The Browns selected a pass-catcher on Saturday in the third and final day of the NFL Draft who can’t catch passes well.

What in the name of Webster Slaughter were they thinking?

That’s right, the Browns took wide receiver Jamari Thrash of Louisville in the fifth round, at No. 156 overall. He had eight drops last season — eight! Good receivers don’t drop eight passes in their career.

Memo to Browns General Manager Andrew Berry: If a player has a problem with a case of the dropsies in college, then he isn’t going to learn how to catch the ball in the pros. It just doesn’t happen. There is no magic fairy dust that you can sprinkle onto them to change that. Even players who can catch the ball in college aren’t guaranteed of catching it in the NFL.

Yes, it is true that the Browns need some young wide receivers. But they need to be able to catch the ball to have any chance of helping the team.

Drafting a receiver who can’t catch is like hiring a carpenter who can’t pound a nail. It’s a really bad idea.

Steve King