AFC North Notes: Browns, Ravens, Steelers

Browns

The Browns are hosting 28 players for tryouts this weekend including:

1. WR Darvin Kidsy (5-10, 185) – Texas Southern
2. WR Christian Gibbs (6-0, 186) – Illinois State
3. WR Tony Morris (5-11, 197) – Heidelberg
4. TE Garrett Dickerson (6-3, 245) – Northwestern
5. TE Charles Standberry (6-3, 240) – Louisville
6. OL Garrison Wright (6-4, 323) – Minnesota
7. OL Trevor Darling (6-5, 315) – Miami
8. OL Freddie Burden (6-4, 305) – Georgia Tech
9. OL Erick Wren (6-3, 301) – Oklahoma
10. DB Andrew Spencer (5-11, 210) – Winona State
11. RB Tanner Balderree (6-2, 236) – BYU
12. RB Ryan Yurachek (6-1, 240) – Marshall
13. DL Drew Bailey (6-3, 285) – Louisville
14. DL DJ Ward (6-3, 245) – Oklahoma
15. LB Chequan Burkett (6-2, 230) – UCF
16. LB Courtney Love (6-2, 236) – Kentucky
17. LB Manase Hungalu (6-1, 238) – Oregon State
18. LB James Graham (5-11, 210) – Illinois State
19. DB Lubern Figaro (5-11, 195) – Wisconsin
20. DB Michael Stevens (5-11, 186) – N.C. State
21. DB Vondel Bell (6-3, 195) – California (Pa.)
22. DB Mike Daniels (5-11, 201) – West Virginia
23. DB Bryson McCabe (5-11, 205) – Montana State
24. LS Nicholas Seme (6-0, 242) – Ohio State
25. K Joseph Slye (5-10, 213) – Virginia Tech
26. DL Lenny Jones (6-2, 256) – Nevada
27. TE Julian Allen (6-3, 245) – Southern Miss
28. RB Jela Duncan (5-9, 210) – Duke

Ravens

Ravens new GM Eric DeCosta said during an interview with BaltimoreRavens.com that Ozzie Newsome would have drafted FSU S Derwin James had they stayed at No. 16 overall.

“I thought Derwin James was one of the best players in the draft but … the value of this draft was really the third, fourth, fifth round,” DeCosta said, via NFL.com. “So for us to go back and get additional picks made a lot of sense. As hard as it was moving away from Derwin James, we felt like it was the right thing to do for this club.”

DeCosta said that Newsome will now transition to a rule that will make him “the highest-paid scout in America.”

“It’s not Ozzie’s last draft. Let’s put that to rest,” DeCosta said. “But the dynamic is changing. It will change next year.”

Steelers

• According to Jeremy Fowler, two Steelers free agents who could return to the team at some point between now and training camp are WR Eli Rogers and LB Arthur Moats.
• Fowler reports that Steelers S Sean Davis is anticipating a potential move to free safety for the 2018 season