2023 Browns Training Camp

[gumby73]

I really like this idea @ballpeen ^^  maybe the only drawback is?  newly drafted rookies camps would need a start date around July 1st?

Camp brings these...

The Hall of Fame Game *unofficial Browns depth chart vs NY JETS

I'd be shocked if any projected 1's played.

WR's--Darden slips ahead of Schwartz. Tillman before Grant

RB-- Felton holding off Kelly

OL-- Harris ahead of Wypler.  LT Hudson/RT Jones

DL-- Togie before Ika.. Hill before Hurst..

DB's-- AJ Green CB4 & Bell holding off Hickman

ST's-- Jakeem Grant Sr. back to return specialist opt  

[blitzz2]

I know he's buried on depth chart. But SAM, Mohamod Diabiate really interests me. Seen his performance in the bowl. And seemed he was all over. 6'4 @225. Really hoping he pans out. 

[ballpeen]

@blitzz2 said:

I know he's buried on depth chart. But SAM, Mohamod Diabiate really interests me. Seen his performance in the bowl. And seemed he was all over. 6'4 @225. Really hoping he pans out. 

I agree.  I think he will stick and be a pretty solid special team addition as his career progresses.

[ballpeen]

  maybe the only drawback is?  newly drafted rookies camps would need a start date around July 1st?

Gums..

No doubt something would need to be done for rookies and possibly some select vets, such as practice squad guys and or newly signed FA vets.  I wasn't trying to be all encompassing with my earlier comment.  Some way or another rookies would need some extra time to be able to get the extra walk through and light practice time to have them up to speed heading in to their first camp.

[Flugel]

Observations from the 1st day of Training Camp in Berea by clevelandbrowns.com - all the photos get blurred in the cut and paste for some reason:

Observations from the 10th practice of training camp

The bleachers and sidelines were packed with fans for the Browns’ first practice back in Berea

Aug 01, 2023 at 06:06 PM

 

Anthony Poisal

Staff Writer

 

After spending the last week practicing under the sunshine and scenery of West Virginia, the Browns certainly looked happy to be back in Berea on Tuesday for their 10th practice of training camp.

"Obviously, it's exciting for us to be back up in Berea in front of our fans," head coach Kevin Stefanski said. "It's amazing the amount of juice that you get from playing in front of your own fans. I can promise you the players will get a little bit more pep in their step with our fans out here."

The bleachers were packed and the energy was palpable as players took the field for their final tune-up before the Hall of Fame Game on Thursday in Canton. Players interacted with fans calling their names, and a few eye-popping plays drew some loud cheers, too.

We're going to cover the latter — and more — below.

- This was the Browns' third padded practice of training camp and second where there were actual team drills. The intensity was at its peak for camp so far, and that was evident right away when CB M.J. Emerson Jr. delivered a clean hit on WR Donovan Peoples-Jones on the first play of the first team drill period. The hit knocked the ball loose from Peoples-Jones and was a nice play, although no other "tackle" the rest of the day featured that level of physicality.

- The practice appeared to be a stalemate between the offense and defense — no one "won" the day and both sides made good plays. Rookie fifth-round CB Cam Mitchell had one of the most notable plays of the afternoon when he intercepted QB Deshaun Watson and tallied his first interception of camp. Rookie third-round WR Cedric Tillman made the play of the day for the offense with a diving catch down the left sidelines on a deep ball from QB Kellen Mond during a seven-on-seven period.

- CB A.J. Green III tallied a pass breakup for the third straight practice. The fourth-year veteran has been around the ball a lot through the first week of camp.

- WR Amari Cooper had his most active day of camp so far and caught the first two passes of a seven-on-seven situation period where the offense started the ball from the 35 with 1:30 on the clock. He also caught several other passes from Watson throughout the day and, to no surprise, was constantly open.

