They have Cleveland going safety or offensive tackle in round two."Last week
Antonio Callaway Jerseys Stitched , Todd McShay and Mel Kiper of ESPN posted a “dueling, two-round mock draft” so readers could better compare and contrast their drafts against each other.Each person did a two-round mock draft. The results are below for the Cleveland Browns; of course, without a first-round pick, Cleveland only gets to see one selection mocked for them.Mel KiperNo. 49 Overall: S Nasir Adderley, Delaware | “The Browns have yet to replace Jabrill Peppers, who was included in the Odell Beckham Jr. trade last month. Adderley is a deep safety with stellar ball skills.”Todd McShayNo. 49 Overall: OT Dalton Risner
Youth Myles Garrett Jersey , Kansas State | “This offense has weapons, but every good offense still has to have protection. Let’s give Baker Mayfield time to scramble and make plays.”To be fair to Kiper, his comment about not replacing Peppers came before the Browns signed S Morgan Burnett. But even with the addition, and the acquisition of S Eric Murray, Cleveland could be in the market for a younger, high-caliber starting safety.Browns’ defensive snap counts
Myles Garrett Jerseys Stitched , stats, and PFF notes: Preseason Week 3 Below, we analyze the snap counts and stats on defense for the Cleveland Browns’ Week 3 preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles.Defensive LinePosPlayerPlays%StatsPosPlayerPlays%StatsThe Browns’ defensive line made their presence known against Philly, logging 5 sacks as a unit.Per Pro Football Focus, DE Myles Garrett “recorded five pressures (two of which were sacks) in just 15 pass-rush attempts” and “has now recorded eight pressures in his 27 total preseason pass-rush attempts.”Rookie DE Chad Thomas isn’t getting a lot of work in these games, so you have to wonder how much of a role the rookie third-round pick will have early on in the year.LinebackerPosPlayerPlays%StatsPosPlayerPlays%StatsIt was a big day for rookie LB Genard Avery. Per PFF
Youth Jabrill Peppers Jersey , Avery had 3 pressures in 10 pass-rushing attempts; unfortunately, now an injury will keep him out for a bit.Mychal Kendricks didn’t get too many snaps against his former team. Of the team’s starting linebacker, Christian Kirksey and Joe Schobert saw the most reps; Jamie Collins did have a key goal line interception to preserve the first half shutout.PFF gave Collins a game grade of 94.4, the second-highest defensive mark for Cleveland. Genard Avery had the 5th-highest amount at 91.0.CornerbackPosPlayerPlays%StatsPosPlayerPlays%StatsTerrance Mitchell was a machine against the Eagles, logging a grade of 95.6 by PFF:We list Briean Boddy-Calhoun at cornerback, but he actually started at safety with Damarious Randall being a late scratch. Boddy-Calhoun had an interception and a game grade of 92.5
Jabrill Peppers Jersey Stitched , the 4th highest defensive grade on the day.SafetyPosPlayerPlays%StatsPosPlayerPlays%StatsThis PFF stat doesn’t necessarily belong with the safeties exclusively, but I’ll highlight it here: