LET ANDREW BERRY COOK!

I've been the president of the Andrew Berry trust bandwagon for a long time. I got the T-shirts. I got the hoodies. I was rocking with AB when a lot of y'all had already hopped off the train. And I need everybody who doubted him to pull up a chair, because what just happened in Pittsburgh was an absolute masterclass.

Back-to-back years. Andrew Berry hit a grand slam.

The Trade Down Nobody Expected to Work This Well

Going into draft night, I'll be honest — I wasn't sold on going offensive lineman at pick six. I wanted weapons. I wanted playmakers. I wanted the type of pick that makes Twitter go crazy at 8 PM on a Thursday.

What Andrew Berry did instead was smarter than anything I would have called.

He moved back three spots to nine, picked up a third-round pick (74th overall) AND a pick at 148, and still walked away with Spencer Fano — the top offensive tackle in the entire draft. Kansas City called, the deal made sense, and AB executed it perfectly. He maximized his assets exactly like he told us he was going to do.

Spencer Fano is going to play left tackle for this team. Todd Monken confirmed it. Character, athleticism, toughness — that's how AB described him in three words. And the fact that he's scheme-transcendent, someone who looked elite in completely different systems in 2024 and 2025, tells you this isn't just a raw project. The guy is ready.

KC Concepcion and Denzel Boston: Finally Getting It Right at Receiver

Every single year, we drafted the short guy.

I don't want to harp on it too hard because we made some good picks, but you know it's true. Year after year after year, we left the draft without a receiver who could bully a cornerback, go up and get a 50/50 ball, or give us a legitimate red zone threat. Todd Monken walks in the door and apparently it took him about five minutes to look at the receiver room and say "we need to get bigger."

KC Concepcion is dynamic. Outstanding separator, great with the ball in his hands, and AB said he's probably the best punt returner in this draft class. The drop concerns that were floating around? AB addressed them directly — not an outlier compared to the rest of the class, and they're comfortable with his hands. He drove to Cleveland for one of the team's first pre-draft visits. The guy wanted to be here.

Denzel Boston complements him perfectly. Where KC gives you speed and separation, Denzel gives you size, physicality, and red zone presence — something this team has been missing for years. AB spoke with Jed Fish, Denzel's head coach at Washington, who raved about him. Practices hard, competitive, a ton of fight in him. AB said this himself: they came out of the first two nights with four players that a lot of people had first-round grades on. That's not luck. That's preparation.

The Emmanuel Steal That Nobody Is Talking About Enough

Here's the pick that made me want to punch my cohost Bob in the shoulder.

Emmanuel from Toledo — the safety they traded up to get at pick 58. Andrew Berry stood in front of reporters and said he was most surprised that Emmanuel fell as late as he did. That's a GM telling you without telling you that he expected to have to move up and pay a premium for this kid. Instead, the board fell perfectly, and they scooped him up at 58.

Length. Speed. He'll hit you. Todd Monken said that's it, those are his three traits, and honestly what more do you need to say? This is a guy AB had penciled in as early as pick 39. They got him 19 picks later.

That's the kind of draft value that changes a roster.

They Told Us. And Then They Did It.

That's the part that gets me most fired up when I look back at this entire offseason.

Andrew Berry stood up at that podium months ago and told us exactly what they were going to do. Prioritize offense. Use the resources they had to attack the skill positions and the offensive line. Give Todd Monken what he needs to run his system. They said it out loud, repeatedly, and then they went out and did every single thing they promised.

They told us they wanted to maximize their assets — they traded back and still got their guy. They told us they needed to address the offensive line — they got the best tackle in the draft. They told us they were going to prioritize skill position players — they came away with two receivers who were coveted around the league. And Todd Monken was right there in that draft room having the time of his life.

When a reporter asked Todd if he felt listened to — if the players he wanted were the players they got — he paused, took it back, and said it's more about personnel groupings and what fits the system. But the underlying message was clear. This was a collaborative draft. AB and Monken are locked in together.

What This Means for Shedeur Sanders and This Offense

Everything they did — every single pick in the first two days — points back to one thing: they believe in the quarterback room they have.

You don't spend your top pick on a left tackle and then go get two receivers and a safety if you're planning to blow everything up at quarterback. They're building around Shedeur Sanders. They're protecting him. They're giving him weapons. They're putting together an offense designed to score.

The 17-point barrier? The 20-point barrier? Those days need to be over. The defense has been our anchor for years and Myles Garrett has been putting this team on his back while the offense couldn't stay on the field. Now the front office has done their part. They've given this team every reason to go out and score 25 points a game. Now the pressure shifts — to the offense to produce, and to Myles Garrett and that defense to go have fun with a lead.

I would love nothing more than for Myles to come out and tell us how he feels about what this organization just did. Because if you're Myles Garrett and you've been grinding through years of offensive futility, watching Andrew Berry and Todd Monken go out and rebuild this entire side of the ball should give you everything you need to get locked back in.

The Verdict

I was wrong about wanting a receiver or a playmaker at pick six. I'll own that. I said it on stream and I'll say it here too. They got their guy, they got extra picks doing it, and the draft fell in a way where they came away looking like geniuses.

Andrew Berry cooked. Todd Monken is locked in. Spencer Fano, KC Concepcion, Denzel Boston, Emmanuel from Toledo — this class is loaded, and we haven't even gotten to camp yet.

July can't come fast enough.

Here we go, Brownies. Here we go.