Browns explain loading up on WRs in NFL Draft

You may have heard something about this — the Cleveland Browns drafted a lot of wide receivers last weekend. They took five of them in the first five rounds, one less than the entire NFC. They’re moving one of those players (Princeton’s Seth DeValve) to tight end, but four is still a lot for one draft.

Why did they draft so many players at one position? Well, to start with, these are the players they had at the wide receiver position entering the draft: Brian Hartline, Andrew Hawkins, Taylor Gabriel, Marlon Moore, Terrelle Pryor, Rannell Hall and Saalim Hakim. Not great.

Because of that deficiency, “I said when I got here that I was looking to improve that position,” Browns coach Hue Jackson said, per the team’s official web site. “I wanted to get some bigger targets on our football team, but I’m also very happy with the group we had. I think you can never have too much talent or competition at that position because I …

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