2018 Draft Value Leaders: Browns, Bills, Broncos, and New York, New York

by Chase Stuart on March 13, 2018

Over the last week, the Browns have made four trades, putting a small dent in the team’s historic draft capital. Cleveland traded away the first pick in the third round, #65 overall, to Buffalo for QB Tyrod Taylor, and sent the 123rd pick (Carolina’s 4th round pick, acquired two years ago for punter Andy Lee) and a 2019 7th rounder to Miami for WR Jarvis Landry. Cleveland also sent rookie QB DeShone Kizer — fresh off the third 15-loss season in NFL history — to the Packers for CB Damarious Randall, while swapping 4th and 5th round picks (Cleveland sent the first picks in the 4th and 5th rounds, #101 and #138, in exchange for #114 and #150). And finally, the Browns sent DT Danny Shelton and the 159th pick (Kansas City’s 5th round pick, acquired when Cleveland sent the Chiefs OL Cameron Erving) to the Patriots for a 2019 3rd round choice.

Cleveland still holds the first pick in rounds 1, 2, 6, and 7 of the 2018 Draft, along with the Texans first round pick (#4 overall, courtesy of the Deshaun Watson trade), Texans second round pick (#35 overall, from the Brock Osweiler trade), the Eagles second round pick (#64, Carson Wentz), and lower picks in the fourth and fifth round after the Green Bay trade.

All told, the Browns have 101.5 points of draft value, based on my draft value chart, the most of any team since the early ’90s. After the Browns, the team with the second most draft value is the Bills. Buffalo held the Chiefs 1st round pick (#22 overall) as part of the QB Patrick Mahomes trade last year, and sent OT Cordy Glenn, Buffalo’s own first round pick (#21 overall) and Buffalo’s sixth round pick to Cincinnati for the 12th pick and the Bengals fifth round pick. The Bills also had the Rams second round pick, #56 overall, as part of the Sammy Watkins trade, and the 65th pick from the Browns for dealing Taylor. As a result, Buffalo has five picks in the top 65:

Rk	Team	Value	Picks
1	Cleveland	101.5	10
2	Buffalo	72.9	9
3	Denver	64.5	10
4	New York Jets	60.8	8
5	New York Giants	58.5	5
6	Indianapolis	57.1	7
7	Green Bay	52.5	12
8	San Francisco	52	9
9	Tampa Bay	51.3	8
10	Miami	51.2	9
11	Cincinnati	49.2	11
12	Oakland	47	11
13	Chicago	46.6	7
14	Arizona	45.8	7
15	Dallas	45.1	10
16	Washington	44.2	8
17	New England	43.8	6
18	Baltimore	41.1	8
19	Los Angeles Chargers	40.8	7
20	Carolina	39.1	8
21	Detroit	38.5	6
22	Tennessee	36	6
23	Los Angeles Rams	35.1	9
24	Atlanta	33.2	7
25	Pittsburgh	32.9	7
26	Jacksonville	31.8	7
27	Minnesota	30.4	7
28	NewOrleans	30.2	8
29	Seattle	28.3	8
30	Houston	27.6	8
31	Philadelphia	24.6	6
32	Kansas City	21	7

And here is the full draft order. As trades are made, you can use this to help calculate new draft value.

