NFL Mock Draft 2015: FanSided NFL Editors Make Their Pick

Louisville. DeVante Parker. 12. player. 53. Even though they are coming off their best season since 2007, the Cleveland Browns still have plenty of holes to fill on their roster. Ideally, the team would have addressed the run defense with the first of their two second-round draft picks, but with Washington nose tackle Danny Shelton off the board, we’re going to fix another roster hole with the selection of Louisville wide receiver DeVante Parker. A year ago general manager Ray Farmer let everyone know he prefers not to take wide receivers this high, but he seems to be thinking differently (and perhaps a bit more clearly?) about the position this year. The Browns signed Dwayne Bowe and Brian Hartline in free agency, and they will pair with the returning Andrew Hawkins to give the Browns a solid veteran group at the wide receiver position. Adding Parker to that group and, suddenly, the Browns may have something. This is a team that will look to run the ball as much as possible on offense and then turn things over to an improving defense, but they still need to throw the ball on occasion and must surround their quarterbacks with as many weapons as possible. Because, let’s face it, even if the Browns were allowed to put Josh McCown, Johnny Manziel, Connor Shaw and Thad Lewis – the quarterbacks currently on the roster — on the field all at the same time, they would still struggle to have adequate production at the quarterback position. One added bonus: as draftbreakdown.com points out in Parker’s draft profile, Parker’s “per-game production was better than when he had the luxury of Teddy Bridgewater throwing him the ball, which is an indicator that he can succeed regardless of challenging circumstances.” If the Browns and their quarterback situation don’t present “challenging circumstances,” then such a thing does not exist in the NFL. <p>-Tom Moore, <a href=. Wide Receiver