Browns hit on a second straight draft
Yahoo Sports host Andrew Siciliano and senior NFL writers Charles Robinson and Frank Schwab discuss why the Cleveland Browns are big winners in the 2026 NFL Draft. Check out the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” - and subscribe on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , YouTube or wherever you listen.
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Actually, I, I love Cleveland's draft.
I, I- you know, from the point where Andrew Berry And, and obviously had a man- a monster draft in 2025.
Just an unbelievably amazing class that should have a number of players who, who see lucrative second contracts, if i- as long as their rookie seasons were not a mirage.
but I, I felt like Andrew Berry was on his game again, this year.
I, I You know, to deal back from six to nine, get the, the Utah tackle, Spencer Fano, which, which, you know, is funny 'cause Andrew and I were kinda texting each other before the draft about, you know, what we thought the, the Browns were gonna do, and we both agreed, like, they're gonna go get the, their chosen, you know, offensive lineman in this draft.
And they, they ultimately end up with it.
But then I, I think to get Casey Concepcin out of Texas A&M, to get Denzel Boston out of Washington, it's You know, those are two receivers who do different things.
They're complementary of each other in terms of, of their game, their skill set.
You gotta You have a, really a slot demon who can also, factor into your special teams with Concepcin, and then, you know, Boston's that classic kind of X wide receiver.
I, I love that.
I thought, Just let, let me check my notes here.
I, I The Austin Barker kid, you know, in the you, you're getting a, a left tackle, an, like, an actual left tackle out of college football- Mm-hmm who started at left tackle for three years at Florida.
I don't know that this kid's gonna be a starting left tackle in the NFL, but I do think he's gonna be left tackle depth, on the N- Yeah NFL level, and he's When you look at his size and his arms and his measurables and what he is and what his resume is, you're not screwing around going, "Well, is he a right tackle or is he a..." No, he is a left tackle.
He is going to factor in at left tackle.
and then Emmanuel McNeil-Warren was, was a guy, the safety out of Toledo, where I I'll tell you what, I had a couple other teams that I talked to prior to the draft who thought he might even be a fringe first-round pick.
Like, really liked him, his skill set, his size.
Oh, absolutely.
Yeah.
They were big on him.
Yeah.
And, and I think even in my, my stack for the position when I went through, you know, the 10 different evaluators with the safety stacks, he was right up there.
So, you know, to get him, later in the second round where they did, I, I just kind of felt like the first, three rounds I thought, you know, Andrew Berry did a, did a really good job and, and I felt like hit, o- on those picks.
And we'll see.
It's gotta pan out on the field- Sure but I think there's a chance he put, he put out two back-to-back dra- or, you know, back-to-back drafts here that could be very, very quality in terms of just laying a foundation.
