Draft Day: Bank on DBs

 …Well, not the first draft day – as the Browns lack picks in the first three rounds – but the second for sure.  James Walker (formerly of the Columbus Dispatch, currently of ESPN) addresses the need for Cleveland to add a few bodies to the defense next weekend regardless of the number of selections. 

Good news is that Phil Savage is on board and isn’t completely comfortable going into this season with only Eric Wright, Daven Holley and Brandon McDonald at the corners.  Not only are Wright and McDonald only in their second season, but given the knack for injuries among our DBs (Gary Baxter, anyone?) we will likely need more depth than we currently possess.

McDonald himself was a fifth-round selection last year, so there is opportunity to draft some quality on the second day.  However, Savage will not limit his additions to the draft itself.

“This is a group that we need to find somebody, whether it’s in the fourth round or the seventh round on as an undrafted free agent,” Savage said today. “But we do think we will add a player at that position at some point on Sunday.”

We have about 10 days to get our numbers together.  I’m not banking on a Marques Colston-type player coming our way in the sixth or seventh round, but hey…it can happen.

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