Browns Must Learn from Past Draft Mistakes, Cannot Miss in 2015 1st Round

February 10, 2015   ·   Andrea Hangst   ·   Jump to comments

For the past three seasons, the first round of the NFL draft has been incomplete at best for the Cleveland Browns, and poor at worst.
Of their five first-round picks over those three years, only three remain: 2013's selection, linebacker Barkevious Mingo, and 2014's two additions, cornerback Justin Gilbert and quarterback Johnny Manziel.
Their two selections from 2012, running back Trent Richardson and quarterback Brandon Weeden, are already on other teams. And Gilbert and Manziel are works in progress, on thin ice as the offseason unfolds.
The 2012 first round wasn't a total loss, of course. While Weeden was released outright in 2014 and later picked up by the Dallas Cowboys, Richardson was traded to the Indianapolis Colts just two weeks into the 2013 season for a first-round pick that proved to be more valuable than Richardson's contributions to his new team.
Still, that Richardson pick produced the Browns' selection of Manziel—a selection that CBS Sports' J...

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