When the Browns embarked on their ill-fated tanking odyssey of 2016 and 2017, known colloquially as 1–31, there was at least one thing that they got unequivocally right.
With the fourth overall pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, they selected Denzel Ward. A lifetime Ohioan who played his college ball at Ohio State, Ward had all the traits and measurables, but as we've seen time and time again, that's not always enough.
Denzel didn't turn into the next Justin Gilbert, Corey Coleman, or Johnny Manziel. He has been a consistent bright spot in an otherwise turbulent era of Browns football.