NFL Draft: What Bengals, Browns fans need to know

CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 30: Cedric Ogbuehi of the Texas A&M Aggies holds up a jersey with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after being picked #21 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals during the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University on April 30, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

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CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 30: Cedric Ogbuehi of the Texas A&M Aggies holds up a jersey with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after being picked #21 overall by the Cincinnati Bengals during the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University on April 30, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)


FIRST ROUND ORDER

1. Los Angeles (from Tennessee)

2. Philadelphia (from Cleveland)

3. San Diego

4. Dallas

5. Jacksonville

6. Baltimore

7. San Francisco

8. Cleveland (from Philadelphia and Miami)

9. Tampa Bay

10. New York Giants

11. Chicago

12. New Orleans

13. Miami (from Philadelphia)

14. Oakland

15. Tennessee (from Los Angeles)

16. Detroit

17. Atlanta

18. Indianapolis

19. Buffalo

20. New York Jets

21. Washington

22. Houston

23. Vikings

24. Cincinnati

25. Pittsburgh

26. Seattle

27. Green Bay

28. Kansas City

29. Arizona

30. Carolina

31. Denver

* New England lost first round pick as punishment following Deflategate investigation

The 81st annual NFL Draft is this week. Here is what you need to know:

SCHEDULE

First Round: 8 p.m., Thursday

Rounds 2-3: 7 p.m., Friday

Rounds 4-7: Noon, Saturday

• Teams have 10 minutes to make their pick in the first round, seven minutes in the second, five minutes in the third through sixth rounds and four minutes in the seventh.

Where: The draft returns to the Auditorium Theater in Chicago for the second year in a row.

TV: ESPN, ESPN2, NFL Network

Total picks: 253, which includes 32 compensatory picks

Bengals picks (7): First round (24th overall), second round (55th), third round (87th), fourth round (122nd), fifth round (161st), sixth round (199th), seventh round (245th).

Browns picks (12): First round (eighth), second round (32nd), third round (65th and 77th), fourth round (99th, 100th and 138th), fifth round (141st, 172nd and 173rd), sixth round (176th), seventh round (223rd)

MOCK DRAFT

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BENGALS

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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell poses for a photo with A.J. Green, #4 overall pick by the Cincinnati Bengals, as Green holds up a jersey during the 2011 NFL Draft at Radio City Music Hall on April 28, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)

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BROWNS

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LOCAL PLAYERS/OHIO STATE BUCKEYES

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