Browns Miss Out on Pre-Draft Visit With OT Laurent Duvernay-Tardif

At the end of March, we noted that the Cleveland Browns reportedly had a pre-draft visit lined up with Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, the top offensive tackle prospect in the CFL. On April 22, a report said that the Browns' visit with Duvernay-Tardif was scheduled for some time last week:

McGill OT Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is visiting with #Browns, #Bills this week, per source. Projected to be No. 1 overall pick in CFL Draft.

— Ross Jones (@RossJonesFOX) April 22, 2014

Something happened after that, though. In an interview with John Kryk of the Toronto Sun, it was revealed that the Browns and the Colts both had to pass on the opportunity to bring Duvernay-Tardif in for a visit to their facility:

Also, @LaurentDTardif never did visit #Browns, as reported. Two sides could not work it out. Ditto for #Colts. Only #Eagles worked him out.

— John Kryk (@JohnKryk) April 27, 2014

The deadline for NFL teams to meet with prospects was Sunday, so the Browns might have had a scheduling conflict -- for example, they might have preferred to visit with a quarterback instead, and couldn't logistically work out a schedule adjustment. That shouldn't effect the team's interest in the offensive tackle too much, though, if they were sold on him in the first place. We will remove him from the list of team visits in our next draft tracker, though.