Broncos, Ravens Swap Draft Picks

The Baltimore Ravens traded the Nos. 15 and 45 picks in the NFL draft to the Denver Broncos on Wednesday for the No. 10 selection.

The Ravens also have the No. 5 pick in Saturday’s draft.

“The chance to select two of the top 10 players in the country was very appealing to us,” said Ozzie Newsome, the Ravens’ vice president of player personnel.

The trade gives the Broncos three picks among the first 45 and a total of 11.

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The second time around hasn’t been any easier for the Cleveland Browns, who again have the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft and two players they’d like to use it on.

The Browns have narrowed their top choice to either defensive end Courtney Brown or linebacker LaVar Arrington, Penn State’s terrific tandem of All-Americans.

“To me, this is a much tougher decision,” said Dwight Clark, the Browns’ director of football operations, who in ’99 chose Tim Couch over Akili Smith. “We truly haven’t made up our minds.”

Complicating matters is talk out of New York that the Jets might dangle their four first-round picks in an attempt to get the top pick.

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Quarterback Warren Moon signed a renegotiated contract that will probably keep him with the Kansas City Chiefs for the rest of his career. . . . Quarterback Todd Bouman re-signed with the Minnesota Vikings. . . . Cincinnati Bengal safety Kelvin Moore, who suffered a career-threatening neck injury in an exhibition game last year, was hired as a coaching intern by the team. . . . J. Emmett Clair, a meatpacker whose early patronage of Green Bay football helped establish the NFL team’s nickname, died Sunday in Palos Heights, Ill. He was 102.