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Speaker 1: our resident draft analysts. You'll see him on a number

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Speaker 1: here on the Best Podcast Available. Dane, we are one

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Speaker 1: week out, and yeah, there's some buzz. It's finally starting

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Speaker 1: to pick up a little bit. You know. I think

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Speaker 1: everybody was talking, but it was more background noise than

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Speaker 1: anything else. I think with this happ and now we're

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Speaker 1: getting a little traction one week out from the NFL Draft.

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Speaker 1: It feels like that's how it usually works, like it.

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Speaker 1: We we spend so much time talking about the draft,

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Speaker 1: talking about the draft, and it just feels like it's

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Speaker 1: it's a month away. It'll you know, it'll be here eventually,

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Speaker 1: we'll just talk about it. And then one day you

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Speaker 1: wake up and it's so it's draft week. You know,

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Speaker 1: it's just kind of sneaks up on you a little bit.

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Speaker 1: But no, it's still still some prep we have to

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Speaker 1: do to figure out how how these picks are gonna

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Speaker 1: play out. You know, obviously the you know, the Browns

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Speaker 1: represented on Day two. Excuse me playing storylines there, so

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Speaker 1: you know it's gonna be interesting. Pane, how much did

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Speaker 1: it change your outlook for the Browns with when when

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Speaker 1: that pick got traded and and not just this year's

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Speaker 1: but the next two years. How how did it change

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Speaker 1: your forecast for the team? Well, certainly when you're not

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Speaker 1: don't have a first round pick. You know, we were

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Speaker 1: your mind shifts towards Okay, Texans now two first round picks.

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Speaker 1: Browns are not picking until that mid second round. Uh,

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Speaker 1: you know what, what's their philosophy going to be? Uh?

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Speaker 1: Do you just kind of sit there and wait to

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Speaker 1: interesting spot this year as they attack the draft, still

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Speaker 1: have uh, you know, picks to be made where you

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Speaker 1: not to have one. This is a very thin upper

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Speaker 1: future years how that affects this team. Uh. You know,

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Speaker 1: gonna be well represented throughout the first three rounds, no doubt. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: willis first? Off the boards? Still a lot of storylines

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Speaker 1: were following. He is the best in the business when

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Speaker 1: it comes to covering the draft. In the draft every year,

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Speaker 1: Dane Brugler from The Athletic make sure you get his

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Speaker 1: draft guy the Beast by subscribing today to The Athletic dB.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate the time and we look order to seeing you

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Speaker 1: over the next seven at ten days on a number

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Speaker 1: of our platforms here as we lead up to the

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Speaker 1: draft and including Draft weekend. All the best, my friend,

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Speaker 1: get some sleep. I know it's easier, so I've than

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Speaker 1: done and we'll talk soon, all right, can't wait? Thanks guys,

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Speaker 1: Thanks again to Dane Brugler for his time and expertise.

439
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Speaker 1: The best in the business. Grips and dropping a lot

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Speaker 1: of different names and a lot of positions that could

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Speaker 1: be in play for the Browns here next weekend. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, and don't tell Dane that this draft is born.

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Speaker 1: You know, he's he's he's a believer and this year,

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Speaker 1: so it's even if it's a meat and potatoes draft,

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Speaker 1: he he's he's into it. And I think, like he said,

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Speaker 1: there's gonna be some Pro Bowlers and Hall of Famers,

447
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Speaker 1: and hopefully the Browns pick a couple of them. But

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Speaker 1: I think the intriguing thing for me is we know

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Speaker 1: it's there's gonna be wide receivers, defensive lineman, which the

450
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Speaker 1: Browns have added some of those players at that position

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Speaker 1: this week, so you're a little more stocked a little

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Speaker 1: bit in that department. But still those are probably the

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Speaker 1: top positions of interest for Day two and Day three.

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Speaker 1: But I'm still intrigued by tight ends. I'm asking everyone

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Speaker 1: that comes on this podcast about tight ends. I think

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Speaker 1: it's gonna be a position you want to look at.

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Speaker 1: And there are some exciting guys that have played at

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Speaker 1: a pretty high level at the college level, like Trey

459
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Speaker 1: McBride is very similar to Harrison Bryant in terms of

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Speaker 1: the production that they've done and then a guy like

461
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Speaker 1: Joannie Woods is massive and a great red zone target.