- QB Joshua Dobbs and WR Austin Watkins had the longest completion of the day on a pass that traveled at least 50 yards. Dobbs attempted the throw while on the run from pressure and found Watkins, who was standing alone down the field and secured the catch.

- Watson and TE David Njoku left practices at The Greenbrier showcasing a strong connection, and they carried that over to Tuesday when they connected on a first-down pass during an 11-on-11 2-minute drill period.

- Peoples-Jones also made one of the smoothest catches of camp so far on a back-shoulder throw from Watson. Peoples-Jones had S Juan Thornhill in tight coverage, but he still managed to turn around and secure the ball before he was pushed past the right sideline. Peoples-Jones has continued to win contested catch opportunities throughout camp.

- Mond and QB Dorian Thompson-Robinson will each be the two starters for the Hall of Fame Game against the Jets, and both players looked good in their final practice. They each led their respective units down the field for field goals in the 11-on-11 two-minute drill period, which concluded the practice.

 

[Dutch Oven]

Listening to 92.3 on the way to work this morning, and apparently Myles was just abusing Jed Wills all day long.

"If Myles played for another team, we'd be in big trouble"

Myles is on his way to Canton, but Wills is a first rounder from Alabama. He shouldn't be getting abused by anyone by now. 

[Flugel]

@dutch-oven said:

Listening to 92.3 on the way to work this morning, and apparently Myles was just abusing Jed Wills all day long.

"If Myles played for another team, we'd be in big trouble"

Myles is on his way to Canton, but Wills is a first rounder from Alabama. He shouldn't be getting abused by anyone by now. 

Wills has been my biggest worry on the offense.  That's why we're going to have to assign a babysitting TE to line up to his left.  I know it sounds crazy but I'd like to see us line-up Dawand Jones to the left of Wills as a TE that mostly blocks.   Again, the former high school basketball star at 6'8" prolly developed good hands catching passes in traffic as a big man.  He also probably has a big wing span just in case we dare to ever use him like NE used Mike Vrable in certain offensive packages/situations.

[gumby73]

@dutch-oven said:

Listening to 92.3 on the way to work this morning, and apparently Myles was just abusing Jed Wills all day long.

Same here.

 Andrew Spayde reviews Day 9 of Browns Training Camp. Let’s think some thoughts.

My primary takeaway from the first nine days of camp, and it was driven home on Tuesday in Berea, is that the defense, after lagging behind in early work, has caught and exceeded the offense. Myles Garrett and the pass rush, combined with a secondary that is rounding into shape, have been wrecking the passing offense often enough that is starting to cause concerns about the state of the offense. Part of this is the natural push and pull of training camp when each unit is on a different schedule to be ready for the regular season.(include given off day) Given the enormous pressure on the offense, however, it is worrying to see that side of the ball struggle to move the ball against the defense or fail to put the ball in the end zone in red zone drills.(Sat. & Tues.)

For now, we will save our worrying until at least the joint practices against the Eagles.

There's been a swing since Goodwin (in OTA's) & Coop went out 4 days in TC. Coop's now back. TE Jordan Akins has been out 4 straight days. TE Harrison Bryant has missed 2 straight.(doubt neither play Jets) We're back to Schwartz as our speed WR. WR Jaelon Darden has missed the last 2 camp days ?  Tillman, Bell, Baldwin ? w/Schwartz.. interested to see if even Jakeem Grant plays WR/returner, coming off his last season injury?  Don't hold the ball to long Mon--d !

[gumby73]

Good to be back !  In the books,

PSG1 Browns 21   Jets  16  F       Seeing Joe Thomas induction to HOF, off my bucket list !  Great time !

Browns back to work Sunday,

Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said before Sunday's practice.

"We're still [doing] installation, so we're just getting out of our installation on offense, defense, and special teams," "So [defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz is] putting in new blitzes, we're putting in new couple new runs, passes, those type of things. ... And again, that first Hall of Fame game comes at you fast. ... So just continuing to teach and make sure that we're not skipping any steps."

