2018 NFL Mock Draft: Browns land Saquon Barkley

By Brad Weiss | Mar 14, 2018

PASADENA, CA - JANUARY 02: Running back Saquon Barkley #26 of the Penn State Nittany Lions celebrates after making a 7-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter against the USC Trojans during the 2017 Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual at the Rose Bowl on January 2, 2017 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images) /

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PHOENIX, AZ – DECEMBER 26: Quarterback Josh Rosen #3 of the UCLA Bruins throws the football prior to the Cactus Bowl against Kansas State Wildcats at Chase Field on December 26, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona. The Kansas State Wildcats won 35-17. (Photo by Jennifer Stewart/Getty Images) /

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One of the hardest picks to guess is the one that will be the second overall pick in April. The New York Giants were expected to be a playoff team last season, but instead they will pick at No. 2 in the 2018 NFL Draft. The last time they picked this high, the team selected a linebacker named Lawrence Taylor, and that certainly ended up being the right way to go.

With this year’s pick, the team could go a number of ways. Sure, Saquon Barkley was a man-child during the NFL Scouting Combine, but bringing in a quarterback with the No. 2 pick may be too hard to pass up. We have picked Barkley to go No. 2 overall for the last couple of weeks, but it is starting to get hard to see them passing up on their next franchise quarterback.

New general manager Dave Gettleman has seemed to be swaying away from taking a quarterback, but that could be all a show. If he does decide to pick Eli Manning’s successor in April, Josh Rosen could be perfect for the Giants going forward. He has the personality to play under the big lights of the New York market, and he certainly has the physical gifts to be a solid player as soon as he is given the keys to the car.

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