It was around this time a year ago that the seeds for a blockbuster NFL draft trade were planted.
At the 2025 league meetings in Palm Beach, Florida, Jacksonville Jaguars general manager James Gladstone approached Cleveland Browns GM Andrew Berry about the Browns' second overall pick and how open Berry was to trading it.
The Jaguars had their eye on wide receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter, the Heisman Trophy-winning star who sought to become the first full-time two-way player in the modern era -- and they wanted to move up three spots to get him.
Berry had publicly expressed an openness to a trade, and conversations between the two picked up after the league meetings broke.
As the Browns put a bow on their evaluation of the 2025 draft class in early April, and it became expected that the Tennessee Titans were going to select quarterback Cam Ward with the first overall pick, Cleveland opted not to use the No. 2 pick on a quarterback such as Shedeur Sanders and instead pivot.