The Browns are in such an awkward spot organizationally. Yet as the holders of the No. 2 overall selection in the 2025 NFL Draft, Cleveland can make a maneuver that can benefit the club in the short term and provide the team extra ammo potentially needed to pick a quarterback in next year's draft.

While many mock drafts remained static, there have been developments around Shedeur Sanders as the Browns have shown interest at an all-star game.

We are so far away from knowing what the 2025 Cleveland Browns roster looks like that we can explore all kinds of “what ifs.” Besides DE Myles Garrett for sure being on the team and QB Deshaun Watson for sure not being healthy to start the season,

In the latest mock from our Christian D’Andrea — a top-five mini-mock — he had the Browns taking Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders at quarterback. But in Mel Kiper Jr.’s first mock of the year for ESPN, he had Sanders’ teammate Travis Hunter going to Cleveland and Sanders going to the New York Giants at No. 3.

Latest Round 1 projections for Cleveland Browns, New York Giants. Unfortunately, this year’s class is not anywhere as strong as in 2024, and the