With a team full of holes, the first thing that the Browns should try and do is trade down twice. First into the bottom half of the top 10 and then into the mid teens where they would be able to select either a LT like Joe Staley or Levi Brown, or a CB like Chris Houston, Darrell Revis, or Leon Hall. However since that is not likely with many teams looking to trade down this year, the Browns should select the best player available in the first round which falls to JaMarcus Russell. Russell may be hit or miss but his physical skills, arm strength, accuracy, and on field performance are undeniable. His size should also allow him to absorb some of the punishment that seems to plague Browns signal callers during the season. The safe choice would be Joe Thomas, but if Calvin Johnson is gone and no trade down available, the Browns should go with Russell.
In the 2nd round the Browns should take LT Joe Staley or CB Chris Houston if either of them are available. I'm betting that Houston would be more likely to still be there. Houston is freakishly fast and strong for a CB and has an impressive resume of shutting down Dwayne Jarrett, Dwayne Bowe, Earl Bennett, Dallas Baker, and every other WR he faced except for Sidney Rice. He also should a great affinity to coming up and supporting in the run game.
With their 3rd round pick the team should look at OGs to provide depth behind the always questionable Ryan Tucker. At this point the best available guard should be Josh Beekman of Boston College. Though a little short at 6'1", Beekman has shown a great ability to get out and maul players while pulling. He will provide great depth and possibly start opposite Eric Steinbach as early as next season.
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