Kenneth Murray, LB, Oklahoma
Murray is not a viable option for anyone at No. 10 overall. This is cautioning against trading back a few spots and chasing after Murray as the direct replacement for Joe Schobert in the middle of the Browns defense.
Murray offers a lot of the same plusses Schobert did. He’s a very good athlete, shows range and anticipation in coverage and gets himself in position to make tackles that other LBs cannot. Like Schobert, Murray will also miss his fair share of tackling opportunities (31 missed tackles in 2018-19) thanks to a poor launch point and lack of body control at full speed.
The new Browns regime could have kept Schobert, but they chose not to prioritize the off-ball/coverage LB position. Murray’s best-case outcome in the NFL is to be what Schobert was in Cleveland, and this Browns regime didn’t want that. Drafting Murray would be an unwitting acknowledgment by Berry & Co. that letting Schobert go was a mistake, even if Murray will cost much less.