2017 Rookie Mini-camp Thread

LogicIsForSquares

@tiamat63 said:
Now, May I ask - what recent history QB of yours does that remind you of?

Aaron Rodgers...hey oh.

tiamat63

@logicisforsquares said:
Aaron Rodgers...hey oh.

More recent... as in last year.

edit: Ball still drops below his elbow just a touch though.

gumby73

a leaner Prescott but let's see what Tom House does with that bad habit. House is the so called doctor guru of baseball & football deliveries. Kess made a visit last season. Really like the AFCN size on this Kid..practicing all his life in cleveland weather conditions can't hurt either

D Bone

Man, what a chill, intelligent and articulate dude..... I already like this guy:

D Bone

@d-bone said:
Man, what a chill, intelligent and articulate dude

.... and then there's Howard lol:

hoorta

Ha- plenty of videos and interviews available.... too many to post here.

gumby73

@tour2ma said:

A few of the interviews:

: quiet confidence from "Chief"...

This is the youngster that's got me excited. For a 20 year young kid he's NoJoke. He may not have known JT. But he maybe our Jordan Reed at TE? Both 246lbs. but Njoku is 2" taller but still faster than Reed's 4.72 in 40. David ran 4.64..Barney ran in a turtle shell compared to these two

LondonBrown

Howard Wilson has a fractured kneecap, missed practice

TopDawg31

@d-bone said:

.... and then there's Howard lol:

he will be a fun interview after a win that's for sure.

D Bone

It's a shame he got hurt after that interview

hoorta

@londonbrown said:
Howard Wilson has a fractured kneecap, missed practice

Similar injury as Kyrie Irving- supposedly 6-8 weeks before you're allowed to put weight on it or walk. Ready for Training Camp would be on the optimistic side.

Tour2ma

@tiamat63 said:
Now, May I ask - what recent history QB of yours does that remind you of?

A 6'4 Dakster? Hadn't dawned on me...

LBC mike

Hope he comes back sooon

mjp28

@lbc-mike said:
Hope he comes back sooon

That's the truth what a tough break.

Flugel

Feel really bad for him. That came just a couple minutes after "Welcome to Cleveland kid!"

It reminds me of Sean Jones blowing out his knee back when he was a rookie going through mini-camp. I remembered the quick transition from "what a steal we landed at Safety in round 2" to "WTF!"

We're not lucky at all when it comes to freak injuries in non-contact practices. I still remember the day my dad, cousin and me drove in from Rochester, NY to watch the afternoon practice on first day of training camp. I was all excited to see LeCharles Bentley in a Browns uniform. We couldn't make the morning practice (that was non-contact). Anyway,when we pulled in and went to lunch - Atenears said can you believe Bentley's season is over? Atenears used to be one of the biggest ballbusters so I thought he was just messing with me. Nope. The Bentley was parked forever.

And how about when Jamir Miller was coming off a Pro Bowl year from his 2001 edge rush? In our very first preseason game of 2002 vrs the Minnesota Vikings - he blows out his achilles tendon and his career went good nightsies. That was before somebody invented magic tree bark in Baltimore, at least allegedly.

Tour2ma

5 things to know from Day 2 of Browns rookie minicamp

Posted 14 hours ago
Patrick Maks Staff Writer

1. Gerbil Peppers made his Browns debut and didn’t disappoint. The former Michigan safety, who signed his participation agreement after missing Day 1 of rookie minicamp, was all over the field Saturday afternoon and quite obviously loving every second of it.

2. Don’t blink, or else you might miss Myles Garrett hurling toward your quarterback.The Browns defensive end applied plenty of pressure on rookie signal-caller DeShone Kizer during Saturday's session. That is, after all, why Cleveland tapped him with the first overall pick.

3. Much like Garrett, tight end David Njoku continued to shine after a head-turning display Friday. At 6-foot-4, 250 pounds, Njoku is built like a power forward and moves like a track star (he was, after all, a high jump national champion in high school). But Jackson wants more from the former Miami standout.

4. Jackson stressed earlier that the biggest challenge facing Kizer, who had a mixed bag sort of day, is consistency. That was evident on Saturday after Jackson said the Browns threw “a ton” at Kizer in terms of the playbook.

5. Speaking of quarterbacks, Jackson said it’s an open competition to be the team’s 2017 starter, but second-year signal caller Cody Kessler will have the first crack at it.