Browns select Anthony Schwartz

   The Cleveland Browns offense hasn't been in question entering the 2021 draft, but the one hole in the offense was that the Browns lacked a fast receiver that could get deep or be used in different ways with the ball in his hands.

The Browns attempted to solve that in the third round with the pick acquired from New Orleans at number 91 in Auburn wide receiver Anthony Schwartz.

Schwartz brings speed and not the type of speed that is usually thought of as fast.

Schwartz is a player with Olympic sprinter type of speed and has been clocked as fast as 4.26 in the 40-yard dash, which gives him the fastest number of all players in the draft.

Schwartz caught 54 passes in 2020 for 636 yards and three touchdowns, one of those a school-record 91-yard touchdown reception.

Schwartz also rushed for over 300 yards in three years at Auburn and seven touchdowns, which shows that Gonzalez can be used on jet sweeps, swing passes (that can count as running plays depending on where the ball was caught).

Schwartz isn't as refined of a receiver as Ole Miss's Elijah Moore or Purdue's Rondale Moore, the two players that I wanted for the Browns (both players were off the board before the Browns second-round pick), but he brings even better speed and can be involved in a similar manner in the offense.

Schwartz was mentioned as having to actually have to slow down into his routes because he was going through things too fast!

Dane Brugler had Schwartz as a fourth-rounder, which isn't so bad considering the third-rounder was one late in the round, says he has the speed to make an impact but has a frame that may not make him a high volume receiver.

For you, fantasy players out there, think of two or three catches for 70 yards and maybe a touchdown type and you'll know how Schwartz projects.

Schwartz could be a player involved in gadget plays in his first year or so and then breaks into the offense, should things go well for him.

Schwartz appears to be a boom or bust pick, but I cannot blame Andrew Berry for attempting to add a home run hitter to the offense.

The Browns now have three fourth-round picks, two of them early in the round, with pick 110 from the Eagles coming fifth in the round, the pick obtained from Carolina on day two at 113, and the Browns own pick at 132.

I would be surprised if the Browns used all of these picks and they might be looking to move one of the early picks for a third-rounder next season.

Cleveland owns picks in rounds five, six, and seven.

Round five is from the Rams at 169 from the Austin Corbett trade.

Round six is their own pick at 211 and Round seven is the pick from the Bills at 257, two picks away from Mr.Irrelevant.