Rd	Ovr	Team	Draft AV
1	1	Cleveland	34.6
1	2	New York Giants	30.2
1	3	Indianapolis	27.6
1	4	Cleveland	25.8
1	5	Denver	24.3
1	6	New York Jets	23.2
1	7	Tampa Bay	22.2
1	8	Chicago	21.4
1	9	San Francisco	20.6
1	10	Oakland	19.9
1	11	Miami	19.3
1	12	Buffalo	18.8
1	13	Washington	18.3
1	14	Green Bay	17.8
1	15	Arizona	17.4
1	16	Baltimore	16.9
1	17	Los Angeles Chargers	16.6
1	18	Seattle	16.2
1	19	Dallas	15.8
1	20	Detroit	15.5
1	21	Cincinnati	15.2
1	22	Buffalo	14.9
1	23	Los Angeles Rams	14.6
1	24	Carolina	14.4
1	25	Tennessee	14.1
1	26	Atlanta	13.9
1	27	NewOrleans	13.6
1	28	Pittsburgh	13.4
1	29	Jacksonville	13.2
1	30	Minnesota	12.9
1	31	New England	12.7
1	32	Philadelphia	12.5
2	33	Cleveland	12.3
2	34	New York Giants	12.1
2	35	Cleveland	12
2	36	Indianapolis	11.8
2	37	New York Jets	11.6
2	38	Tampa Bay	11.4
2	39	Chicago	11.3
2	40	Denver	11.1
2	41	Oakland	11
2	42	Miami	10.8
2	43	New England	10.6
2	44	Washington	10.5
2	45	Green Bay	10.4
2	46	Cincinnati	10.2
2	47	Arizona	10.1
2	48	Los Angeles Chargers	9.9
2	49	New York Jets	9.8
2	50	Dallas	9.7
2	51	Detroit	9.6
2	52	Baltimore	9.4
2	53	Buffalo	9.3
2	54	Kansas City	9.2
2	55	Carolina	9.1
2	56	Buffalo	9
2	57	Tennessee	8.9
2	58	Atlanta	8.7
2	59	San Francisco	8.6
2	60	Pittsburgh	8.5
2	61	Jacksonville	8.4
2	62	Minnesota	8.3
2	63	New England	8.2
2	64	Cleveland	8.1
3	65	Buffalo	8
3	66	New York Giants	7.9
3	67	Indianapolis	7.8
3	68	Houston	7.7
3	69	Tampa Bay	7.6
3	70	San Francisco	7.5
3	71	Denver	7.5
3	72	New York Jets	7.4
3	73	Miami	7.3
3	74	San Francisco	7.2
3	75	Oakland	7.1
3	76	Green Bay	7
3	77	Cincinnati	6.9
3	78	Washington	6.9
3	79	Arizona	6.8
3	80	Houston	6.7
3	81	Dallas	6.6
3	82	Detroit	6.5
3	83	Baltimore	6.5
3	84	Los Angeles Chargers	6.4
3	85	Carolina	6.3
3	86	Kansas City	6.2
3	87	Los Angeles Rams	6.2
3	88	Carolina	6.1
3	89	Tennessee	6
3	90	Atlanta	5.9
3	91	NewOrleans	5.9
3	92	Pittsburgh	5.8
3	93	Jacksonville	5.7
3	94	Minnesota	5.7
3	95	New England	5.6
3	96	Buffalo	5.5
3	97	Arizona	5.5
3	98	Houston	5.4
3	99	Denver	5.3
3	100	Cincinnati	5.3
4	101	Green Bay	5.2
4	102	New York Giants	5.1
4	103	Houston	5.1
4	104	Indianapolis	5
4	105	Chicago	5
4	106	Denver	4.9
4	107	New York Jets	4.8
4	108	Tampa Bay	4.8
4	109	Denver	4.7
4	110	Oakland	4.7
4	111	Miami	4.6
4	112	Cincinnati	4.6
4	113	Washington	4.5
4	114	Cleveland	4.4
4	115	Chicago	4.4
4	116	Dallas	4.3
4	117	Detroit	4.3
4	118	Baltimore	4.2
4	119	Los Angeles Chargers	4.2
4	120	Seattle	4.1
4	121	Buffalo	4.1
4	122	Kansas City	4
4	123	Miami	4
4	124	Los Angeles Rams	3.9
4	125	Tennessee	3.9
4	126	Atlanta	3.8
4	127	NewOrleans	3.8
4	128	San Francisco	3.7
4	129	Jacksonville	3.7
4	130	Philadelphia	3.6
4	131	Miami	3.6
4	132	Philadelphia	3.5
