While the personnel in the front office—and frankly everywhere else—has changed frequently over the course of the past several years for the Cleveland Browns, one thing has been consistent, and that has been an organizational preference to stockpile draft picks, even if it means dealing former high-round draft picks who haven’t panned out.
Just last year, for example, they traded former first-round defensive tackle Danny Shelton and a fifth-round pick to the New England Patriots for a third. Shelton’s performance had not been in question and was in just his third season.