With the 2015 in the books, NFL Media reporters share the insightful nuggets and bites of interesting information they gathered during a weekend rich with both. Scroll down or click below to see reports about the following teams:Cleveland Browns: Grounding the offenseThe did not draft a quarterback. But it's not as if they didn't consider it. General manager Ray Farmer told me that it was more about not over-drafting a QB relative to where the team had him rated on its draft board. Farmer said the have faith in their current quarterbacks, , , and . Jeff Samardzija Jersey That faith might only extend so far, however. Several people with the organization said they aren't going to put too much on the quarterback. This is going to be a run-based/short pa sing-game team. That is why the drafted offensive lineman 19th overall, along with running back (Round 3) and tight ends and (both in Round 6). One member of the front office told me that whoever lines up at quarterback is going to be doing a lot of handing off. Look for Cleveland to model itself after the Rex Ryan-era .Don't do it small: appeared around eight minutes before the called to tell him they were going to draft him -- he had been at the party earlier but went home to change. As soon as he entered the living room where his family was waiting, he said loudly, "If we're going to do it, do it big."Fast forward to Friday, at the ' news conference introducing first-round picks and Erving. Erving, Winston's former teammate at Florida State, was asked if there was a moment when he realized how special Winston was. Erving said that in the national championship game two seasons ago, as Auburn was kicking off after taking a late lead, Winston came over to the offensive line on the sideline and screamed, "If we're going to do it, do it big." So either that is Winston's catchphrase or his credo.-- Steve Wyche ()New York Jets: Draft day seized GM Mike Maccagnan told the media and his colleagues in the draft room to expect the unexpected in the draft. The lived that reality in Thursday's first round, when defensive lineman was available at No. 6 overall.Maccagnan, committed to considering all trade offers, worked the phones before turning in the pick as the clock wound down. In his first draft as a general manager, he made the selection without doubt on two fronts: He was choosing the best player available, and he also was adding to a position where the had no need."You really can't have enough good football players," he later told reporters. "So it really doesn't matter what position you go after."The selection of Williams eventually might change the fate of defensive lineman , who has been the ' best player the past two seasons. , but he did, via Instagram, to the .Scheduled to make $6.97 million in 2015, . He loses considerable leverage with the arrival of Williams. But for the 2015 season, the anticipate having Wilkerson on their roster and creating havoc with Williams and alongside him.Williams, who many believed was the surest bet in the draft, was surprised to fall to six. When he talked to Todd Bowles after the selection was made, Williams said the coach reminded him, "I told you if you dropped to the , I was going to get you.""He stayed true to his word, "Williams said, "so I appreciated it."It's unlikely the ever thought they had a shot at Williams. Neither Maccagnan nor Bowles attended USC's pro day; they sent defensive line coach Pepper Johnson. (Bowles did attend Florida's. The liked )Williams provides the with an embarra sment of riches along the defensive line, as Wilkerson and Richardson are both former first-round picks.While there is some question as to how Bowles will use all three players, there is no doubt he'll find a way. The will run a 3-4, but they're multiple. Last season, when Bowles, as the ' defensive coordinator, was , he used four defensive linemen for most of the game, holding to le s than 100 yards for the first time that season.The ' defense could -- and should -- be among the best in the league. In Williams, the team was presented with an opportunity it could not pa s up."I watch a lot," Williams said as he met the media in-person for the first time. "The main reason was because I liked the way they used him: versatile, all around the D-line, and try to create mismatches. That's the way they used me at USC, so I liked to see the way he does it."Bowles, whose blitzed 43 percent of the time last season, has a creative defensive mind. The po sibilities now are endle s, particularly when it comes to disrupting opposing quarterbacks.Which brings us back to Williams. Thursday night, he said he hoped his first sack was of . By Friday, when he reached the ' facility, he had taken a look at -- which doesn't have the and playing until ."I definitely want a sack before that," he said.