CLEVELAND -- The 2021 NFL Draft kicks off in Cleveland Kevin Hayes Women Jersey on Thursday night, but the hype surrounding this event began nearly two years ago.Riding a wave of optimism that would follow the Browns into their ill-fated 2019 season, fans filled the lush, renovated Public Square in downtown Cleveland on a sunny May afternoon. Dignitaries from the city and its NFL franchise took the stage, expre sing gratitude and excitement over Cleveland landing the event around which Browns fans had come to build their spring schedules since the team returned to the NFL in 1999.The fan base's future, like that of its Browns, was as bright as ever, confirmed by the NFL's desire to bring the draft to a city Glenn Anderson Women Jersey that annually obse Brendan Smith Jersey ses over the event's regenerative potential.Of course, the 2019 season didn't go as planned, with the Browns stumbling out to a 2-6 start and eventually posting double-digit lo ses for 16th time since the franchise's rebirth.But now, 23 months after that celebration in Public Square, the Browns are preparing to wildly pin the future on their first-round pick. Instead of filling the local airwaves with debates over which top-five player should soon be wearing brown and orange, locals have been looking further down their mock drafts for the next piece -- a complementary one, not a Brendan Smith Men Jersey cornerstone -- who might help the suddenly-relevant Browns take the next step. And of course, they're enjoying being Fredrik Claesson Men Jersey at the epicenter of the NFL's banner offseason event.The traveling spectacle that is the NFL draft announced its arrival in early April with the placement of ma sive replica helmets from each of its 32 teams along pedestrian Mall C in downtown Cleveland. In the center of the front row was the Browns' three-striped, logo-free orange helmet.