This week will be about as close to a "normal" week of training camp as the Browns will have this month. They are scheduled to practice in front of the fans Sunday, Monday and Wednesday, with their lone home preseason game at 7:30 p.m. Friday against the Washington Commanders.

** Stefanski acknowledged Sunday he's already got an idea of how the quarterback rotation will work for Friday's preseason game against the Commanders. However, that will not be disclosed to the public any earlier than he absolutely has to divulge it.

• Superheroes – August 7, practice begins today at 2 pm

[gumby73]

The following is the unofficial depth chart for the Browns' Week 1 preseason game Friday against the Commanders at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m.

Offense

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
WR	Amari Cooper	#Jaelon  Darden	Anthony Schwartz	*Jalen Wayne
LT	Jedrick Wills Jr.	James Hudson III	# Tyrone Wheatley Jr.
LG	Joel Bitonio	Michael Dunn	Wes Martin
C	Ethan Pocic	Nick Harris	*Luke Wypler
RG	Wyatt Teller	#Drew Forbes	Colby Gossett
RT	Jack Conklin	*Dawand Jones	Derrick Kelly
TE	David Njoku	Jordan Akins	# Harrison  Bryant	Zaire Mitchell-Paden	*Thomas Greaney	Miller Forristall
WR	Donovan Peoples-Jones	David Bell	# Mike Harley  Jr.	# (Michael Woods II)
QB	Deshaun Watson	Joshua Dobbs	Kellen Mond	*Dorian Thompson Robinson
RB	Nick Chubb	#Jerome  Ford	Demetric Felton Jr.	John Kelly Jr.	*Hassan Hall
WR	Elijah Moore	*Cedric Tillman	# Jakeem  Grant  Sr.	Austin Watkins Jr.	# (Marquise  Goodwin)

Defense

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th
LDE	Myles Garrett	Ogbo Okoronkwo	*Isaiah McGuire	*Lonnie Phelps	Chuck Wiley
LDT	Dalvin Tomlinson	# Trysten Hill	Maurice Hurst II	Sam Kamara
RDT	Jordan Elliott	Tommy Togiai	*Siaki Ika	Michael Dwumfour
RDE	Za'Darius Smith	# Alex Wright #	# Isaiah Thomas	*Jeremiah Martin
WILL	Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah	Tony Fields II	*Charlie Thomas	*Cam Bright
MIKE	Anthony Walker Jr.	Jacob Phillips	Jordan Kunaszyk
SAM	Sione Takitaki	# Matthew Adams	*Mohamoud Diabate
LCB	Denzel Ward	A.J. Green III	*Cameron Mitchell	Chris Westry	Gavin Heslop
RCB	# Greg Newsome II	Martin Emerson Jr.	Mike Ford Jr.	*Caleb Biggers	Lorenzo Burns
SS	Grant Delpit	D'Anthony Bell	*Ronnie Hickman
FS	Juan Thornhill	Rodney McLeod	Bubba Bolden	*Tanner McCallister

Special Teams

Position	1st	2nd	3rd
P	Corey Bojorquez
K	Cade York
H	Corey Bojoroquez
KR	# Jakeem Grant Sr.	# Jerome Ford	# Jaelon Darden
PR	# Jakeem Grant Sr.	Donovan Peoples-Jones	# Jaelon Darden
LS	Charley Hughlett

* - rookie         #- camp injury/recovery

(more updates Wednesday) edit- best update found--https://www.brownszone.com/2023/08/09/notes-jerome-ford-week-to-week-with-hamstring-injury-status-for-opener-uncertain/

