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The Browns have had half a decade of absolutely dismal first-round picks

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If you want to know why the Cleveland Browns are not a good football team, why they must sink further into the crevasse before coming out born anew, look no further than their first-round selections over the past half decade or so.

We were reminded of their ineptitude on Thursday, when Cleveland traded 2013 first-round pick Barkevious Mingo to the New England Patriots after just two seasons on the team.

Ignoring the 2016 NFL Draft because 1) it's a new regime and 2) Corey Coleman hasn't even played a regular-season snap yet, the Cleveland Browns have had eight first-round picks since 2011.