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Morning kickoff: Browns' trade out of No. 2 spot virtually hands starting QB job to RG III

Editor's note: Tony Grossi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN 850 WKNR.

Questions about the Browns’ trade of the No. 2 overall pick in the 2016 to the Philadelphia Eagles for a net of four present and future picks ...

1. What motivated the trade?

In order, four factors: Coach Hue Jackson’s unbridled enthusiasm about Robert Griffin III, the analytics department’s desire to collect more draft picks, the apparent elimination of Jared Goff as a possibility after the Los Angeles Rams leap-frogged the Browns into the No.