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  Photo by Gregory Shamus | Getty Images With the Cleveland Browns wrapping up their 8th losing season in the last 9 years this past Sunday, the annual look ahead towards the top NFL Draft prospects by Browns fans has begun. The Browns own the 4th overall pick in April’s NFL Draft. But one Browns player believes its going to take more than a high draft pick to turn the franchises’ fortunes around. “If you’re depending on a draft pick to come in here and change your life, then you’re kidding yourself,” Browns cornerback Sheldon Brown told Scott Petrak from the Chronicle Telegram and the Cleveland media as he cleaned out his locker on Monday. “This game is too hard, there’s too big of a jump to come from college and think that he’s going to come in … who does it? Maybe Randy Moss did it. So you already know the pattern. The guys here have to step their game up to another level because they’re experienced. So I’m never sold on high draft picks.” Mr. Brown has a point, at least when it
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Forum: (NFL) Cleveland Browns Posted By: The Optomist Post Time: 01-03-2012 at 05:59 PM
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