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NFL power rankings: Post-2019 NFL Draft breakdown for all 32 teams

By Peter Panacy

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - APRIL 25: Andre Dillard of Washington State reacts after being chosen #22 overall by the Philadelphia Eagles during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - APRIL 25: Andre Dillard of Washington State reacts after being chosen #22 overall by the Philadelphia Eagles during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – DECEMBER 30: Quarterback Baker Mayfield #6 of the Cleveland Browns walks off the field after the Browns lost to the Baltimore Ravens 26-24 at M&T Bank Stadium on December 30, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images)
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – DECEMBER 30: Quarterback Baker Mayfield #6 of the Cleveland Browns walks off the field after the Browns lost to the Baltimore Ravens 26-24 at M&T Bank Stadium on December 30, 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) /

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Browns’ Drafted Players Table
Rnd Player Pick Pos College/Univ
2 Greedy Williams 46 CB LSU
3 Sione Takitaki 80 LB BYU
4 Sheldrick Redwine 119 S Miami (FL)
5 Mack Wilson 155 LB Alabama
5 Austin Seibert 170 K Oklahoma
6 Drew Forbes 189 OT SE Missouri St.
7 Donnie Lewis Jr. 221 CB Tulane

Provided by Pro-Football-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/1/2019.

It still feels so weird putting the Browns anywhere but the very bottom of NFL power rankings. But, hey… good for Cleveland. The city has waited for this long enough.

Not only are the Browns vastly improved, they’re legitimately looking at an AFC North crown and deep trip into the playoffs. We’ll have to see whether or not quarterback Baker Mayfield picks up where he left off last season — no reason to assume not — and if all those offseason pickups, including Odell Beckham Jr., come together in the right way under first-year head coach Freddie Kitchens.

The Beckham trade cost Cleveland its first-round pick, of course. Yet the Browns ended up getting a first-round talent in LSU’s Greedy Williams, who was ranked the No. 1 corner in this year’s NFL Draft not too long ago.

And in Round 2.

Williams will join an up-and-coming defense, including former Giants EDGE Olivier Vernon, who’ll pair with fellow pass-rusher Myles Garrett.

Linebacker Mack Wilson on day three was a nice find, too, helping reinforce the second level of the defense.

The Browns are fun again. When was the last time anyone has said that?