Source: ohio.com --- Saturday, April 29, 2017
BEREA: In January, coach Hue Jackson vowed to jump into Lake Erie if the Browns go 1-15 in 2017 like they did last season. Last month at the NFL owners meetings, Jackson was optimistic he wouldn’t be taking a dip. “I have not even thought of the boat,” he said. “I feel better about the process and where we are, and I anticipate I will not be jumping. I will not be putting on swimming trunks. I will not be getting in that water. It’s not happening.” Now Jackson feels even more sure he’ll avoid the lake because he believes the Browns improved during the three-day NFL Draft. “We’re better,” Jackson said Saturday during a draft wrap-up news conference. “Now how much better we are, we’ll find that out as we go. But I feel more comfortable and confident in our guys that are in the locker room that they know what to expect and how we want to play, and I think we did a great job of drafting to our identity and what we want to become here.” The Browns entered the draft with 11 picks, and after four trades, they got 10 players — five on defense, four on offense (without any additions to an unproven receiving corps) and a kicker. The regime led by head of football operations Sashi Brown, chief strategy officer Paul DePodesta and Jackson has picked 24 players and executed nine trades in two drafts. A trade down from No. 12 overall with the Houston Texans resulted in the Browns acquiring a 2018 first-round pick. They have 12 picks next year, ...
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