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I have been at odds with Berry over his time in Cleveland.

Obviously the Watson trade was horrible.

His draft record before last year was hit on some; lost on others.

Chiefs general manager Brett Veach is predicting an active Thursday with plenty of trades. Others are not so sure.

More teams want to trade down than up this year, per multiple sources. This means there could be fewer first-round deals than in recent years, as it takes two to make a deal come together. There were five draft-day trades in Round 1 last year, five in 2024, seven in 2023 and nine in 2022. Teams expect the trades we do see to be more jockeying for position than earthshaking blockbusters, such as the deal we saw last year between the Browns and Jaguars, when Cleveland moved out of the No. 2 pick in a stunning trade with the Jaguars.

One year later, the Browns are already taking calls about the No. 6 pick, and sources said they're open to moving it. Another move back would give the Browns more capital in a draft in which they are already scheduled to have nine picks, including Nos. 6 and 24 in the first round.

A potential trade-up candidate in the eyes of some front office executives is the Cowboys. They have two first-round picks -- though they are said to want to hold onto pick No. 20 -- and needs for a big-time defensive player. Speaking of which ...

It's amazing that after years of coaching influence negatively effecting who we draft (and ownership too, no doubt), there are still people who clamor for it and want to undermine the front office staff.

"I would just say it's our job to make any player feel comfortable wherever we put them. Certainly a player's going to feel more comfortable where they've played the majority of their snaps... but certainly it's our job to... I mean, I just read the other day that [Detroit Lions' Penei] Sewell's going to be moved maybe to left tackle. Well, if you're a great player, you ought to be able to play left or right tackle, right? Don't restrict yourself to what I can and can't do. I would never want to say that about a coach or a player."

It was Berry. And he is right.

You should be very worried, Mac:

Todd Monken--

Memp...you left some important points out of the story...Monken also said...

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"Sure, it's important, the left tackle with the right-handed quarterback," Browns coach Todd Monken said during last month's AFC coaches breakfast at the NFL annual meetings. "But I know this, when [the Pittsburgh Steelers'] TJ Watt lines up on the right side, you'd feel a lot better if you had a really good right tackle. I mean, if we [the Baltimore Ravens] were playing Myles [Garrett] and he jumps over there, we're not going to jump. We weren't going to jump [Ravens left tackle] Ronnie Stanley over there. So you really need two tackles. Certainly the left side is critical."

Wills draft choice is proof that Berry's philosophy that a RT can play LT too...was proven wrong, by Berry himself. Some OTs are athletic enough to switch sides..some are not. We don't want to see Berry make another poor pick at OT and waste another high pick on a player that can't perform at a high level.

As Monken said..

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So you really need two tackles. Certainly the left side is critical."

It's amazing that after years of coaching influence negatively effecting who we draft (and ownership too, no doubt), there are still people who clamor for it and want to undermine the front office staff.