Editor's note: Tony Grossi covers the Cleveland Browns for ESPN 850 WKNR.

Takeaways on the Browns and the NFL draft ...

1. With two weeks to go before the draft, the Browns’ franchise-changing decision has been narrowed.

If the New Browns Order could write the script of its first draft, it probably would be to trade down a few notches, collect an extra third-round pick, and still come away with California quarterback Jared Goff or North Dakota State’s Carson Wentz. That won’t happen now, however. Tennessee’s trade of the top pick to the Los Angeles Rams means that one quarterback will come off the board at No. 1. Reportedly, the Rams will take Wentz. That leaves Goff for the Browns. So they are going to be staring at this decision for two weeks: Stand pat and take Goff or trade it and pass up their first real chance at a possible franchise quarterback since 1999 and collect a bundle of picks to lay a foundation on which to build their new team. There is no doubt in my mind the Browns will have the opportunity to trade down. Doing so would leave them with a choice of the second-tier quarterbacks. This is going to be the first major test of smarts for Harvard grads Sashi Brown and Paul DePodesta. My feeling is that coach Hue Jackson largely will be at their mercy on this franchise-changing decision. He likes Goff, but that won’t necessarily tip the scales to keeping the pick. Jackson already played his card on Robert Griffin III.

2. What should the Browns do?

If the Rams do, in fact, take Wentz -- and we should know for sure before April 28 -- they would do the Browns a favor and leave them with the better choice, in my opinion. It removes all possibility for second-guessing and forces the Browns to unify their entire operation in supporting Goff. There will be no faction in the building murmuring, “We should have taken Wentz!” through the formative steps of Goff’s NFL learning curve. Every time the Browns have taken a quarterback in the first round of the draft since 1999 -- Tim Couch, Brady Quinn, Brandon Weeden, Johnny Manziel -- there has been division in the ranks and the organization never gave unconditional support to the quarterback. This must occur for the quarterback to reach his potential.

3. What if the Rams cross up the experts and choose Goff to be the face of their franchise as it embarks in the lucrative Hollywood sports market?

Everything I said in No. 2 would apply to Wentz. He is just as worthy of the No. 2 pick as Goff. In my opinion, the Titans-Rams trade made April 28 a lot easier for the Browns.

4. There is only one thing left to save Johnny Manziel from complete self-destruction.

LeBron James’ marketing firm dumped him. Nike and other sponsors dumped him. Agent Erik Burkhardt dumped him. His family reportedly tried to admit him to a rehab clinic, but he walked out. The Browns dumped him. His ex-girlfriend dumped him. Now agent Drew Rosenhaus has dumped him. It appears that only one entity is left to get through to Manziel on the gravity of his situation -- TMZ. If TMZ’s cameras quit following Manziel as if he were somebody important, rendering him totally irrelevant as a celebrity, Manziel might get the message that his life is a mess. Right now, TMZ is enabling Manziel to continue his path to destruction.