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Speaker 1: So a lot to like in that position, and it's

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Speaker 1: one I'll have my eyes on with the Browns, whether

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Speaker 1: it's late on Day two or early on Day three. Well,

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Speaker 1: I thought it was interesting during the combine and through

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Speaker 1: this whole process leading up to the week before here

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Speaker 1: the draft. Some people you talk to say, wide receiver,

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Speaker 1: you can get all starting wide receiver in the second

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Speaker 1: and third round. Others like Dane said, you know there

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Speaker 1: is a drop off at some point in this wide

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Speaker 1: receiver class and that edge might be a better bet

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Speaker 1: in the second, third, or fourth rounds to pick up

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Speaker 1: an edge rusher, and this might be the year you

474
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Speaker 1: have to take advantage of it, because I feel like

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Speaker 1: we've had so many years where you talk about the

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Speaker 1: massive drop off in edge rushers at this point in

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Speaker 1: the draft. And I think, again, like we've said before,

478
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Speaker 1: anytime you're drafting an edge rusher on the top twenty picks,

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Speaker 1: it's a projection of sorts. But it just seems like

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Speaker 1: this year there's a lot of guys and I think

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Speaker 1: that's a good thing because I think the Browns were

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Speaker 1: in a position recently where they could have added to

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Speaker 1: that position, but it just didn't work out in the

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Speaker 1: draft where there wasn't a lot of talented guys. So

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Speaker 1: I think edge edge or wide receiver, I kind of

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Speaker 1: I think I kind of lean edge in terms of

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Speaker 1: what I think the Browns might do, But it'll all

488
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Speaker 1: depend on kind of time and place. But what wide

489
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Speaker 1: receiver is is going to be addressed at some point

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Speaker 1: or it just may not be at that at that

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Speaker 1: first pick. Yeah, and a defensive tackle that he felt

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Speaker 1: that it wasn't such a great group or a great

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Speaker 1: class or a great year. I guess for for defensive tackles.

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Speaker 1: So if one of the big defensive tackles is on

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Speaker 1: the board, and now we've talked about it, and even

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Speaker 1: Dane said it himself, he can't envisioned us taking a

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Speaker 1: defensive tackle with that first pick in the second round,

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Speaker 1: But depending on how the board falls, it has to

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Speaker 1: be in play. I think, yeah, especially because like you said,

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Speaker 1: you may be and this is maybe a strategy that

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Speaker 1: can lead to bad things. But it's like you look

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Speaker 1: at it and say, well, maybe this guy isn't worth pick,

503
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Speaker 1: but we're there's really nothing beyond that this group. But

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Speaker 1: that's a way to get a player that's not of

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Speaker 1: the value that you want at forty four. So it

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Speaker 1: all depends. There's a few guys like a winfree there,

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Speaker 1: like um Travis Jones if he's there at forty four.

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Speaker 1: But it's those three positions. I think I'd be shocked

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Speaker 1: if it's not a wide receiver, defense tackler, defensive end.

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Speaker 1: But you know, I don't know if I would have

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Speaker 1: picked a linebacker in the second round last year either.

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Speaker 1: I don't know if I would have would have envisioned

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Speaker 1: j Okay co into the Browns in the second round

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Speaker 1: last year. So anything can happen, especially in that second

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Speaker 1: round where all of a sudden, there's some guys that

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Speaker 1: you thought were first rounders who are all of a

517
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Speaker 1: sudden getting in your range at forty there. Yeah, and

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Speaker 1: you mentioned it. Don't tell Dane Brugler that it's an

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Speaker 1: uninteresting draft or a boring draft, And I think the

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Speaker 1: same would go for the guys upstairs that are making

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Speaker 1: these decisions. Uh, these are some pretty valuable picks, especially

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Speaker 1: on that day to front and end to day three

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Speaker 1: at the beginning, you guys see it can really impact

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Speaker 1: this roster and are going to be counted on, I think,

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Speaker 1: to make an impact on this roster. Yeah, I mean

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Speaker 1: this is a strong roster at most positions, but these

