Temptation is hard to resist sometimes.

Perhaps even a lot of times.

Probably even most of the time.

It’s just the way it is.

That’s why for the Browns it’s good that a veteran football man, head coach Hue Jackson, will likely be the one having the most say when it comes time for the team to make a decision on what it wants to do with the No. 2 overall pick in the NFL Draft. He will have the presence of mind to successfully fight off all the urges.

The Browns need a lot of things, which means they could do a lot of things, address any of a number of positions.

And while all of that could work to fill those holes in a significant way, it’s not the best use of that pick.

Rather, what the Browns should do with that pick — rather, what they need to do with that pick, what they absolutely must do – is put on their big-boy pants, plant their feet firmly on the ground, take a deep breath and select the quarterback they deem to be the best in the draft.

Jackson knows that. He knows it in his heart. More importantly, he knows it in his mind. He fully realizes what he has to do if he is to have any chance of revitalizing the Browns.

His vast experience working with quarterbacks and offenses – and how they are indelibly linked to each other’s success, and ultimately to the success of the team overall – tells him all he needs to know in that regard.

But, you might say, what about the best value for that No. 2 pick? Is selecting a quarterback the best value?

Yes, simply because it is a quarterback.

If the Browns were in need of a big-time right guard and one was there to pick – or if the position in question was strong safety, tight end, linebacker, defensive tackle, wide receiver or running back – then yes, the value of such a choice would definitely come into question.

A team can win without a standout at any of those positions. It may not be a perfect situation, but a team can do it.

But a club can’t win – at least not the ultimate prize of a Super Bowl victory – without a standout at quarterback.

As such, then, quarterback is one position for which you bend all the rules. If need be, you reach a bit – not a country mile, mind you, but just a bit – to get a quarterback.

Perhaps that’s where the Browns are if they intend to take a quarterback at No. 2. And perhaps not. Maybe it’s a good value pick in their minds to take one there.

Regardless, the Browns have to get their man, and there’s almost no place better to get him than with the No. 2 pick. The only place better, of course, would be to have the No. 1 selection. That belongs to the Tennessee Titans, who, if they keep it, will take someone other than a quarterback since they already have a very young, very promising one in Marcus Mariota. If they trade out of that spot to a team that needs a quarterback and that club follows that up by taking one, then the Browns, simply by doing nothing, will still get a top prospect at quarterback at No. 2 – and perhaps even the guy they wanted all along.

Jackson has run all this through his mind a thousand times.

And each time he does it, he comes to the same conclusion.

That is, the Browns have to stay put at No. 2 and take a quarterback.

Then – and only then – will they have a chance to become what they were in the days of the original franchise from 1946-95, and that is to be relevant and a contender.

More on that last part soon.