{"id":774062,"date":"2026-02-24T20:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/774062\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:55:12","slug":"browns-gm-andrew-berry-nfl-draft-looking-for-3-simple-traits-in-a-wide-receiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/774062\/","title":{"rendered":"Browns GM Andrew Berry, NFL draft: Looking for 3 simple traits in a wide receiver"},"content":{"rendered":"

In another NFL draft or NFL free agency class, Cleveland Browns fans would be all about the quarterback position. There is zero certainty about any of the QBs currently on the Browns roster<\/a>, with Shedeur Sanders, Deshaun Watson, and Dillon Gabriel all in competition at the position.<\/p>\n

Yes, Cleveland GM Andrew Berry has not \u201cforgotten\u201d about Gabriel, as he told the media at the NFL combine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Instead, Browns fans and the media in general have been focused on the team\u2019s need at the offensive line<\/a> and wide receiver positions. Berry\u2019s history with drafting around both of those areas of need has been suspect. As always with Cleveland\u2019s recent drafts, it is important to note that the team did not have a first-round pick for three seasons and was missing a slew of other selections as well.<\/p>\n

Talent can be found anywhere in the NFL draft, but the best is mostly found in the first and second rounds.<\/p>\n

When it comes to the wide receiver position, most focus on size and speed as the primary traits. While those are important, we\u2019ve seen fast players and big players fail. We\u2019ve seen big and fast receivers not even make it to the end of their rookie contracts despite being selected in the first two days of the draft.<\/p>\n

For Berry, the three traits that he\u2019s looking for in a receiver are quite simple:<\/p>\n

Get open, catch the ball, and make plays with the ball in your hands. Not too much to ask, right? The reality is players can get open with size, speed, change of direction, and great route running. Similar skills can assist pass catchers in making plays with the ball in their hands. Catching the ball is a singular skill, in and of itself. Unfortunately, Berry hasn\u2019t found a player who can do all three of those things.<\/p>\n

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In Berry\u2019s NFL draft history, he has selected the following receivers:<\/p>\n

2020 \u2013 Donovan Peoples-Jones \u2013 6th round<\/p>\n

2021 \u2013 Anthony Schwartz \u2013 3rd round<\/p>\n

2022 \u2013 David Bell \u2013 3rd round<\/p>\n

2022 \u2013 Mike Woods II \u2013 6th round<\/p>\n

2023 \u2013 Cedric Tillman \u2013 3rd round<\/p>\n

2024 \u2013 Jamari Thrash \u2013 5th round<\/p>\n

Of that group of six, DPJ had the most successful career. Peoples-Jones showed all three of the abilities that Berry noted. Schwartz couldn\u2019t catch the ball, which means he didn\u2019t have a chance to make plays with it. Bell struggled to get open, Woods couldn\u2019t stay healthy, Tillman showed the ability to get open with his size, but concussions limited him, while Thrash has barely seen the field.<\/p>\n

With two picks in the first round and another one high in the second, it is possible that Berry will not only add another name to his receiver list but also select one at the highest point he has ever. Needless to say, Berry will not be focused just on players who are big and\/or fast but who can produce based on the three traits he notes. Hopefully, he\u2019s learned more than just patience going into his seventh season as Cleveland\u2019s GM<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In another NFL draft or NFL free agency class, Cleveland Browns fans would be all about the quarterback…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[2007,58999,1919,7469,54,563,1033,7,3948,19211,6,15,17,21179,1473],"class_list":{"0":"post-774062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-andrew-berry","9":"tag-anthony-schwartz","10":"tag-arizona-state-sun-devils","11":"tag-cedric-tillman","12":"tag-cleveland-browns","13":"tag-deshaun-watson","14":"tag-dillon-gabriel","15":"tag-football","16":"tag-gm","17":"tag-jamari-thrash","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-nfl-draft","20":"tag-shedeur-sanders","21":"tag-texas-state-bobcats","22":"tag-wide-receiver"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116127604839983712","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774062","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=774062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}