MOCK DRAFT MONDAY: What's the Cleveland Browns most significant need at the top of the draft?

For Cleveland Browns fans, hope of an AFC Championship-level team in 2024 has all but vanished. While anything can happen, the Browns making the playoffs this season is a very long shot at this point. For Cleveland fans, the feel of this season seems worse than the winless one in 2017.

So far, our poll is showing a strong indicator that that is true for most Browns fans.

With all that in mind, we will start to turn our attention to the NFL draft while still covering the 12 games left in the 2024 regular season. Cleveland currently has the fourth overall selection in the 2025 NFL draft.

Last week’s Browns Mock Draft revamped the offensive line a great deal. This week, we used Mock Draft Database’s simulator and brought in CB/WR Travis Hunter and man-of-the-hour QB Diego Pavia who led Vanderbilt’s upset over Alabama this weekend.

On to our full mock draft with quick explainers for each pick:

1st Round
CB/WR Travis Hunter, Colorado

Hunter would be a great corner or receiver but he’s both and, until he can’t be, he should be both in the NFL. Much like Shohei Ohtani in baseball, it is okay to let an outlier try something that few have done before.

Cleveland needs help everywhere but have some depth at corner which will help Hunter slowly adjust to the longer NFL schedule and play less snaps early.

2nd Round
DL Tyliek Williams, Ohio State | https://www.dawgsbynature.com/2024/10...

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