browns and is a way to highlight some prospects that might otherwise get overlooked until they’re on a team. And with the conclusion of the All-Star games, there are officially no more opportunities in a game environment to show anything and no new film to watch. It’s working out in shorts and t-shirts, meeting with teams in the job interview portion of the draft.

While there are prospects that were not available in this mock that would’ve been heavily considered, some of which are noted later, the goal was to use a Fanspeak.com board, taking only players that were available on it, so it could be posted. That was done using Matt Miller of Bleacher Report’s board.

The fact that it’s February and there’s still this feeling of having so many players that it’s difficult to keep track of them all is unusual. The overwhelming number of underclassmen declaring combined with a substantial supply of seniors has combined to have a ton of draftable players and the same 256 picks means there’s a good amount of talent.

It also means that talented players will be unable to secure a roster spot simply based on the numbers; there are still 2,016 spots between active rosters and practice squads.

And per a request from a reader on the last mock draft, some other potential options have been included with the picks to cast a wider net of prospects of interest, so those interested can look into these other prospects.