{"id":766839,"date":"2026-02-21T13:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T13:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/766839\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T13:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T13:16:19","slug":"browns-nfl-draft-miamis-keionte-scott-could-be-rutenburgs-prized-slot-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/766839\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns NFL Draft: Miami\u2019s Keionte Scott could be Rutenburg\u2019s prized slot corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Cleveland\u2019s new defensive coordinator, Mike Rutenberg, is known for a few things, and one of them is his gravitation towards relying heavily on his slot cornerbacks in multiple ways. The \u201cEinstein of the secondary\u201d has always been able to find above-average athletes to play nickel for him, and there\u2019s a player in this year\u2019s class who fits the mold perfectly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Miami\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nflmockdraftdatabase.com\/players\/2026\/keionte-scott\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keionte Scott<\/a> was one of the top cornerbacks in all of college football in 2025, and he should be one of the top slot-specific players in the 2026 NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Scott would be a perfect fit in Cleveland alongside Denzel Ward and Tyson Campbell next season, as Scott can play multiple roles near the box. He has the physicality to cover tight ends, the athleticism to stick with slot receivers, and the mentality to be a force against the run.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">There are very few slot-specific players in this year\u2019s class who could make an impact as a rookie, another being Indiana\u2019s D\u2019Angelo Ponds. If Mike Rutenberg wants to make sure that he has a slot that he can rely on and wants to get one in the NFL Draft, Keionte Scott might be his No.1 target in the 2026 class. Scott\u2019s physicality and high-energy style of play consistently jump off tape, and he\u2019s one of those players who makes you say \u201cwow\u201d every few minutes when watching him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Of course, they could always choose to sign one in free agency, but being able to acquire one with a crazy amount of potential in the draft could be the best option when it comes to a value perspective over the next four years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cleveland\u2019s new defensive coordinator, Mike Rutenberg, is known for a few things, and one of them is his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":766840,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2054],"tags":[86,85,54,91914,4397,2337,7,781,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-766839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cleveland-browns","8":"tag-browns","9":"tag-cleveland","10":"tag-cleveland-browns","11":"tag-cleveland-browns-analysis","12":"tag-cleveland-browns-draft","13":"tag-clevelandbrowns","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-general","16":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116108813360864326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=766839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/766839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/766840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=766839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=766839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=766839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}