{"id":39517,"date":"2025-12-11T15:06:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T15:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39517"},"modified":"2025-12-11T15:06:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T15:06:42","slug":"exclusive-browns-urged-to-draft-elite-tackle-prospect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=39517","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Browns Urged To Draft &#8216;Elite&#8217; Tackle Prospect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brownsnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-488846121-scaled.webp\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 95vw, 1200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brownsnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-488846121-150x98.webp 150w, https:\/\/www.brownsnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-488846121-300x196.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.brownsnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-488846121-768x502.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.brownsnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-488846121-1024x669.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.brownsnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-488846121-1536x1004.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.brownsnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-488846121-2048x1339.webp 2048w\" alt=\"Browns Urged To Draft 'Elite' Tackle Prospect\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1046\" data-image-id=\"89007\" \/><br \/>\n<em>(Photo by Elsa\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Cleveland Browns could use plenty of help on the offensive line this offseason. They might lose all five starters, or at least four of them, in the offseason. With that in mind, coach Matt Wilson reached out to the team with a suggestion.<\/p>\n<p>He seems to know who they should target at left tackle:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndiana LT Carter Smith is ELITE,\u201d Wilson posted on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Indiana LT Carter Smith is ELITE. \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Browns?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Browns<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLDraft?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NFLDraft<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Wilson (@CoachWilson66) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CoachWilson66\/status\/1998760514344858113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Smith isn\u2019t as highly-touted as other offensive linemen in this class. He\u2019s projected to be taken in the third round, so he could certainly be an intriguing prospect to consider.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns have been tied to Alabama star OT Kadyn Proctor multiple times in the past. He should be available late in the first round, and they could use their first-round pick from the Jacksonville Jaguars to get him.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2025\/10\/kadyn-proctor-74-alabama-crimson-1027107505.jpg?quality=80&amp;strip=all\" alt=\"Alabama's 360lb star Kadyn Proctor dubbed 'one of the best things in  college football' after lining up in shotgun\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That being said, Proctor might be better suited to play offensive guard in the pros. He\u2019s a stud as a pass-protector and absolutely elite as a run-blocker, but he may struggle against bigger and more physical players in the NFL.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.brownsnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2248111597-scaled.webp\" alt=\"Jerry Jeudy Gushes About Browns Rookie\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Browns should use at least two high draft picks to get help for their offensive line. Dawand Jones is very talented, but he clearly cannot be trusted to be a full-time player, given his history of injuries. That\u2019s where someone like Carter could come in handy. Draft stock is only meaningful on paper, and we\u2019ve seen players outplay their draft selection way too many times in the past.<\/p>\n<p>He could end up being one of the steals of the draft, and if the Browns play their cards right, he could fall right into their laps.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Browns facing major O-line losses, an analyst urges the team to target Indiana left tackle Carter Smith, calling him an elite prospect<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland-browns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>EXCLUSIVE: Browns Urged To Draft &#039;Elite&#039; 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