Commanders release depth chart for Friday

OFFENSE

Position	First	Second	Third	Fourth
WR	Terry McLaurin	Dyami Brown	Brycen Tremayne	Jalen Sample
LT	Charles Leno Jr.	Cornelius Lucas	Braeden Daniels
LG	Saahdiq Charles	Chris Paul	Jaryd Jones-Smith	Mason Brooks
C	Nick Gates	Tyler Larsen	Ricky Stromberg
RG	Sam Cosmi	Aaron Monteiro	Nolan Laufenberg	Mason Brooks
RT	Andrew Wylie	Trent Scott	Alex Akingbulu
TE	Logan Thomas	John Bates	Cole Turner	Curtis Hodges/Brandon Dillon
WR	Curtis Samuel	Dax Milne	Kyric McGowan	Kazmeir Allen
WR	Jahan Dotson	Byron Pringle	Marcus Kemp	Mitchell Tinsley/Zion Bowens
QB	Sam Howell	Jacoby Brissett	Jake Fromm
RB	Brian Robinson	Antonio Gibson	Jonathan Williams/Chris Rodriguez Jr.	Derrick Gore/Jaret Patterson
FB	Alex Armah

DEFENSE

Position	First	Second	Third	Fourth
DE	Montez Sweat	Casey Toohill	Andre Jones Jr.	Joshua Pryor
DT	Daron Payne	John Ridgeway	Abdullah Anderson	Curtis Brooks
DT	Jonathan Allen	Phidarian Mathis	Efe Obada	Benning Potoa'e
DE	Chase Young	James Smith-Williams	K.J. Henry	William Bradley-King
OLB	Jamin Davis	Khaleke Hudson	De'Jon Harris	Ferrod Gardner
MLB	Cody Barton	David Mayo	Milo Eifler
CB	Kendall Fuller	Jartavius Martin	Nick Whiteside II	D.J. Stirgus
CB	Benjamin St-Juste	Rachad Wildgoose	Tariq Castro-Fields	Jace Whittaker
CB	Emmanuel Forbes Jr.	Danny Johnson	Christian Holmes	DeMarcus Fields
SS	Kam Curl	Jeremy Reaves	Kendall Smith
FS	Darrick Forrest	Percy Butler	Terrell Burgess

SPECIAL TEAMS

Position	First	Second	Third	Fourth
P	Tress Way
K	Joey Slye	Michael Badgley
H	Tress Way
LS	Cameron Cheeseman
KR	Antonio Gibson	Byron Pringle	Dax Milne	Jaret Patterson
PR	Dax Milne	Jahan Dotson	Kyric McGowan	Kazmeir Allen

[gumby73]

Morning and Happy Game day Friday !

Post above ^^ will contain unofficial depth charts for both teams. ^^

* DT Shelby Harris can be added. While DT  Michael Dwumfour was waived to make room.

Meanwhile, We can't have a Training Camp topic without a new look tour of Training Camp thanks to DBN Poko Traveler. Thanks Chris !

Kill some time & Enjoy !

[gumby73]

Good Monday morning !

Two remaining Preseason games left. How bout we end this Camp, with both SB opponents from last seasons SB on the Browns schedule..

This week the Browns have 2 inter-squad practices where the Philly Eagles fly.. Good to see Monday & Tuesdays updates should come after working hours, with scrimmage start times of 5 PM. Thursday's game is on NFL Network at 7:30 PM.

    https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/eagles-browns-joint-practices-spadaro-add-spice-to-preseason

Not sure if NFL network has access? but, Browns Twitter & Cleveland.com should have up to the minute updates from Twitter (X) while practice is live for real ? junkies.. 

Controlled practices are hopes of players remaining upright ?  Yeah, Lets do That !   

[Flugel]

@gumby73 said:

Good Monday morning !

Two remaining Preseason games left. How bout we end this Camp, with both SB opponents from last seasons SB on the Browns schedule..

This week the Browns have 2 inter-squad practices where the Philly Eagles fly.. Good to see Monday & Tuesdays updates should come after working hours, with scrimmage start times of 5 PM. Thursday's game is on NFL Network at 7:30 PM.

    https://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/eagles-browns-joint-practices-spadaro-add-spice-to-preseason

Not sure if NFL network has access? but, Browns Twitter & Cleveland.com should have up to the minute updates from Twitter (X) while practice is live for real ? junkies.. 