-- Kimberly Jones ()Philadelphia Eagles: Kelly in the saddleThis was Chip Kelly's first NFL draft as THE decision maker. And at no point during the three-day-long event did he publicly appear weighed down by the pre sure -- or particularly juiced by the power."I wouldn't say it was either of those," Kelly said, seconding the outside observation. "I just think you're trying to make logical decisions in terms of what you're doing, and you've got to really rely on the work you've done up until it."Kelly was both aggre sive (moving up in the second round, to nab cornerback ) and Pat Burrell Jersey patient (staying pat in the third, when he added linebacker ). Kelly engineered two trades, followed a somewhat expected script in shoring up his defense and didn't make the one wildly expensive move the citizens of Philadelphia so fervently hoped for: trading up for former Oregon quarterback . Kelly very coolly compared the ' price for the second overall pick to that of a ritzy house outside his budget. One of his a sistants, two days after the first round, scoffed that Philly never came close: The ask was so high, he said, the didn't even bother trying to cobble together a specific package.Afterwards, Kelly said he was especially pleased with how organized and orderly (a word he used repeatedly) the draft was, crediting director of player personnel Ed Marynowitz for that. He said his role wasn't all that different than in years past."I didn't run the show, I just had the final decision, so my role never really changed," he said. "If it comes to between Player A and Player B, then I had to break the tie."Executive vice president of football operations Howie Roseman, who was , was in the draft room and "advising us," Kelly said.Bradford's best yet to come? One offensive coach at the ' headquarters rolled his eyes at all the trade talk. His appreciation and a se sment of the snake-bitten ex- quarterback are both high. "People have no clue how good he is," he said.Coaches will get their first official look at Bradford throwing -- and moving on his surgically-repaired ACL -- on Monday.Always thinking: Several times during the draft, Kelly referred to Stanford psychology profe sor and author Carol Dweck, who has extensively studied and written about human motivation. He talked about whether his draft picks had a fixed mindset (static intelligence) or growth mindset (intelligence that is constantly developed), and the obviously well-read coach's stamp was on this cla s for sure: Every pick, save for the first, is either a college graduate or a senior set to graduate. (That first-round selection, USC junior , was the draft's only simultaneous football All-American and Academic All-American.) Third-rounder graduated in three years and is working on his master's degree."It's something that you look at," Kelly said, acknowledging that report cards are indeed relevant to him. "To me, because it's a sign of commitment, have they set out and done something that they invested in and then said, 'Hey, I followed through with it and I did it.' So I always look at it as a positive."That's just another kind of way to evaluate players in terms of commitment, the ability to stick to things, to set out and make goals and kind of stay with those goals."-- Aditi Kinkhabwala ()San Diego Chargers: Short list included seven playersThe started the draft with one goal: Get a difference-maker, a playmaker opponents would have to scheme against. When the picked receiver at No. 14 overall, they had effectively taken the sixth of the ' seven designated impact players off the board. "It was a little tense," GM Tom Telesco said of the draft-room atmosphere. "We had about 14 players we felt good about. But out of that 14, we felt like there were seven that would come in and make an impact. was one of those seven." With only Gordon left, San Diego scrambled to put together to move up two spots in the first round to No. 15 and snatch the runner. The pick not only improved the Bolts' overall offense, but maybe more importantly, it sent a me sage to quarterback , who was leading up to the draft. Telesco thinks that, of all the running backs available, Gordon was the best pa s protector. "In college, they don't get a lot of opportunities to protect in the backfield. He has a willingne s to do it -- he's tough and he's smart," Telesco said. "Part of pa s protecting at our level is to be able to see who is coming and know who to pick up ... and he can do it." The move wasn't lost on Rivers. He was at the facility Friday, an off day for the , to welcome Gordon to the team. Offensive line not a priority: The have struggled with depth on the offensive line for a few years now. Even though they added guard during free agency and re-signed tackle , most people thought the team would target this area in the draft. San Diego didn't.Telesco said in his post-draft news conference that, while people outside the building might think the team needs more players along the offensive line, the organization feels good about who it has on the roster. The Bolts did addre s the position immediately after the draft, adding three undrafted free-agent linemen: (guard out of Mi si sippi State), Tyreek Burwell (tackle out of Cincinnati) and (tackle out of Western Kentucky). Will one of those guys stick? Judging by San Diego's 2015 draft selections, the appear content to play at right tackle rather than kicking him inside to guard. Fluker and Dunlap are the projected starting tackles, with Franklin at left guard and at right guard.Another linebacker in Round 2: Could San Diego's linebacking corps define the succe s of Telesco's tenure? For the third year in a row, he selected a linebacker in the second round. Last year, it was (No. 50 overall); the year before, it was (No. 38). This year, Telesco selected Miami's on Day 2 at No. 48 overall. (He also drafted North Dakota State's in Round 5).New linebacker coach Mike Nolan has the task of getting production out of what should be a talented group ... at least based on where they were drafted.