Browns select Grant Delpit

The Cleveland Browns traded down in the second round three spots with the Indianapolis Colts to gain a fifth-round choice and both safeties that I hoped would be available with their pick at 41, were both available at 44th overall.

I barely mentioned LSU's Grant Delpit because I believed that he would have been selected well before the Browns second-round choice and I was hoping for Antoine Winfield Jr. from Minnesota as the Browns pick in the second round.
However, I was surprised to see Delpit still available, and of the two I did give Delpit the edge.

Andrew Berry decided to take the best player available and by doing so, the Browns landed a standout defensive back that surprisingly fell out of the first round from LSU and wound up with my top-rated safety in Grant Delpit one year after drafting cornerback Greedy Williams under similar conditions.
Delpit won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back in 2019 but was regarded as having played better in 2018 after some struggles last season dealing with a high ankle sprain for much of the season.

The LSU Tiger safety is physical against the run but plays well in space and can leap to grab the high pass as shown in the photo above.
At 6'3, Delpit can leap over receivers, cover tight ends, and with his seven sacks in the last two years, Delpit can be used in blitzing the quarterback as well.
Had Delpit entered the draft in 2019, Delpit would have almost certainly been taken in the top fifteen picks and this is an absolute steal for the Browns.

I love this pick for the Browns in talent and value and the added bonus of picking up the Colts' fifth-round pick for tomorrow's final day.
The Browns did not have a fifth-rounder (having sent the pick to Buffalo for guard Wyatt Teller) entering the draft, so this makes a good move even better.

I'll be back later tonight with reports on the Browns' third-rounder and a bit more on Grant Delpit.