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Associated Press

After months of preparation, scouting, working out prospects and building a big board, the Cleveland Browns are closing in on the 2016 NFL draft that begins on April 28.

This offseason has brought newfound optimism and hope that this franchise finally begins moving in the right direction after far too many years of losing. Though the Browns have shown brief glimpses of becoming a winning team over the years, they've been unable to keep it together for a full 16-game season.

That's why a new regime is in charge, from the front office down to the head coach. New Browns general manager/vice president Sashi Brown is now in charge of building the Browns roster into one its fans can be proud of.

But Brown will also have the aid of new head coach Hue Jackson, who has tasted a lot of success over the past decade he's been in the league. Since 2004, Jackson has been part of teams who went at least 8-8 in all abut one year (Falcons in 2007).

During that time, Jackson's teams also went to the playoffs seven times as he's helped build up those rosters into winning football clubs. That's the kind of impact the Browns are hoping he has sooner rather than later.

Now, it's time to look at how the Browns will take a big step toward accomplishing this through this year's NFL draft. For this mock draft, I ran through several Fanspeak.com mock draft simulations to help project the best-case scenario for Cleveland's draft.

Now, let's take a look at a top-100 big board and seven-round mock draft for the Cleveland Browns.