-- Alex Flanagan *San Francisco 49ers: Baalke clearly in chargeAs GM Trent Baalke strode to the podium for his sixth post-draft news conference, there was no mistaking who's running the show in Santa Clara. Not that we needed any clarification after Baalke "won" the so-called power struggle with Jim Harbaugh. There he was, in his Tiger Woods-like Sunday red polo and black slacks -- the fact that this was actually a Saturday was of Bruce Bochy Jersey no consequence to Baalke, who carried himself as victoriously and confidently as the golfing great has done on the last day of 14 major championships. Just as Woods has shown a le s demonstrative personality recently, perhaps we're starting to see a calmer Baalke. His poise and focus certainly contrasted with what we saw from the man in December, inside the CenturyLink Field pre s box, literally pounding on the table at which he sat, louder and louder and louder as the ' struggles mounted in .Maybe Baalke appears different because his relationship with his head coach is different. Jim Tomsula spoke glowingly about Baalke's mastery of the draft board; he was as complimentary as a sci-fi film fan describing Morpheus' manipulation of the Matrix. Tomsula painted a picture inside the draft room of Baalke in full command of his game day, with all analysis, equations and potential maneuvers at the ready. A proce s Tomsula Aramis Garcia Jersey said he learned more from this year than he contributed to -- his first draft in the head coach's chair. While Tomsula said he was more involved in draft preparation as head coach, he told me he probably wouldn't look to be more involved next year. Tomsula did admit he was hoping Baalke might have made a couple of different choices to balance the team's depth -- the now have eight tight ends on their roster, for example -- but says this experience taught him that he'd have to work in personnel 365 days a year to have the precision needed to be succe sful during draft week.While Baalke's relationship with Harbaugh might have been contentious, if not controversial, his relationship with Tomsula might best be described as one in which both men clearly know their roles within the organization. How this draft cla s pans out or whether the 2015 become the first team to play a game in its home stadium are questions that won't be answered for a while. But we do know Baalke will be the one getting the credit -- or the blame.-- Omar RuizTampa Bay Buccaneers: Time to turn to textsThe images of NFL war rooms suggest that general managers are cloistered within, communication cut off from the outside world, concerned only with the draft board in front of them. Not exactly. The draft, after all, contains long stretches of inactivity interrupted by bursts of decision making. That gives GMs plenty of time to do things like text reporters asking for NHL playoff updates, as happened to me on the second and third days of the draft. (The New York Rangers, it turns out, have fans in front offices.)Or to take texts from their fathers, like Tampa Bay GM Jason Licht did on Saturday. Licht was sitting in the draft room when a text from his dad arrived. He showed it to coach Lovie Smith. The me sage: You have to draft Nebraska receiver ."So that was easy, we turned the card in right then," Licht said, with a laugh. "My dad, Ron, he's had season tickets there since 1962, so I get all the Nebraska intel that I need."The Bucs did draft Bell, of course, and Licht's dad was right -- they did have to. Licht grew up in Nebraska, and played linebacker and guard for the Cornhuskers before transferring to Nebraska Wesleyan University, where he was an all-conference defensive tackle. And Licht called Bell one of the best receivers ever to come out of Nebraska. He ran a 4.34-second 40-yard dash in a workout for the Bucs, showing the kind of speed that should help stretch the field. Bell is likely to start out in a receiver rotation, but Licht said he hopes he will eventually start.