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Cleveland Browns Week 12 mock draft all about protecting Baker Mayfield

By Randy Gurzi

TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA - NOVEMBER 09: Najee Harris #22 of the Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates with Alex Leatherwood #70 after catching a 15-yard touchdown pass against the LSU Tigers during the third quarter in the game at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 09, 2019 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA - NOVEMBER 09: Najee Harris #22 of the Alabama Crimson Tide celebrates with Alex Leatherwood #70 after catching a 15-yard touchdown pass against the LSU Tigers during the third quarter in the game at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 09, 2019 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images) /
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CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA – OCTOBER 12: Hamsah Nasirildeen #23 of the Florida State Seminoles tackles Amari Rodgers #3 of the Clemson Tigers during their game at Memorial Stadium on October 12, 2019 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
CLEMSON, SOUTH CAROLINA – OCTOBER 12: Hamsah Nasirildeen #23 of the Florida State Seminoles tackles Amari Rodgers #3 of the Clemson Tigers during their game at Memorial Stadium on October 12, 2019 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

Round 2: Hamsah Nasirildeen, S, Florida State

Entering this season, the Browns felt as though they were looking solid at safety. Damarious Randall was fresh off the best season of his career and they liked the addition of Morgan Burnett, who worked with general manager John Dorsey and Randall with the Green Bay Packers.

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Cleveland also had high hopes for Jermaine Whitehead who was being hailed a leader on defense. Fast-forward to now and Burnett has a torn Achilles suffered in his best game last week, Randall looks to have one foot out the door with free agency approaching, and Whitehead was released after threatening a reporter following a loss.

All that being said, they need to address the safety position in this draft, which leads to their second-round pick being used on Hamsah Nasirildeen out of Florida State.

Nasirildeen isn’t a household name, but he’s an excellent safety prospect with great size and range. Listed at 6-foot-4 and 215-pounds, Nasirildeen has 96 tackles and two picks in the first 10 games of this season for the Seminoles. Assuming they need two new starters in 2020, he should help fill one of those roles.

They do have some high hopes that Sheldrick Redwine can fill one eventually as well but the fact is they will likely need to look at some veteran free agents as well.

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