2022 NFL Mock Draft: Thibodeaux goes No. 1, Dallas gets an EDGE
By Randy Gurzi
19. Cleveland Browns: Treylon Burks, WR, Arkansas
The NFL trade deadline was a weird one for the Cleveland Browns. They were front and center despite making no moves. This was thanks in large part to Odell Beckham’s father posting a video of his son running wide open while Baker Mayfield wouldn’t pass him the ball.
Whoever they want to blame, the Cleveland receiver corps makes far too much money to keep being a problem rather than a strength of that team, which means they’re likely to look for some younger and more affordable options in the offseason – especially now that they have released OBJ.
In this draft, they start that overhaul with the selection of Treylon Burks from Arkansas. He’s big, fast, and catches just about everything. Cleveland can use some of that in their suddenly stagnant offense.
19. Pittsburgh Steelers: Kenny Pickett, QB, Pitt
The demise of Ben Roethlisberger may have been greatly exaggerated.
Okay, so he’s still one of the elder statesmen in the NFL and isn’t the same player physically as he once was, but he can win with his savvy. Still, the Pittsburgh Steelers need to think about life after No. 7 and while Mason Rudolph and Dwayne Haskins are there, they might have a hard time passing on Kenny Pickett should he still be here when they take the stage on draft night.
He has a higher pedigree than Rudolph did and Haskins is still an unknown following his issues in Washington.