2023 Browns Training Camp
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Those things scare me. I think they're great for gauging or talent...but....they're heightened chances to get guys injured.
Players untouched can get injured. We need injury luck. Watson to ball. Others than Chubb/Coop/Njoku to ball out. and Garrett's best Defensive team.
My biggest stress, is this team starting pieces continuity, along w/Watson's new playbook.. Meanwhile the top AFC teams have this on both sides of the ball and just add new pages.
Doesn't mean anything in late July
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We got to come out kicking teams tails in the 1st 5 games ! Schedule makers did us no favors early
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Another update from Training Camp by clevelandbrowns.com:
Training Camp Observations from the 9th day at The Greenbrier
The defense won the day in the final practice in West Virginia
Jul 30, 2023 at 12:49 PM
Anthony PoisalStaff Writer
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — The work at The Greenbrier has finished.
The Browns completed their last training camp practice in West Virginia under sunny skies Sunday morning. The practice was roughly 80 minutes long and was completed in shells after two straight days of padded workouts.
Up next: practice in Cleveland. The Browns will be back in Berea on Tuesday with their first open practice for fans. They'll then play the Jets on Thursday in the Hall of Fame Game at Tom Benson Stadium in Canton.
Here's what happened on the final day in the Allegheny Mountains.
-The defense won the day, and it wasn't particularly close. Coverage was tight throughout seven-on-seven and 11-on-11 drills, and it often forced QB Deshaun Watson to make tricky passes or throw the ball away all together.
-CB A.J. Green III tallied his second pass breakup in as many plays during a red zone seven-on-seven period. LB Jordan Kunaszyk also had a chance to snag the lone interception of the day, but he dropped the ball.
-S Juan Thornhill swatted away a deep-ball attempt intended for WR Anthony Schwartz, who appeared to have a step on him on the play.
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Another update from Training Camp by clevelandbrowns.com:
Training Camp Observations from the 9th day at The Greenbrier
The defense won the day in the final practice in West Virginia
Jul 30, 2023 at 12:49 PMAnthony PoisalStaff Writer
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — The work at The Greenbrier has finished.
The Browns completed their last training camp practice in West Virginia under sunny skies Sunday morning. The practice was roughly 80 minutes long and was completed in shells after two straight days of padded workouts.
Up next: practice in Cleveland. The Browns will be back in Berea on Tuesday with their first open practice for fans. They'll then play the Jets on Thursday in the Hall of Fame Game at Tom Benson Stadium in Canton.
Here's what happened on the final day in the Allegheny Mountains.
-The defense won the day, and it wasn't particularly close. Coverage was tight throughout seven-on-seven and 11-on-11 drills, and it often forced QB Deshaun Watson to make tricky passes or throw the ball away all together.
-CB A.J. Green III tallied his second pass breakup in as many plays during a red zone seven-on-seven period. LB Jordan Kunaszyk also had a chance to snag the lone interception of the day, but he dropped the ball.
-S Juan Thornhill swatted away a deep-ball attempt intended for WR Anthony Schwartz, who appeared to have a step on him on the play.
Another update from Training Camp by clevelandbrowns.com:
Training Camp Observations from the 9th day at The Greenbrier
The defense won the day in the final practice in West Virginia
Jul 30, 2023 at 12:49 PM
Anthony PoisalStaff Writer
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — The work at The Greenbrier has finished.
The Browns completed their last training camp practice in West Virginia under sunny skies Sunday morning. The practice was roughly 80 minutes long and was completed in shells after two straight days of padded workouts.
Up next: practice in Cleveland. The Browns will be back in Berea on Tuesday with their first open practice for fans. They'll then play the Jets on Thursday in the Hall of Fame Game at Tom Benson Stadium in Canton.
Here's what happened on the final day in the Allegheny Mountains.
-The defense won the day, and it wasn't particularly close. Coverage was tight throughout seven-on-seven and 11-on-11 drills, and it often forced QB Deshaun Watson to make tricky passes or throw the ball away all together.
-CB A.J. Green III tallied his second pass breakup in as many plays during a red zone seven-on-seven period. LB Jordan Kunaszyk also had a chance to snag the lone interception of the day, but he dropped the ball.
-S Juan Thornhill swatted away a deep-ball attempt intended for WR Anthony Schwartz, who appeared to have a step on him on the play.
Good to see guys like AJ Green and Jordan Kunaszyk getting their hands on the ball. The INTs will come if they're getting in the right place at the right time. I guess I can say the same thing about Thornhill even though Anthony Schwartz had a step on him. Knowing we had a lot of injuries to the LBer Corps while there's always worry about Ward's durability, we gots to see what we saw from Green and Kunaszyk. "Flugel, what part of Kunaszyk dropped the ball - did you miss?" My telepathic reception is a real pain sometimes, he still prevented the completion!
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I think the whole training camp thing needs to be re-evaluated.
I'd like to see the May mandatory mini camp eliminated. Send the players on break then, then come back with the mini camp session attached to real camp.
Then teams could condition players towards full camp training in a transitioned way. I think this would help eliminate soft tissue injuries. Just skip the May, start a week or so earlier in July and slowly bring the players up to contact shape.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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 !
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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
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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 -
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 !
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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 !
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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 !
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...
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Very few media details. Zac Jackson (Akron) The Athletic
Zac JacksonPracticing,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 PracticingAJ Green is not practicing. (shoulder)Elijah Moore did not practice. (ribs)Ford & Darden are still out and were here early running w/trainersDon'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 -
Very few media details. Zac Jackson (Akron) The Athletic
Zac JacksonPracticing,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 PracticingAJ Green is not practicing. (shoulder)Elijah Moore did not practice. (ribs)Ford & Darden are still out and were here early running w/trainersDon'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 -
Most of these updates come from MKC, which her story will lock.. these won't, with same details on Eagles Day 1
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