Mason Graham was a star interior defensive lineman at Michigan.
That earned him the No. 5 overall selection in the NFL Draft, which the Cleveland Browns got by giving up the No. 2 pick and Travis Hunter for three picks, including Graham, RB Quinshon Judkins and next year's Jacksonville first-rounder.
It's overly simplistic to just call this the Hunter for Graham trade, especially if Cleveland gets a quarterback with the Jags' first-round 2026 pick. But in the immediate, that's the way it has felt.
The latest updates out of training camp don't make Browns fans feel any better.
ESPN's Daniel Oyefusi essentially lays out how Graham is being asked to play in an entirely different way to what he did at Michigan.
"The spring has been a transition for Graham," Oyefusi writes, "who was asked to take on blockers at Michigan but will be expected to penetrate the defensive line and be more of a disruptive force in Cleveland. Despite the difference in scheme, defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz said Graham is 'pretty far ahead right now.' Graham rotated with the first-team defense during OTAs and mandatory minicamp."
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It's certainly positive that Graham has picked up on things well. But it just feels like another question mark about him, that the Browns made this huge move while not even expecting Graham to replicate his Michigan role.
Meanwhile, ESPN's Michael DiRocco described the latest takeaways on Travis Hunter from Jags camp.
"Think Energizer Bunny," DiRocco writes. "Players and coaches have been impressed by Hunter's seemingly endless motor: He can run all day (according to QB Trevor Lawrence), brings good juice to the field (according to C Patrick Mekari) and just keeps going (per coach Liam Coen). Two other things also stand out: his ball skills and his football IQ. He catches the ball easily and has shown good body control when he has had to go up for an errant pass. Hunter has practiced mainly on offense but spent two full practices and part of another on defense, and his defensive coaches like his retention level despite having had much more on-field time on offense."
That continues to sound like a guy any team would want to have.
But the Browns opted against the obvious No. 2 pick and instead made a franchise-altering trade. Whether it works out remains to be seen, but it'll remain under heavy scrutiny.
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