Browns Plainly Podcast

Jackson is joined by Jack Duffin, writer for the OBR as the two discuss the following on this week's episode

Recapping free agency and what position Jack thinks the Browns should target after the draft

Jack's Age and Athleticism Draft Board. Article: https://247sports.com/nfl/cleveland-browns/LongFormArticle/NEW-Cleveland-Browns-Age-Athletics-Guardrails-Draft-Board-208611821/

Jack's Ideal Draft Targets at the Tight End and EDGE Positions

The looming deadline on Jed Wills' fifth-year option

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The NFL Draft is a week away and it's time for another draft-centric episode on the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast.

cleveland.com's NFL Draft expert, Tim Bielik, and film expert, Lance Reisland, join Dan Labbe to dig into this year's class of wide receivers. Who are the best fits for the Browns when they go on the clock? Who are the Browns missing out on after trading their second-round pick? Who are the draft's best receivers overall?

Then they answer questions from our Football Insider subscribers about how many picks the Browns will actually make, drafting running backs and more.

Lastly, they go into the war room for their third Browns-only mock draft and make picks through the first four rounds.

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The Super Bowl Champion Kansas City Chiefs know that defense is the focus of improvement after another successful season with Patrick Mahomes at the helm of the offense. Georgia defensive end and pass rusher Nolan Smith is the perfect addition to an already terrifying assortment of weapons that will put the NFL on notice yet again. The Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos, Cleveland Browns, and San Francisco 49ers may not have first round picks, but we have them covered to wrap up our 2023 NFL Mock Draft Special!

 

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Deshaun Watson gives his opinion on the Cleveland Browns and how they can make the playoffs in 2023. Watson armed with even more talent in the passing game feels the Cleveland Browns can reach "the dance."

The Browns start their nine-week voluntary offseason program this week. The program will ultimately culminate with a three-day mandatory minicamp June 6-8. That minicamp will include extensive on-field work. This week — the first two weeks, really — is entirely limited to meetings, strength and conditioning work and any injury rehab. The on-field work can start in the three-week second phase of the offseason program, which starts the week of April 31. The program's third phase, the organized team practices or OTAs, will be three-day periods over the final two weeks of May. The Browns actually will shave off a week of the offseason program compared to the rest of the league. Stefanski is doing so due to the early start of training camp because of the team's participation in the Hall of Fame Game on Aug. 6. It may just be the start of the process to get to the season. That doesn't mean there aren't some questions to look at as it gets underway. Yes, that reads "Deshaun Watson's offense" and not "Kevin Stefanski's" or "offensive coordinator Alex Van Pelt's." It's not that Stefanski and Van Pelt, among others on staff, haven't spent months since last season ended trying to craft an offense best suited to Watson. It's that point specifically.

The Browns have added several new players to that offense. They traded for still-young receiver Elijah Moore and signed veteran receiver Marquise Goodwin, while also signing Jordan Akins, one of Watson's former tight ends. Now, how does all of that start to come together?

The biggest change organizationally for the Browns after last year's 7-10 season was at defensive coordinator. Joe Woods was let go and veteran defensive coach Jim Schwartz was hired. Schwartz's mission is simple. The tools are there, at least on paper. Schwartz has All-Pro edge rusher Myles Garrett, Pro Bowl cornerback Denzel Ward and a handful of intriguing young players from which to start. On top of that, the Browns went out in free agency and made sure to add to that group. Defensive tackle Dalvin Tomlinson (Vikings), edge rusher Ogbonnia Okoronkwo and two-time Super Bowl champion Juan Thornhill (Chiefs) were among the biggest-ticket additions over the last month. "Like we talked about earlier, you're always looking for more, and I promise you every coach wants more. But, yeah, Jim and the staff, they're excited. We're meeting for a long time right now, just trying to figure out where we want to go with this defense and hammer it away so that April 17 we're ready to go when the players show up."

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It's time for some Browns questions on Wednesday's Orange and Brown Talk Podcast. Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe each come up with a Browns question for this episode and they discuss their answers.

They start by asking if the draft matters for the Browns this year, considering how complete their roster is and that they don't pick until the third round.

Then they get into Greg Newsome II and try to figure out what his longterm future holds in Cleveland.

Lastly, they go back to the draft and discuss if defensive tackle will be priority and which position would suprise them the most if Andrew Berry takes it in the draft.

Hear Mary Kay Cabot and Ashley Bastock speak at cleveland.com's Women's Summit. Get more info here.

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The Browns held their first media availability of the offseason program on Tuesday. We heard from Deshaun Watson, Amari Cooper, Myles Garrett and Greg Newsome II along with head coach Kevin Stefanski.

Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe went player-by-player on the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast to discuss what they heard and what they learned from all the people who spoke.

They start with Watson and why this offseason is so different before they discuss Cooper's decision to have core muscle surgery.

Then they switch to the defensive side of the ball and talk Newsome and his role and being happy in Cleveland before they get into Garrett calling it quits when it comes to the Pro Bowl games.

They wrap up the podcast by discussing Perrion Winfrey and what Stefanski had to say about him in light of Winfrey's arrest last week.

Hear Mary Kay Cabot and Ashley Bastock speak at cleveland.com's Women's Summit. Get more info here.

