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Editor's note: Tony Grossi is a Cleveland Browns analyst for TheLandOnDemand.com and 850 ESPN Cleveland. He has covered the Browns since 1984.
NFL teams are in the final stages of the pre-draft season. Which means our mock draft series is over the hump – more than halfway done.
This is 5.0, with four more to go. That last one on April 23 will be our official first round prediction.
What’s happening now is the final week of pro days and the last rounds of Top 30 visits to club facilities.
The pro day schedule this week features Miami (Rueben Bain, Francis Mauigoa, Akheem Mesidor) and LSU (Mansoor Delane) and seven others on Monday, Notre Dame (Jeremiyah Love, Jadarian Price, Malachi Fields), and Texas (Anthony Hill Jr.) and seven others on Tuesday, Ohio State (Arvell Reese, Sonny Styles, Caleb Downs, Carnell Tate) and Alabama (Ty Simpson, Kadyn Proctor) and five others on Wednesday, Texas Tech (David Bailey, Cashius Howell) and three others on Thursday, and Arizona State (Jordyn Tyson) and four others on Friday.
The Browns have had scouts at every major pro day, but owner Jimmy Haslam, GM Andrew Berry and head coach Todd Monken have been conspicuously missing from the pro day circuit. A year ago, the owner-GM-head coach triumvirate traveled to the pro days of five high-profile quarterbacks.
On the Top 30 front, the Browns reportedly have hosted seven wide receivers – Tate, Tyson, Makai Lemon of USC, Denzel Boston of Washington, Omar Cooper of Indiana, Chris Bell of Louisville and Germie Bernard of Alabama. They have also hosted Simpson, Toledo safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, Oklahoma edge rusher R Mason Thomas and Georgia tight end Oscar Delp.
The only offensive lineman reportedly to visit Berea so far is Markel Bell of Miami, who played left tackle opposite Mauigoa. It is assumed that other linemen-of-interest will visit before the deadline, which usually is one week prior to the draft.
Mock draft 5.0
1. Las Vegas: QB Fernando Mendoza, Indiana
Comment: This will not change.
2. N. Y. Jets: OLB Arvell Reese, Ohio State
Comment: Fourth mock in a row in this spot for Reese.
3. Arizona: OT Francis Mauigoa, Miami
Comment: A big move up for the big Samoan.
4. Tennessee: RB Jeremiyah Love, Notre Dame
Comment: Feeling good about this pick.
5. N. Y. Giants: OLB Sonny Styles, Ohio State
Comment: Three in a row for Styles here.
6. Cleveland: WR Carnell Tate, Ohio State
Comment: Just turn the card in and don’t overthink it.
7. Washington: DE David Bailey, Texas Tech
Comment: Joins recently-acquired Jermaine Johnson as a bookend edge rusher.
8. New Orleans: DE Rueben Bain, Miami
Comment: Saints must replace Cam Jordan.
9. Kansas City: S Caleb Downs, Ohio State
Comment: Does the present regime see another Eric Berry?
10. Cincinnati: CB Mansoor Delane, LSU
Comment: Cornerback a high priority.
11. Miami: OG Vega Ioane, Penn State
12. Dallas: CB Jermod McCoy, Tennessee
13. L.A. Rams (via Atlanta): WR Makai Lemon, USC
14: Baltimore: OL Spencer Fano, Utah
Comment: Ravens need reinforcements at interior offensive line.
15: Tampa Bay: TE Kenyon Sadiq, Oregon
16: N.Y. Jets (via Indianapolis): WR Jordyn Tyson, Arizona State.
17. Detroit: DE Akheem Mesidor, Miami
18. Minnesota: S Dillon Thieneman, Oregon
19. Carolina: S Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, Toledo
20. Dallas (via Green Bay): DE T.J. Parker, Clemson
21. Pittsburgh: OT Blake Miller, Clemson
Comment: Strongsville native moves on to Steel City.
22. L.A. Chargers: OT Monroe Freeling, Georgia
23. Philadelphia: OT Max Iheanachor, Arizona State
24. Cleveland (via Jacksonville): OT Kadyn Proctor, Alabama
Comment: O-line coach George Warhop likes the behemoths.
25. Chicago: DT Peter Woods, Clemson
26. Buffalo: DE Keldric Faulk, Auburn
27. San Francisco: DE Cashius Howell, Texas A&M
28. Houston: OT Caleb Lomu, Utah
29. Kansas City (via L.A. Rams): WR Denzel Boston, Washington
30. Denver: CB Colton Hood, Tennessee
31. New England: DE Zion Young, Missouri
32. Seattle: DT Caleb Banks, Florida