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.

Ever since the offseason began for several teams and the first half of the NFL Draft order was decided, debates have sparked on what players will go where in the top five. In particular, the Cleveland Browns are the wild card when it comes to the top five.

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.

As conference championship weekend kicks off in the NFL, we are nowhere near knowing what will happen in the upcoming NFL draft. The popularity of the draft has led to an overwhelming amount of NFL mock drafts,