What if?

What if somebody trades to 3 and drafts Trent Richardson?

The Browns auction Claiborne, Kalil, and probably Blackmon.

What if teams call the Browns bluff on Kalil?

Then they know Tampa Bay will draft him.

What if nobody makes a good enough offer?

Then the Browns are stuck with Blackmon or Claiborne.

Don't you hate Blackmon?

Of course not.  He's really good and will help somebody immediately.  He's even extra-smart so he'd acclimate to the WCO.  I just know he's not like the top two guys last season, and think Floyd has more upside.

What if Richardson is there after all?

Trade first, draft him sans a good offer.

What's a good offer?

See the value chart.  Add 200 to the 1800.  That's called extortion.

What if they draft Richardson and he gets injured?

Take him to the hospital.

Seriously, people have run out of things to write about.  I'm about ready to delete the Bleacher Report from my favorites list, and some of the pros are also pretty weak.

Can't blame them much, since I've become a broken record myself.

But at least I listen, and can be persuaded by logic and evidence.  That's why I like Terry Pluto so much.  I wouldn't make a great politician because I do shift positions a lot.  Good politicians can't care about being correct or incorrect.  They have to stick to their guns long after they've been proven wrong.

And that's right--I'd consider Blackmon at number four if Richardson were gone and I couldn't trade the pick.  Even though Claiborne is super-elite and Blackmon is just real good.  Not sure what I'd do there...

That's why trading down is my first option.  You can get guys like Blackmon almost throughout the first round, and I'd rather have two or three than one.  This linebacker Kuechle, Boston College.  Broke the record for total tackles in only three years, with a lot of them at or behind the line of scrimmage.  He's a Claiborne-like superstud, and he'll be there maybe below 15.
DeCastro: Not a position of need for the Browns, but he's to guards and Claiborne is to corners, and he'll be there maybe below 15.
The "second-tier" running backs in this draft are all potential All-Pros, and are out-glittered by Richardson.  Some will slide into the second or even the third round!
Cordy Glenn, Johnathan Martin, Bobby Massie all ready to play right tackle and there after 15 or 22.  All with that potential.

Ok only a couple corrections here:

1: The Browns have depth at linebacker.  They need a new starter.
2: The Jauron defense does not need a linebacker who can blitze.  It needs a linebacker who can cover, and stop the run.  If the Jauron defense has to blitze more than occasionally, it is in trouble.
3: The Browns are not "all set" at weakside defensive end.  Jauron and Heckert need a fast passrusher there for it to work right.  They should get one in this draft.  One of the best wasn't even invited to the combine.  Adrian Hamilton.
4: The only time in Heckert's carreer that a super-running back was drafted, it was Adrian Peterson, and the Eagles had no chance.  In fact, the Eagles always drafted low.  The fact that Heckert never drafted a running back high in the first round is utterly meaningless.

YOU STAND CORRECTED