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

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.