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Road to the Draft: Making the case for, against USC QB Sam Darnold

In the final buildup to the draft, we’re taking our analysis of the draft’s prospects one step further. We’re making the case for and against 10 of the players and scenarios that are linked to the Browns, who hold the No. 1 and No. 4 picks.

The case for USC QB Sam Darnold

1. He knows how to turn a team around: Scholarship losses in the wake of an NCAA scandal and coaching turnover hit the Trojans hard, but Darnold’s emergence as the team’s best signal-caller in years helped get the storied program back to where it’s used to being.