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Browns will wait until late in draft General manager says team won't trade up, but wants cornerback
By Patrick McManamon
Beacon Journal sports columnist
Published on Thursday, Apr 17, 2008
BEREA: Looking for an inkling to the Browns' draft plans?
Think late round, and think cornerback.
Those are the major hints that Browns General Manager Phil Savage gave at his annual pre-draft news conference Wednesday.
Savage maintained his stance that he does not see the Browns trading up into the first day of the draft, and he said he hopes to find a cornerback.
''Obviously, it's a position that we're going to be interested in,'' Savage said.
Savage's draft discussion had a bizarre element to it. The Browns are without a pick in the first three rounds of the NFL Draft on April 26-27 because of trades for quarterback Brady Quinn and defensive linemen Corey Williams and Shaun Rogers.
But Savage ? a guy who built his resume on the way he picked players in the draft ? still dissected the draft position by position, listing the top players at each position even though he concedes that the Browns won't be picking any of them.
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