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With the 2023 NFL draft now just eight days away, mock drafts are getting last-minute pushes to prepare for what kind of hauls could be on the board. One of those mock drafts was completed by The Athletic’s Dane Brugler, who completed a full seven-round simulation. Even though the Cleveland Browns do not have a first or second round pick, they do have six picks in the middle rounds of the draft to play around with. With defensive tackle, defensive end, linebacker, and wide receiver still lingering, who did the Browns land in Brugler’s simulation? We take a look there next to see who the draft expert mocked to Cleveland. 

Round 3, pick no. 98: EDGE YaYa Diaby, Louisville

It seems unlikely for the Browns to double up on defensive linemen in the 2023 NFL draft, but given the need upfront it would not be overly surprising. Diaby is a bit overhyped compared to my board, but he is an athletic player with a high floor who can come in and at least be a rotational contributor. Given who was available, Alabama defensive tackle Byron Young would be a better pick, but if they go Dexter with their first pick, then the value of Diaby matches here.

Round 4, pick no. 126: S Jammie Robinson, Florida State

This is a stellar pick. As the Browns look to replace Ronnie Harrison in 2023 and potentially look to replace Grant Delpit as he plays out a contract year, there are fewer players with a higher football IQ than Robinson. While his size and athletic profile are subpar, Robinson presents the ability to understand the game of football at a high level from the slot, from the box, and the third level of the defense. For just the cost of the 126th pick in the draft, Robinson would be a home run for the Browns.

Round 5, pick no. 140: CB Jakorian Bennett, Maryland

The Browns will never turn down more depth in the secondary, but the selection of the athletic Jakorian Bennett feels redundant unless the team does not feel Robinson could play in the slot. The Browns already have three young and promising cornerbacks on the roster, and the cost of a fifth rounder is not steep, but drafting ahead at a position of deep depth is a bit unwarranted.

Round 6, pick no. 190: RB Keaton Mitchell, East Carolina

Look for the Cleveland Browns to address running back depth in the 2023 NFL Draft. Here in the sixth round, Brugler gave the Browns one of the more fun players at the position in this class. While there is reason to believe they may try to take a better one earlier, Keaton Mitchell is a fine sixth round draft pick. While he is not overly elusive, Mitchell is linearly explosive and can burn when he gets into the open field.

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Cleveland Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb and Berea Mayor Cyril Kleem, Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne and others are due to make one or more big announcements starting next week that will include the lakefront football stadium, the Browns’ Berea campus, mixed-use developments around both plus a relocated Shoreway. The announcements will be about changes intended to activate the downtown lakefront by the end of this decade in ways it hasn’t been since the 1930s and to create a year-round fan-friendly village around the team’s suburban headquarters and practice facility, according to two sources familiar with the developments.

There are still many unknowns at this early stage. But between now and when the venue formerly known as FirstEnergy Stadium (reverting back to Cleveland Browns Stadium) is rebuilt, many of the team’s and Haslam Sports Group office staff will be temporarily relocated from their Berea headquarters to makeshift offices at the stadium and to remote working.

During the renovation of the CrossCountry Mortgage Campus, the Browns offseason training programs may have to be relocated for up to one year. Expansion of the campus will take longer — more than one year and may be carried out in phases depending on financing and city approvals. The expanded campus will reportedly include a new hotel, restaurants, shops, conference facilities. The Haslams and the city have already acquired more than 30 acres of land and demolished many homes and a church for this massive expansion of the Browns’ Berea facilities. It isn’t publicly known yet where the Browns will play, but Columbus is a likely location. The Haslams already have a presence there with their Columbus Crew Major League Soccer club. Its venue, the two-year-old, soccer-specific Lower.com Field, seats only 20,371. When the Browns played their first Orange & Brown Scrimmage on Aug. 7, 2015, they played to 49,734 fans at the Ohio State University’s 102,734-seat Ohio Stadium (aka The Horseshoe). It was the highest attendance for any Browns open practice or Family Day since at least 2005. The Browns would like to regain their fan dominance in Ohio’s capital city, taking attention away from their AFC North Division rivals Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers.

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The Browns began their offseason program on Monday, with players reporting for the voluntary workouts which begin with two weeks of strenght and conditioning.

Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe discussed what they will be watching when they finally get a chance to see this team on the field on Monday's Hey, Mary Kay! edition of the Orange and Brown Talk Podcast, answering questions from our Football Insider subscribers.

They also get into expectations for Deshaun Watson in 2023 and what they believe the organization expects to do with its quarterback playing for a full season as well as the floor and ceiling for the team.

They also answer questions about left tackle, potential surprise moves in the draft and more.

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Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam have officially taken their stake in the Milwaukee Bucks. Their stadium also is no longer known as FirstEnergy Stadium as that naming rights deal is now over early.

Mary Kay Cabot and Dan Labbe discussed some Browns and NFL news on Friday's Orange and Brown Talk Podcast. They discuss the Haslams and their Bucks ownership before they get into the future of Cleveland Browns Stadium. They also get into Odell Beckham officially signing in Baltimore.

Then, Ashley Bastock joins the show along with Akron Beacon Journal sports reporter Nate Ulrich for a draft. They draft the "Succession" characters based on who is in the best position as the show goes into its final seven episodes.

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