A conversation with someone in an airport left Browns executive ‘bothered’ by Josh Rosen

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Browns owner Jimmy Haslam said he drafted Johnny Manziel in 2014 at the urging of a homeless man he encountered on a street in Cleveland. Four years later, the Browns apparently didn’t draft UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen because of a chat one of the team’s personnel executives had with a Bruins volleyball coach at an airport. In other words, if you want to influence the Browns’ thinking on the draft, just initiate a random conversation with a team official. It seems to work. Alonzo Highsmith, Cleveland’s vice president of player personnel, talked about the team’s decision to use the No. 1 pick on Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield on Monday at the Hall of Fame Luncheon Club in Canton, Ohio. Highsmith

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