The cornerback group last season was a huge success for the Cleveland Browns. Denzel Ward and Greg Newsome played the way first-round picks should perform.
The new guy, M.J. Emerson, was the Browns first pick in the 2022 NFL draft, taken in Round 3. When selected, he was viewed as a nickel or dime addition to the room. However, in his very first NFL game in a preseason contest against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Emerson intercepted a pass stolen out of the receiver’s hands and then took it to the house.
That was the story of good things to come as Emerson became less of a rookie and more as a pass defender the defense could rely on.