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Wow, you must get the pick from Twitter

Almost 6'4 213lb 4.54 40

Brad Stainbrook leaked the pick early because he is an ass clown.

Seems like he will be a replacement for either DPJ or Cooper in an ideal world.

You wonder if we wanted Hyatt

Bye Swartz ...

Has size, is physical but not a YAC guy (I googled him haha).

Bleh, WR depth with Adebawore on the board. Not a fan in the moment. We'll see how I feel tomorrow.

Well we dont like YAC haha so it makes sense

Giants screw the Browns initial pick? AB with no balls to move up?

Only guy, in list of 400 from CBs 2 weeks ago,
whom I accidently put started to put the star next to his name signifying a Browns pick, and
what do you know, he becomes their first pick of the, well since the draft opened.

I actually like him over Hyatt. But once we got Moore, Goodwin, and resigned Grant...I thought WR was far less of an issue versus many other areas. Just irked we didn't get Abebawore or Simpson...I want defense

Haha...These are two very different WR types.

That said, I think Schwartz already had one foot out of the door barring any injuries to the position group.

How do you know we even wanted Hyatt?

Why the F are we even drafting a WR???? that's our pressing need? WR won't help us when DWatson misses his 1st read and then takes off running like a chicken with his head cut off. This team is hard to root for

you would make a better, / more interesting newspaper article than we'll probably get, with that ^ 'imagined" narrative.

Wasted pick. We already traded for Moore. So, that's 2 picks for wr's.

Browns assistant GM Glenn Cook cites Tillman's size and toughness.

"He plays a brand of football we're trying to play."

Then don't ...

Thank God the Broncos took Mims, with his narrow stride, inability to separate or get off the line, imo. before Berry would, you know.

From Dane Brugler....

STRENGTHS: Big, sturdy athlete with above-average length ... uses his frame to shield and secure catches ... strong, well-timed hands (only five career drops) ... has
the body control to make adjustments downfield and the catch radius to attack throws away from his body ... physical demeanor vs. press and won’t get bullied off
his route path ... runs with the build-up acceleration to get on top of cornerbacks vertically ... tracks the deep ball well (16 receptions of 25-plus yards over the past
two seasons) ... can make the first man miss on screens ... has the body and play strength to knock back and beat up corners as a blocker ... caught a touchdown in
nine of his final 13 games at Tennessee.

WEAKNESSES: Inefficient at the top of routes and must tighten up his footwork/body movements ... has work-back instincts underneath, but his sink-and-react is
predictable ... ran a rudimentary route tree in the Tennessee offense and must develop a more detailed approach to it ... tends to lose his speed downfield and lacks a
top gear ... not elusive and averaged only 2.9 YAC per reception in 2022 ... his success rate in contested situations tends to be hit or miss ... only lined up on the right
side of the formation ... missed four games as a senior because of a left ankle injury (September 2022), which required tightrope surgery; also missed an additional
two games (to rest his ankle).

SUMMARY: A two-year starter at Tennessee, Tillman was an outside receiver in head coach Josh Heupel’s up-tempo, spread offense, lining up exclusively on the right
side of the formation. After a breakout junior season, his senior year was marred by an ankle injury, but he still finished top-10 all-time in Tennessee history in
touchdown catches (17) and holds the school record for consecutive games (seven) with a touchdown grab. Tillman has above-average hands with the catching range [55]
and body type to be effective on slants/stops/comebacks or when tracking downfield. He can open his stride and maintain his acceleration through the stem but lacks
the short-area quickness or detailed urgency to easily create separation. Overall, Tillman might be limited to a linear route tree, but he is a big target with the
acceleration, play strength and ball skills to exploit perimeter matchups. He has NFL starting traits as an X and should develop into a solid No. 2/3.

Tillman is a tall receiver with impressive route-running savvy, a big catch radius and strong hands. He does an excellent job tracking the deep ball and using his length to win 50-50 opportunities. He has a natural feel for contorting his body, timing his jumps and shielding defenders. Tillman picks up yards after the catch by making one quick move and dragging defensive backs for extra yards. -- Steve Muench

Matt Miller's NFL comp: DeVante Parker


He was Tennessee's #1 receiver over Hyatt until he got injured - and had a 1st Rd grade before the injury as well.

6'3 215. Big WR, good routes and good hands - also a bigger body for blocking in the run game. I'll take that over the 5'11 175 lbs Hyatt every day all things equal.

Cooper, DPJ, Tillman, Bell and Moore as the top 5 with Grant as a special teamer and Goodwin on the bubble. That's a reworked WR room and it needed it.

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So, do we have like 14 WRs on the roster now?

Most of (not all) of you posters are all over are rivals picks as great or fantastic, but we make one pick and it a disaster ... amazing GO BROWNS

I don't hate the pick. But would have gone a different route.
The DT from Northwestern or the TE from Georgia.

i liked the idea of Parker Washington the Wr out of Penn St later in the draft

I'll add those complaining about wanting Hyatt a pick earlier - we already got our "speedy, take the top off" WR in Moore. If he's all that and a bag of chips like everyone proclaimed when we traded for him, then you're perfectly fine passing on Hyatt and instead picking up a bigger WR in Tillman.

Berry is becoming the John Gruden for Wide Recievers.

I like having a guy named Cedric on the team, it’s old-school cool, and I’m glad we went the SEC rout.

Maybe he’ll be a TE hybrid, or a guy we’ll be patent with and develop.

I like the pick, I think he's a good player and he'll make the other WRs that much better by providing competition. There was only a couple of players I liked better one was RT Dawand Jones from OSU and the other was LB Trent Simpson from Clemson.

How do you know we didn't?

We have A LOT of WRs haha. Clearly we hated that room

Doesn’t matter now. We took Cedric, he was the top guy on our board (in the third round but still 😀

Do not like this...

not elusive and averaged only 2.9 YAC per reception in 2022.

It sounds like DPJ 2.0

Neither of you know. So the obviously correct opinion is to assume the worst and lambast the FO as a bunch of dolts. Obviously.

Our WR room was terrible. Literally terrible. And Elijah Moore doesn't change that fact. I'm good with it.

Berry surprisingly went outside their guardrails. Tillman is already 23 years old.

Blind and deaf mutes who can't spell football hated that room. It was that bad.