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- Published: Jan. 07, 2026, 4:21 p.m.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Browns cognize they will person nan sixth prime successful nan 2026 NFL Draft. They besides participate nan offseason and nan draught pinch a batch of holes to fill.
Two guidelines retired successful particular: nan violative statement and wide receiver.
As portion of a two-part miniseries, I’m identifying 2 players astatine each position that could beryllium options for nan Browns. We’re starting this coming pinch a look astatine violative tackle.
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All 5 of nan Browns’ starting violative linemen are free agents, and they did not draught immoderate past year.
So not only is this position a need, it’s a dire spread that nan Browns simply can’t spend to not address.
Here are nan 2 violative tackles that could beryllium options for nan Browns pinch nan sixth pick.
Spencer Fano, Utah
Height, weight: 6-6, 308 pounds.
Fano comes from a Utah programme that has sent immoderate bully violative linemen to nan NFL including Jordan Gross and Garret Bolles. The unanimous All-American and 2025 Outland Trophy victor has each nan devices to beryllium nan adjacent awesome Utah tackle successful nan NFL.
The first point that stands retired astir Fano is really good he moves successful space. He is very bully arsenic a tally blocker and is much than tin of getting to nan 2nd level.
As a walk protector, he was besides stout allowing conscionable 5 backmost pressures each play according to Pro Football Focus.
Fano is besides a very versatile violative lineman. He played near tackle successful 2023 earlier moving complete to correct tackle for nan past 2 seasons. So he is tin of lining up astatine either tackle position.
A interest pinch Fano is that he needs to adhd weight astatine only 308 pounds. He turns 23 connected May 10, truthful he is still comparatively young and has plentifulness of clip to get stronger.
Francis Mauigoa, Miami
Height, weight: 6-6, 335 pounds.
Like Fano, Mauigoa has mostly plied his waste and acquisition astatine correct tackle for Miami.
The erstwhile five-star imaginable has been a three-year starter for nan Hurricanes and has continued to play amended passim his career.
He looks nan portion of a beingness violative tackle and perfectly plays for illustration it.
Mauigoa is simply a powerful blocker who tin decorativeness blocks and get to nan 2nd level successful tally plays. He besides has an outstanding centrifugal and, for illustration Fano, plays pinch an edge.
While he has plentifulness of power, Mauigoa is besides a bully mover successful abstraction and has very bully feet, which is truthful important for violative linemen.
As a walk protector, Mauigoa has gotten amended each season, allowing 11 pressures this play according to PFF and only 1 successful an awesome crippled against Ohio State successful nan College Football Playoff quarterfinals.
One of nan worries astir Mauigoa is that he doesn’t person perfect limb magnitude for nan position, which was besides a interest pinch past year’s apical violative tackle Will Campbell. But Campbell has proven those concerns incorrect and Mauigoa has nan imaginable to do nan aforesaid thing.
Who is nan amended choice?
This is simply a adjacent telephone because some linemen mightiness beryllium worthy of sneaking into nan apical 10. But for me, moreover though Mauigoa is astir apt only a correct tackle successful nan NFL, he’s my prime betwixt nan two.
For wherever nan Browns are pinch their violative line, they request personification who tin beryllium a Day 1 reside setter.
Fano plays pinch immoderate physicality, but Mauigoa’s style of play and ready-made framework could make him a subordinate who steps successful instantly and who tin beryllium nan focal constituent of an violative statement rebuild.
Neither lineman would beryllium a bad pick. Fano gets immoderate points because he has played near tackle.
However, if I’m nan Browns, I don’t conscionable want an violative lineman, I want personification who will alteration nan civilization of that room.
Mauigoa’s separator and nan acquisition of playing for a coach successful Cristobal who demands toughness from his violative statement should make him nan prime successful Cleveland.
Tim Bielik been portion of cleveland.com's sports unit since 2013 and has been covering sports successful Northeast Ohio for 12 years. He is simply a wide duty sports newsman who has covered galore sporting events...
