Browns: Grading the trade for Kenny Pickett

It was surreal to learn on Monday that the Cleveland Browns were trading quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson and a 2025 fifth-round draft pick to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for quarterback Kenny Pickett.

Browns fans, after all, had spent two years laughing at the Pittsburgh Steelers for using a first-round draft pick on a quarterback who threw as many interceptions as touchdowns and failed to tally 200 passing yards in 15 of the 25 games he played with the Steelers.

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The trade also felt like a bit of a sidewise move. The Browns essentially swapped out Thompson-Robinson, a 25-year-old former fifth-round draft pick destined to be a…