Grant Delpit is off the board. With the No. 44 pick, the Browns grabbed the standout LSU safety.
The Browns fortified safety by signing Karl Joseph and Andrew Sendejo, but they also wanted to address the group in the long run. Joseph and Sendejo are both on one-year deals and, at this stage of his career, Sendejo profiles more as a supporting cast member.
Delpit notched five tackles and one sack in LSU’s championship victory. All in all, he closed out three seasons with a combined 199 tackles, 17.5 sacks, seven interceptions, 24 passes defended, and two fumble recoveries.
Delpit has demonstrated the ability to lock down defenders in both man and zone coverage. He’s also an effective blitzer, as evidenced by those 17.5 sacks. He’ll have to tighten up his tackling form at the next level, but evaluators say his future is bright.
Steal in the 2nd
Gud pick
Best safety in this class. Fact browns traded back, got a 5th, and the best safety is a nice get for Cleveland.
They seem to be having a good draft so far.
They didn’t have a 5th either, so getting one helps a lot.
There were a few guys I would have been thrilled to get (Delpit, Epenesa, Winfield, and Baun), so to be able to pick up another draft pick and still get one of those guys is big.
I love the pick (just like I loved the Greedy Williams pick last year) but if neither of them clean up their tackling it could get ugly
Ain’t that the truth.
I love this pick. So far, the browns have done great with there first 2 picks.
2 homerun picks IMO
The browns are trying to figure out how best to stop Lamar Jackson. Playing a 4-2-5 defense w 3 safeties (like the Chargers did to him in the 2018 playoffs) seems like the best bet. I hope Joesph, Sendejo and Delpit are up for the challenge.
With how the new regime seems to relatively undervalue linebackers, you may be on to something. Mack Wilson is rangy enough that he could possibly fit with one other linebacker.
Bears blew it