Controlled practices are hopes of players remaining upright ?  Yeah, Lets do That !   

They'll probably get better/more extensive evaluations from the live scrimmages with Philly than the game on Thursday. They'll have more opportunity to see the 1's vrs 1's and 2's vrs 2's.  Can't wait to hear how they do... Hopefully there aren't any serious injuries.  Most of the teams do these so it isn't like the Browns and Eagles are inventing anything for those worrying about the injuries...   

[gumby73]

Very few media details. Zac Jackson (Akron) The Athletic

 

Zac Jackson

 

Practicing,

Greg Newsome did practice today with limitations, Stefanski said.

Takitaki and Walker did on the limited schedule they've had.

New DT Shelby Harris did practice.

 

Not Practicing

AJ Green is not practicing. (shoulder)

Elijah Moore did not practice. (ribs)

Ford & Darden are still out and were here early running w/trainers

Don't ask..

Dewand Jones is not moving from right tackle to left tackle, according to Stefanski, "so please stop asking. Thank you." 

will edit more details as/if they come

 

 

[syd]

@gumby73 said:

Dewand Jones is not moving from right tackle to left tackle, according to Stefanski, "so please stop asking. Thank you." 

LOL

[gumby73]

Most of these updates come from MKC, which her story will lock.. these won't, with same details on Eagles Day 1

 https://www.dawgsbynature.com/2023/8/14/23832185/browns-injuries-myles-garrett-jack-conklin-eagles-joint-practice

[syd]

@gumby73 said:

Most of these updates come from MKC, which her story will lock.. these won't, with same details on Eagles Day 1

 https://www.dawgsbynature.com/2023/8/14/23832185/browns-injuries-myles-garrett-jack-conklin-eagles-joint-practice

well that is good news. happy to hear all 3 are going to be fine. I hear the practice was very intense with both D'S getting after the QB.Reports were that our D was dominating their o line and making life difficult for hurts

[syd]

@gumby73 said:

Most of these updates come from MKC, which her story will lock.. these won't, with same details on Eagles Day 1

 https://www.dawgsbynature.com/2023/8/14/23832185/browns-injuries-myles-garrett-jack-conklin-eagles-joint-practice

alot of good info there MR. Gumby and thank you

[gumby73]

@syd said:

alot of good info there MR. Gumby and thank you

Thanks!

Talked with multiple sources who said both Garrett and Ward will be fine. One source said Garrett got nicked in the back of the leg and going in was precautionary

looking at Cabot's short video.. (whom reports foot) got my interest.. It looks like Garrett's left foot or leg this time.. Not on his same Pro bowl toe injury on his right foot..   either way we need that stud from Week 1 and on ! Cabot also reported Hudson went in for Conklin at RT.. They must feel Hudson is still ahead of Jones in that scenario. 

Sounds like we got some good work out of today

edit- @flugel  Wills likely accounted for some of these DE sacks.. the better daily reports are rolling in late  

https://www.dawgsbynature.com/2023/8/14/23832306/cleveland-browns-philadelphia-eagles-joint-practices

[syd]

@gumby73 said:

Thanks!

Talked with multiple sources who said both Garrett and Ward will be fine. One source said Garrett got nicked in the back of the leg and going in was precautionary

looking at Cabot's short video.. (whom reports foot) got my interest.. It looks like Garrett's left foot or leg this time.. Not on his same Pro bowl toe injury on his right foot..   either way we need that stud from Week 1 and on ! Cabot also reported Hudson went in for Conklin at RT.. They must feel Hudson is still ahead of Jones in that scenario. 

Sounds like we got some good work out of today

i wish these practices were televised.But hey we get to see the back of the roster televised Thursday night which is important also