Browns get trade happy

Cleveland made t hree trades and four selections on Day 1 of the NFL Draft.

BEREA (AP) — The Cleveland Browns made three early trades, overhauled their wide receiving corps and got help for both lines on the first day of the NFL draft.

They even picked one of their former ball boys.

Eric Mangini’s first draft for Cleveland had a little of everything.

Just nothing involving Braylon Edwards.

Mangini made three first-round deals, the first one trading the No. 5 overall pick to the New York Jets — his former team — but concluded Saturday with Edwards, Cleveland’s most talented player, still on his roster. Rumored deals with the New York Giants never materialized, but the Browns did draft two wide receivers: Ohio State’s Brian Robiskie and Georgia’s Mohamed Massaquoi, both in the second round.

General manager George Kokinis was asked if he expected Edwards to be with the Browns after Sunday.

“I don’t anticipate anything different,” said Kokinis, who dismissed reports about a deal for Edwards as heated rumors in advance of the draft. “It’s never been anything we were actively going out. We expect him, with his skill level, to contribute like we know he can.”

Mangini said he has had productive meetings with Edwards, who caught 25 fewer passes and scored 13 fewer touchdowns in 2008 than he did in his 2007 Pro Bowl season.

“Nothing has changed with Braylon,” he said. “There are so many rumors about so many players and they can gain traction.”

Mangini and Kokinis began their first draft as Cleveland’s management team by calling the coach’s former bosses in New York.

The Browns shipped the fifth pick to the Jets, who used it to take USC quarterback Mark Sanchez. In return, Cleveland got the No. 17 pick, a second-rounder (No. 52) and three Jets: defensive end Kenyon Coleman, safety Abram Elam and quarterback Brett Ratliff.

It’s ironic Mangini would assist the Jets in acquiring their potential franchise quarterback. Mangini was fired following his third season in New York when the Brett Favre experiment failed down the stretch and the Jets missed the playoffs after an 8-3 start.

Mangini said he had no reservations about dealing with the Jets.

“It worked for them and it worked for us,” Mangini said. “I don’t think you can ever look at it as your former team. It was a real plus decision for both teams.”

The Browns then dropped two spots in a trade with Tampa Bay (No. 19), which also sent Cleveland a sixth-round pick (No. 191).

Mangini and Kokinis followed by swapping the No. 19 pick for Philadelphia’s at 21 and gained another sixth-rounder (No. 195).

On the clock for the fourth time, the Browns finally made a pick, taking California center Alex Mack, who also can play guard. Mack could replace starter Hank Fraley, a nine-year veteran who struggled last season in Cleveland’s 31st-ranked offense.

At No. 36, the Browns picked Robiskie, whose father, Terry, served as Cleveland’s interim head coach for five games in 2004.