Let’s be honest here, everyone.

We’re not splitting the atom.

We’re not breaking down the theory of relativity.

We’re not discussing the Pythagorean theorem.

We’re not searching for a cure for cancer.

Nope. We’re not doing any of that.

This isn’t rocket science – or anything close to it.

We’re just talkin’ football – “highbrow” topics such as blocking and tackling.

Yes, it takes some brain power to understand intricate parts of the game. I’ll grant you that.

But to call someone in football a genius – no matter how smart about the game they appear to be — is like calling a grill-cook at a fast-food chain a five-star chef. It’s stretching the truth a little bit – or perhaps a lot.

Louis Riddick, the former Browns nickel safety/special teamer-turned ESPN NFL analyst I told you about in my last post, addressed this very issue on Cleveland radio station WKNR-AM from the NFL Combine in Indianapolis last week.

“Look, this isn’t hard,” he said when asked what he thought the Browns should do at the top of the NFL Draft with the No. 1 overall and No. 4 picks.

“(Penn State running back) Saquon Barkley came in here very highly-rated and has done a lot here to raise his stock even higher. He’s clearly the best player in the draft. So you’ve got the No. 1 pick and you use that to get Barkley. The Browns need weapons on offense.

“The four quarterbacks everybody is looking at (USC’s Sam Darnold, Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield, UCLA’s Josh Rosen and Wyoming’s Josh Allen) seem pretty even when you look at how they’re rated. If you’re the Browns, you use the No. 4 pick to get the highest-rated quarterback left on your board. It’s really that simple.”

Yes, it is. It is indeed really that simple.

The Barkley stuff is pretty obvious. He’s the best player available and the Browns are going to need a running back after Isaiah Crowell bolts in free agency. It’s a no-brainer to take him.

As for the quarterbacks, we’re all going to talk about which one is best until we’re blue in the face. That’s what people who follow football, do. The Browns likely have a guy now they’re targeting, or they will have one soon. They will have the other three rated, in some form, behind that guy. If the Browns’ guy is gone, then they take the next-best guy, right?

What’s so hard to understand?