Touchdown Wire’s pre-combine mock draft: Chase Young, Jerry Jeudy are pivot points

Everybody does mock drafts, most everybody does more than one, and every mock draft is done for different reasons. To get clicks? Well, duh. That would be reason No. 1, dear reader. Let’s not be arch about this. That aside, what we’re trying to do …

10. Cleveland Browns (6-10): Andrew Thomas, OT, Georgia

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Not that the Browns were going to bring Greg Robinson back after a subpar season, but Robinson’s recent arrest doesn’t exactly help his case. The Browns have enough drama to deal with as is. What they don’t have is a backside protector for Baker Mayfield, and a run-cruncher who can help Nick Chubb, the NFL’s most underrated running back, do even more spectacular things. Thomas is technically sound, with the ability to play either left or right tackle and the kind of demeanor that makes edge defenders nervous when they’re trying to tackle running backs. Thomas isn’t a perfectly finished pass-protector, but it’s fun to watch him erase defenders in the run game, and he’s got the skills to put everything else together.