2018 Draft Value Leaders: Browns, Bills, Broncos, and New York, New York

by Chase Stuart on March 13, 2018

Over the last week, the Browns have made four trades, putting a small dent in the team’s historic draft capital. Cleveland traded away the first pick in the third round, #65 overall, to Buffalo for QB Tyrod Taylor, and sent the 123rd pick (Carolina’s 4th round pick, acquired two years ago for punter Andy Lee) and a 2019 7th rounder to Miami for WR Jarvis Landry. Cleveland also sent rookie QB DeShone Kizer — fresh off the third 15-loss season in NFL history — to the Packers for CB Damarious Randall, while swapping 4th and 5th round picks (Cleveland sent the first picks in the 4th and 5th rounds, #101 and #138, in exchange for #114 and #150). And finally, the Browns sent DT Danny Shelton and the 159th pick (Kansas City’s 5th round pick, acquired when Cleveland sent the Chiefs OL Cameron Erving) to the Patriots for a 2019 3rd round choice.

Cleveland still holds the first pick in rounds 1, 2, 6, and 7 of the 2018 Draft, along with the Texans first round pick (#4 overall, courtesy of the Deshaun Watson trade), Texans second round pick (#35 overall, from the Brock Osweiler trade), the Eagles second round pick (#64, Carson Wentz), and lower picks in the fourth and fifth round after the Green Bay trade.

All told, the Browns have 101.5 points of draft value, based on my draft value chart, the most of any team since the early ’90s. After the Browns, the team with the second most draft value is the Bills. Buffalo held the Chiefs 1st round pick (#22 overall) as part of the QB Patrick Mahomes trade last year, and sent OT Cordy Glenn, Buffalo’s own first round pick (#21 overall) and Buffalo’s sixth round pick to Cincinnati for the 12th pick and the Bengals fifth round pick. The Bills also had the Rams second round pick, #56 overall, as part of the Sammy Watkins trade, and the 65th pick from the Browns for dealing Taylor. As a result, Buffalo has five picks in the top 65:

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Rk	Team	Value	Picks
1	Cleveland	101.5	10
2	Buffalo	72.9	9
3	Denver	64.5	10
4	New York Jets	60.8	8
5	New York Giants	58.5	5
6	Indianapolis	57.1	7
7	Green Bay	52.5	12
8	San Francisco	52	9
9	Tampa Bay	51.3	8
10	Miami	51.2	9
11	Cincinnati	49.2	11
12	Oakland	47	11
13	Chicago	46.6	7
14	Arizona	45.8	7
15	Dallas	45.1	10
16	Washington	44.2	8
17	New England	43.8	6
18	Baltimore	41.1	8
19	Los Angeles Chargers	40.8	7
20	Carolina	39.1	8
21	Detroit	38.5	6
22	Tennessee	36	6
23	Los Angeles Rams	35.1	9
24	Atlanta	33.2	7
25	Pittsburgh	32.9	7
26	Jacksonville	31.8	7
27	Minnesota	30.4	7
28	NewOrleans	30.2	8
29	Seattle	28.3	8
30	Houston	27.6	8
31	Philadelphia	24.6	6
32	Kansas City	21	7

And here is the full draft order. As trades are made, you can use this to help calculate new draft value.

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Rd	Ovr	Team	Draft AV
1	1	Cleveland	34.6
1	2	New York Giants	30.2
1	3	Indianapolis	27.6
1	4	Cleveland	25.8
1	5	Denver	24.3
1	6	New York Jets	23.2
1	7	Tampa Bay	22.2
1	8	Chicago	21.4
1	9	San Francisco	20.6
1	10	Oakland	19.9
1	11	Miami	19.3
1	12	Buffalo	18.8
1	13	Washington	18.3

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With the veteran acquisitions, a ton of draft capital, and a surplus of salary cap room, the Browns remain well-positioned to turn things around.

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