4	133	Green Bay	3.5
4	134	Arizona	3.4
4	135	Los Angeles Rams	3.4
4	136	New England	3.3
4	137	Dallas	3.3
5	138	Green Bay	3.2
5	139	New York Giants	3.2
5	140	Indianapolis	3.1
5	141	Seattle	3.1
5	142	Denver	3
5	143	San Francisco	3
5	144	Tampa Bay	3
5	145	Chicago	2.9
5	146	Seattle	2.9
5	147	NewOrleans	2.8
5	148	Pittsburgh	2.8
5	149	Washington	2.7
5	150	New England	2.7
5	151	Cincinnati	2.7
5	152	Arizona	2.6
5	153	Detroit	2.6
5	154	Baltimore	2.5
5	155	Los Angeles Chargers	2.5
5	156	Philadelphia	2.4
5	157	New York Jets	2.4
5	158	Cincinnati	2.4
5	159	Cleveland	2.3
5	160	Los Angeles Rams	2.3
5	161	Carolina	2.2
5	162	Tennessee	2.2
5	163	Denver	2.2
5	164	NewOrleans	2.1
5	165	Pittsburgh	2.1
5	166	Buffalo	2
5	167	Minnesota	2
5	168	Seattle	2
5	169	Philadelphia	1.9
5	170	Cincinnati	1.9
5	171	Dallas	1.9
5	172	Green Bay	1.8
5	173	Dallas	1.8
5	174	Green Bay	1.7
6	175	Cleveland	1.7
6	176	Los Angeles Rams	1.7
6	177	Houston	1.6
6	178	Indianapolis	1.6
6	179	New York Jets	1.6
6	180	Tampa Bay	1.5
6	181	Chicago	1.5
6	182	Denver	1.5
6	183	Miami	1.4
6	184	San Francisco	1.4
6	185	Oakland	1.4
6	186	Green Bay	1.3
6	187	Buffalo	1.3
6	188	Washington	1.3
6	189	NewOrleans	1.2
6	190	Baltimore	1.2
6	191	Los Angeles Chargers	1.2
6	192	Oakland	1.1
6	193	Dallas	1.1
6	194	Los Angeles Rams	1.1
6	195	Los Angeles Rams	1
6	196	Kansas City	1
6	197	Carolina	1
6	198	Los Angeles Rams	0.9
6	199	Tennessee	0.9
6	200	Atlanta	0.9
6	201	NewOrleans	0.8
6	202	Tampa Bay	0.8
6	203	Jacksonville	0.8
6	204	Minnesota	0.7
6	205	New England	0.7
6	206	Philadelphia	0.7
6	207	Green Bay	0.6
6	208	Dallas	0.6
6	209	Kansas City	0.6
6	210	Oakland	0.6
6	211	Houston	0.5
6	212	Oakland	0.5
6	213	Minnesota	0.5
6	214	Houston	0.4
6	215	Baltimore	0.4
6	216	Oakland	0.4
6	217	Oakland	0.3
6	218	Minnesota	0.3
7	219	Cleveland	0.3
7	220	Pittsburgh	0.3
7	221	Indianapolis	0.2
7	222	Houston	0.2
7	223	Miami	0.2
7	224	Chicago	0.1
7	225	Denver	0
7	226	Seattle	0
7	227	San Francisco	0
7	228	Oakland	0
7	229	Miami	0
7	230	Jacksonville	0
7	231	Washington	0
7	232	Green Bay	0
7	233	Kansas City	0
7	234	Carolina	0
7	235	New York Jets	0
7	236	Dallas	0
7	237	Detroit	0
7	238	Baltimore	0
7	239	Green Bay	0
7	240	San Francisco	0
7	241	Washington	0
7	242	Carolina	0
7	243	Kansas City	0
7	244	Atlanta	0
7	245	NewOrleans	0
7	246	Pittsburgh	0
7	247	Jacksonville	0
7	248	Seattle	0
7	249	Cincinnati	0
7	250	Seattle	0
7	251	Los Angeles Chargers	0
7	252	Cincinnati	0
7	253	Cincinnati	0
7	254	Arizona	0
7	255	Tampa Bay	0
7	256	Atlanta	0

With the veteran acquisitions, a ton of draft capital, and a surplus of salary cap room, the Browns remain well-positioned to turn things around.

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