Cleveland Browns news (4/25): Andrew Berry is on fire!

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Browns general manager Andrew Berry watches practice during rookie minicamp May 9, 2025, in Berea. | Jeff Lange / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry entered the 2026 offseason feeling some heat after consecutive losing seasons that saw him still standing while head coach Kevin Stefanski was shown the door.

A functional period of free agency got things moving in the right direction, but Berry needed to put in the work and come out of the 2026 NFL Draft with some clear upgrades to the roster.

Through the first three rounds of the draft, it appears that Berry may be taking delivery of a “Mission Accomplished” banner in time for his post-draft press conference.

After addressing the offensive line and wide receiver position in the first round, Berry went back to work on Friday night and added another wide receiver in Washington’s Denzel Boston in the second round. He then gave defensive coordinator Mike Rutenberg his much-needed third safety in Toledo’s Emmanuel McNeil Warren.

Finally, Berry closed out the night by trading with the New York Giants to move out of the third round, only to trade with the Los Angeles Chargers to move back into the third round to select Florida offensive tackle Austin Barber.

It has been an impressive two days from Cleveland’s general manager, and there is still an entire day – and five draft picks – on tap for today.

Let’s get the day rolling with the latest edition of the Saturday Dawg Chow.

Dawgs By Nature:​

• Browns draft: Trade down after Oscar Delp picked, add ‘27 selection and another 5th (Jared Mueller) – The Cleveland Browns continue to make trades during the 2026 NFL draft, moving down this time. Now with 8 picks on Day 3.
• 2026 NFL Draft: Cleveland Browns pick OT Austin Barber at No. 86 (Chris Pokorny) – Cleveland adds yet another offensive tackle.
• Browns trade up in 2nd round: Trade details, update on rest of Cleveland’s 2026 picks (Jared Mueller) – Details of the Cleveland Browns trade up in the 2nd round and the team’s remaining 7 picks, 4 in the 5th round.
• Browns draft results 2026: Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, S, Toledo stats, awards, and scouting report (Michael Peterson and Jared Mueller) – Cleveland Browns added Toledo S Emmanuel McNeil-Warren after a trade up in the 2026 NFL draft. His profile is exciting.
• 2026 NFL Draft: Cleveland Browns pick S Emmanuel McNeil-Warren at No. 58 (Chris Pokorny) – The Browns moved back up in the second round to make another pick!
• Browns draft results 2026: Denzel Boston, WR, Washington stats, awards, and scouting report (Michael Peterson and Jared Mueller) – The Cleveland Browns added WR Denzel Boston in the 2nd round of the 2026 NFL draft. His profile is impressive
• 2026 NFL Draft: Cleveland Browns pick WR Denzel Boston at No. 39 (Thomas Moore) – Cleveland adds another weapon to the offense with a player who can win inside or outside in the passing game.
• Browns updated WR depth chart: KC Concepcion, Denzel Boston, a perfect complement (Jared Mueller) – The Cleveland Browns doubled up at WR in the 2026 NFL draft, adding Denzel Boston to KC Concepcion on the WR depth chart.
• Browns draft: How did the first round grade out? (Thomas Moore) – The media grades were mostly favorable on the selections of Spencer Fano and KC Concepcion.
• Browns draft: Was KC Concepcion a risky pick or a risk worth taking at 24? (Abby Mueller) – The Cleveland Browns needed to take a wide receiver early in the draft, but was KC Concepcion the right pick?
• Browns OT Spencer Fano: Everything you need to know from childhood to NFL draft (Barry Shuck) – Everything you want to know about Cleveland Browns first NFL draft pick of 2026, Spencer Fano.
• Exclusive: Exploring the NFL Draft experience in Pittsburgh as a Browns fan (Chris Pokorny) – A video tour of this year’s NFL Draft atmosphere in Pittsburgh.
• Browns NFL draft: Both first-round picks were good values on the Consensus Big Board (Jared Mueller) – 2026 NFL draft: Cleveland Browns selected Spencer Fano, KC Concepcion. Both picks grade out well versus Consensus Big Board.
• Browns starting offense after Day 1 of the NFL draft: 6 or 7 new starters already for 2026 (Jared Mueller) – After Round 1 of the NFL draft, Cleveland Browns GM Andrew Berry, HC Todd Monken have 6 or 7 new starters on offense.

Cleveland Browns​

• With Spencer Fano and KC Concepcion picks, Browns GM Andrew Berry swings at past struggles (The Athletic) – The failures of the past set up Cleveland Browns general manager Andrew Berry for perhaps the most predictable first round of any team in the NFL Draft. In this instance, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
• Denzel Boston’s path leads him to Browns, KC Concepcion combination (Beacon Journal) – Denzel Boston and KC Concepcion’s paths crossed multiple times throughout the pre-draft the process. One of those places the two wide receivers found themselves together was in Cleveland.
• Receiver KC Concepcion says Browns getting ‘a dawg all over the field’ and he’s ‘ready to change the organization’ (Browns Zone) – KC Concepcion wrote a letter to NFL general managers in the run-up to the NFL Draft. He chronicled his stuttering and its impact on his childhood while making it clear he didn’t want to be defined by it. He pointed out the other obstacles he’d overcome, including his dad going to prison multiple times.
• Browns’ first round was about making the main thing the main thing (Terry Pluto) – Let’s make the main thing the main thing. When it comes to the first round of the Browns’ 2026 draft, they made the main things the main things – as in two things.

NFL​

• Rams GM Les Snead says he works ‘in lockstep’ with Sean McVay (ESPN) – Los Angeles Rams coach Sean McVay’s subdued demeanor in his postdraft news conference after Los Angeles picked quarterback Ty Simpson drew attention Thursday night. But the following morning in a radio interview with “The Sedano & Kap Morning Show,” Rams general manager Les Snead said he and McVay are “in lockstep” on decisions they make in the draft.
• Packers extend WR Jayden Reed ahead of Day 2 of draft (Acme Packing Company) – Jayden Reed for a three-year extension with Green Bay hours before Day 2 of the draft begins.
• The winners and losers of the first round of the 2026 NFL Draft (The Ringer) – The Raiders got their man, the Rams got a surprise new QB, and the Cardinals did what now?? Here are the highlights and lowlights from day one of the draft.

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