The Browns made headlines on Saturday during the NFL Draft when they traded up and selected Colorado's Shedeur Sanders, a move made more surprising because the Browns picked Dillon Gabriel in the third round on Friday.
What were they thinking? Tim Bielik, Lance Reisland and Dan Labbe discussed the quarterback selections on Part 2 of their draft recap podcast.
What did they see in Gabriel? Why double down and pick Sanders? Did being so aggressive at quarterback leave the draft feeling short?They dig into all of it on this draft recap podcast.
Listen to the first part on our YouTube channel, Apple podcasts or Spotify.
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What did the Browns tell us with their NFL Draft strategy?
Our NFL Draft review week continues on the Orange and Brown Talk podcast with Tim Bielik and Lance Reisland joining our Wednesday edition of the pod to look at what the Browns did over the weekend.
Lance, Tim and Dan Labbe go through the Browns' non-quarterback picks and dissect what they bring to the Browns and what they indicate for the direction the team is headed in 2025.
They discuss the trade-down decision that resulted in Mason Graham and more picks, the two running backs they added and how they fit together and the addition of Harold Fannin Jr.
This is Part 1 of a 2-part podcast. The three discuss the quarterback decisions on tomorrow's podcast.
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Did the Browns win their trade down with Jacksonville?
The Browns started off the 2025 NFL Draft with a bang, trading down from No. 2 overall, acquiring the fifth pick, which they used on Mason Graham, the two picks they used on Quinshon Judkins and Dylan Sampson and a 2026 first-round pick.
Did they already win the trade?
Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe looked back on the trade with some hindsight on Tuesday's Orange and Brown Talk podcast.
They also talk about some of the other draft moves the Browns made and discuss if it made sense for this team to take two quarterbacks and two running backs, Nick Chubb's future and more.
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Why did the Browns pick two quarterbacks in the NFL Draft?
The Browns took two quarterbacks in the NFL Draft over the weekend and both qualified as surprises, first picking Dillon Gabriel at No. 94 and then trading up to take Shedeur Sanders at No. 144.
Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe talked about the choice to pick two quarterbacks on an Orange and Brown Talk draft recap podcast, kicking off a week of draft recap pods.
They discuss why the Browns picked two quarterbacks, who they seem to favor based on where they picked them and how a four-person quarterback competition is going to play out.
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Emergency pod: Browns trade up and take Shedeur Sanders in the NFL Draft
The Browns made headlines on Saturday when they traded their last two picks on Day 3 of the NFL Draft to move up to No. 144 overall and pick Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders.
Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe reacted to the Browns' decision to trade up and acqure Sanders in a quick emergency podcast on Saturday.
They start by taking you inside the moment the Browns made the trade up while three of their four draft picks were being introduced in a press conference and our reactions mid-press conference to the trade.
Then they get into the addition of Sanders and what it means and how the Browns will balance the reality of Sanders being a fifth-round pick alongside all of the things that come with adding Sanders to the team.
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