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.

A proposed trade would see the Cleveland Browns trade the No. 2 pick to the Minnesota Vikings for J.J. McCarthy and draft picks.

Of their picks in the final five rounds in the draft, only James Hudson III and Tony Fields II were on the roster in 2024. Hudson was the last of those players to play with the Browns, playing until Week 4 before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury.

However, their best option may just be taking the best player available, and that is either Hunter or Penn State pass rusher Abdul Carter. In a new mock draft written over at Daft on Draft, they have the Browns taking that route. They land Hunter with the No. 2 overall pick.

The Cleveland Browns had a dramatic year that ended in the fanbase looking ahead to mock drafts by the middle of October.

This isn't the first time the Browns have been linked to not taking one of the two quarterbacks. There have been mock drafts that have Cleveland grabbing the best defensive player