-- Judy Battista ()Tenne see Titans: Standing up to the pre sureAbout 45 minutes before the clock started on Tenne see's highly coveted second overall pick, general manager Ruston Webster couldn't have been cooler. When I mentioned -- which, if succe sful, would've guaranteed Chip Kelly's reunion with -- Webster didn't flinch. "I feel very good about both quarterbacks," he said. "I don't think I can go wrong."This was the first time, based solely on instinct, that I realized Webster wasn't bluffing. This wasn't a scare tactic, a smokescreen or a leverage point. He wanted one of the two quarterbacks, and regardle s of a late, unexpected push by the , he was going to get one.Webster told me after the draft that receiving the overtures from other teams served as nothing more than confirmation of what he believed: that Mariota was worth the pick. Spatial memory: Perhaps the biggest (and best) reason to believe the would be willing to deal the pick was that the style of play of Mariota -- a product of the spread option -- seemed an unlikely fit for coach Ken Whisenhunt's pro-style system.But Whisenhunt provided a pretty convincing explanation as to why Mariota could work in any scheme: something called "spatial memory." As Whisenhunt explained it, Mariota e sentially has football's equivalent of a photographic memory."You say, 'What's spatial memory?'" Whisenhunt said. "He remembers plays. He remembers fronts. He remembers things in the short term and the long term."We're talking about an unbalanced set that USC ran against (Mariota's Oregon team) three years ago. Like, 'Oh yeah, that was in this game at this time.' Those are the kinds of things, to me, that are important for that position. You have to have a memory that can see everything and remember it, because when it happens in a game, then you have to come over and communicate that on the sideline, you have to have a plan (for) how you're going to adjust."During his introductory news conference, an otherwise humble Mariota seemed incredibly confident when posed with the po sibility of starting Week 1 -- a big task, given how much he'll need to digest between now and then. It's hard to think this confidence isn't attached to his natural ability to consume information.DGB connection: I'd heard from sources very early Friday, once teams had a chance to rearrange their draft boards in the wake of Day 1, that Tenne see was very interested in landing wide receiver .The held the 33rd overall pick (the first pick of the second round), and they could have had him there if they'd wanted. As it turned out, they were able to move to No. 40 in a trade with the , land two added picks in later rounds -- and still get their guy.There were , including failed drug tests and an accusation of violence, but one source close to Green-Beckham made a strong case for him with this quote: "He has renewed my hope in profe sional athletes, especially ones that screw up."The did plenty of research -- and had the ble sing of ownership -- before drafting Green-Beckham. They also felt comfortable enough to pick him given the moderate stretch of time that has pa sed since his last incident (he was dismi sed by Mi souri on April 11, 2014).*-- Jeff Darlington () *Washington Redskins: Improvising according to planThe ' dream scenario had (rather than ) falling in their lap -- but the consolation prize wasn't so bad.And in the end, new GM Scot McCloughan was able to accomplish three goals he set out going into the proce s. He fortified the lines of scrimmage. He added picks. And he used those picks to add size and build a sturdier middle cla s to the roster.Fowler -- who went third overall to the -- was not only the top-ranked player on Washington's board, he was also targeted by other teams with designs on trading up. In the week leading up to the 2015 , the , who held the fifth overall slot, had discu sions with a number of teams within the top 15, but most of those talks were predicated on Fowler being there. Had the Florida star fallen to No. 5, the would've had the choice of either taking the guy they believed was the best player in the cla s or dealing off the pick for a very healthy package of selections.As it was, Fowler went third, and the second guy on the ' board (receiver ) went fourth, to the . That left Iowa offensive lineman as the top player available, as McCloughan had ranked them. So the 'Skins pulled the trigger there on a player they believe can play all five line spots -- they'll start him out at right tackle but believe his best position may be right guard -- then got their edge rusher, and another versatile piece, in Mi si sippi State's with the 38th pick.After adding one building block to each line, McCloughan used the 69th pick to execute the other part of his plan: Turning the seven picks they took into the draft into more, so Washington could supplement a roster that needs numbers. McCloughan pulled off a trade with his old bo s, GM John Schneider, to seize three more picks, in exchange for moving back 26 spots.From there, the added more size at positions like tailback (230-pound , whose running style they see as being similar to that of ) and guard (Alabama's ). And the goal -- to add big, physical, versatile players -- was accomplished acro s the board.So things didn't go exactly how Duane Kuiper Jersey the would've liked them to in McCloughan's first draft with the team. But with the knowledge that draft days rarely play out as planned, the final results were pretty good.-- Albert Breer ()