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Speaker 1: guys are going to supplement I mean, especially your Day

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Speaker 1: two guys, those second and third rounders, those are going

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Speaker 1: to be impact players in some capacity. And and and

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Speaker 1: you don't and you want those players to contribute. They're

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Speaker 1: not going to come in and be handed starting jobs,

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Speaker 1: but they're gonna they're gonna play in some way, shape

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Speaker 1: or form. Just looking back at the impact of all

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Speaker 1: these guys over the past few years, the Browns have

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Speaker 1: gotten great players in the second round the last three

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Speaker 1: or four years. You want to continue that streak and

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Speaker 1: build upon it because I think we all feel really

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Speaker 1: good about j Ok and he was picked right in

539
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Speaker 1: that range, uh last year, and Nick Chubb and everyone,

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Speaker 1: I mean, those are second round players are making big

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Speaker 1: impacts in league all over all. Right, this is also

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Speaker 1: week one of Organized Team Activities otherwise known as o

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Speaker 1: t a S. The players back in the building they

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Speaker 1: arrived in a snow globe during the day on Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: and back in the building and getting after it and

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Speaker 1: right now just workouts and meetings. But that will evolve

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Speaker 1: into a lot more in the coming weeks as well.

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Speaker 1: We heard from Kevin Stefanski, we heard from Amari Cooper,

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Speaker 1: we heard from Jacoby Brissette. We also heard from the

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Speaker 1: newest extended brown in Denzel Award signing a new five

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Speaker 1: year extension Gribbs and a contract that will keep him

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Speaker 1: as a member of the Browns until seven years. A

553
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Speaker 1: guy that you know grew up playing at Nordonia High School,

554
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Speaker 1: went on to the Ohio State University and Cleveland's own

555
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Speaker 1: will continue to be Cleveland's own for the next five years.

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Speaker 1: Denzel Award UH deservedly so getting a five year contract

557
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Speaker 1: extension and with him now Deshaun Watson under a long

558
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Speaker 1: term deal. You've got Nick Chubb under a long term deal,

559
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Speaker 1: Betonio Teller, Miles Garrett, UH. And then you brought in

560
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Speaker 1: some great pieces. You know, John Johnson, the third UH

561
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Speaker 1: is making an impact. Greg Newsome is under a rookie

562
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Speaker 1: deal for the next couple of years, and Jin used

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00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:04,640
Speaker 1: to be that way, Uh, MARII Cooper obviously, and then

564
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,800
Speaker 1: you know what Andrew Barry has done in terms of

565
00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:10,840
Speaker 1: getting extensions for guys, and his track record continues to

566
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Speaker 1: pile up. We can't forget Kareem Hunt and the deal

567
00:27:14,359 --> 00:27:16,199
Speaker 1: that east side. I mean, it's it's a it's all

568
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Speaker 1: about getting the guys on your roster and keeping him there,

569
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Speaker 1: and I think that's that's been a big win for

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Speaker 1: this team of over the last few years. You've obviously,

571
00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,359
Speaker 1: when you get to this level, you've gotta make some

572
00:27:25,400 --> 00:27:27,240
Speaker 1: hard decisions like the ones that were made on on

573
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Speaker 1: Jarvis Landry, Austin Hooper, guys like that. But getting these

574
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Speaker 1: getting your talented players and and Denzel Award in particular,

575
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Speaker 1: is a great one. Just like Myles Garrett, Nick Chubb.

576
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Speaker 1: When you're able to draft the guys and then extend them,

577
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Speaker 1: that's how you consistently build a winning product in the NFL.

578
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Speaker 1: And with Denzel, it really is when you factor in

579
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Speaker 1: all the intangible stuff or the off field stuff, and

580
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Speaker 1: then you throw in the on field. It's like as

581
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Speaker 1: as much of a no brainer as you could think

582
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Speaker 1: of in terms of drafting a guy high uh at

583
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Speaker 1: the time, which people were skeptical about using the fourth

584
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Speaker 1: pick on a cornerback, and I think he exceeded expectations.

