Exclusive Interview with Browns guard Drew Forbes

When the Cleveland Browns drafted offensive lineman Drew Forbes in the sixth round of the 2019 NFL draft out of Southwest Missouri State, the coaching staff envisioned bringing in a guy who had played 35 consecutive starts and had a bulldog mentality who could come in and compete for a starting position right away.

A glance around the league, and it is quite clear that a lot of offensive linemen are taken in the later rounds of the draft. Just with the Browns alone, RG Wyatt Teller was taken in the fifth round by the Buffalo Bills before being traded to Cleveland in 2019. Last year, OT Dawand Jones was selected in the fourth round.

Forbes was a standout for Southwest Missouri, and quite a few…