The Browns selected Washington nose tackle Danny Shelton with the 12th overall pick in the first round of the NFL Draft on Thursday night.
After their defense finished last in the league against the run in 2014, the Browns bolstered the middle of coach Mike Pettine's 3-4, hybrid scheme by adding the 6-foot-2, 339-pound Shelton.
The Browns entered the draft with a dire need at nose tackle after allowing veteran Ahtyba Rubin to walk in free agency in March. Phil Taylor can certainly play nose, too, but he's on the verge of entering the final season of his rookie contract and he had major knee surgery last year.