585
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Speaker 1: He's coming off what I would say is his best

586
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Speaker 1: season of his career so far, He's only twenty four

587
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,360
Speaker 1: years old, will be twenty five during the season this year,

588
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Speaker 1: entering his prime. Uh, and just a player that he's

589
00:28:14,600 --> 00:28:16,840
Speaker 1: got great stats, And I don't think the stats do

590
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Speaker 1: what he does justice because I think he's he does

591
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Speaker 1: a lot of things out there that you don't get

592
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Speaker 1: traditional stats with. And I think he's got a huge

593
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Speaker 1: future here and and someone who I think is going

594
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Speaker 1: to still be playing at a high level well beyond

595
00:28:30,160 --> 00:28:33,880
Speaker 1: that where that that contract does well. And again, how

596
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:37,480
Speaker 1: impressive now is that secondary with Johnson with delt but

597
00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,080
Speaker 1: you're bringing back Ronnie Harrison at the safety spot. We

598
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Speaker 1: talked about him last week signing his one year deal.

599
00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:47,160
Speaker 1: You have Greg Newsome, you have Ward, you have Troy Hill. Uh,

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Speaker 1: You've got some other pieces and parts in that secondary

601
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Speaker 1: as well. And it's a very talented secondary and we'll

602
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:55,560
Speaker 1: be here for a while. Yeah. And it's it's an

603
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,440
Speaker 1: area of the team that really was a big question

604
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Speaker 1: mark for years and all of a sudden, it's like

605
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,400
Speaker 1: a luxury to look back there and look at this

606
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Speaker 1: draft and be like, the Browns could feasibly go into

607
00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:05,320
Speaker 1: this draft and not take a corner, which is just

608
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 1: something that doesn't usually ever happen, but it's it's one

609
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,360
Speaker 1: where it could seriously happen. I mean, you could go

610
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Speaker 1: without even an entire defensive back potentially in this draft. Uh.

611
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Speaker 1: It's it's a lot of resources from a lot of

612
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Speaker 1: different avenues. UH. And and nailing the Newsom pick I

613
00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,840
Speaker 1: think is a huge part of this because, Uh, you

614
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:25,800
Speaker 1: can have some hits and mrs late in the first round.

615
00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 1: And Newsome for sure is looking like a hit so far.

616
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Speaker 1: And we'll only get better as as he plays on

617
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 1: the same field as Ward. I mean that just makes

618
00:29:33,080 --> 00:29:35,120
Speaker 1: life a little easier for him as well. Yeah, so

619
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Speaker 1: a big week here at the Cross Country Mortgage Campus.

620
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Speaker 1: Denzel A. Ward signing that five year extension through the

621
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Speaker 1: Brown is also making a few other moves guys that

622
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Speaker 1: you may have heard of, maybe you haven't heard of,

623
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Speaker 1: but Isaiah Rochelle defensive end, wide receiver, Javon Wims Uh

624
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Speaker 1: defensive tackle Shelton Day coming back to the football team,

625
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Speaker 1: wide receiver, Jamacus Bradley, guard Michael Dunne signing their exclusive

626
00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:05,800
Speaker 1: exclusive rights tenders UH, and Stephen Weatherley a defensive vent UH.

627
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Speaker 1: Really rounding out this roster is what this football team

628
00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 1: is trying to do right now and signing some guys

629
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Speaker 1: that are out there on the free agent market. Are

630
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Speaker 1: they that big A level, B level, No, But there

631
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Speaker 1: are guys that could make an impact on your roster

632
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:22,440
Speaker 1: in the right fit. And I think the Browns are

633
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:26,160
Speaker 1: hoping they have found a couple fits here. Rochelle and Whims,

634
00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:29,600
Speaker 1: both the defensive end and wide receivers, have made contributions

635
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Speaker 1: in their previous teams wins with the Bears, Rochelle with

636
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Speaker 1: the Chargers and the Colts. Yeah, and these guys that

637
00:30:35,120 --> 00:30:36,760
Speaker 1: are going to compete for roster spots to think you

638
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:39,560
Speaker 1: can safely say that for all the players you listed,

639
00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 1: they're gonna be in the mix for spots when it

640
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Speaker 1: gets down to that, to that final roster cutdown day.

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Speaker 1: the second half of last season. Yeah, so I would

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Speaker 1: expect the Browns to not be done anytime soon, uh,

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