The Cleveland Browns are off on Tuesday, heading east to visit the Carolina Panthers for a joint practice on Wednesday and the first preseason game on Friday night. Monday, as required by the NFL, the team provided its first “unofficial” depth chart of the preseason. No huge surprises, but a lot of names all over the list, including four rookies either starting or in a position to play a big role already.
Besides the rookies, a few interesting notes litter the depth chart:
– The QBs being listed, as expected, with the vets up front, then the two rookies
– Diontae Johnson listed behind Jeudy as an outside receiver, with Jamari Thrash “starting” over him
– Alex Wright listed opposite Myles Garrett with strong depth at the defensive end position
– Sam Kamara being listed at DT after being listed as a LB or DE at different times in his career
– Mohamoud Diabate starting over Jerome Baker at WILL
– Nik Needham being listed at FS instead of CB
Offense
QB
Joe Flacco
Kenny Pickett
*Dillon Gabriel
*Shedeur Sanders
(Deshaun Watson)
RB
Jerome Ford
*Dylan Sampson
Pierre Strong Jr.
*Ahmani Marshall
Toa Taua
Trayveon Williams
WR
Jerry Jeudy
Diontae Johnson
*Gage Larvadain
*Kisean Johnson
LT
Dawand Jones
Cornelius Lucas
*Jason Ivey
Sebastian Gutierrez
LG
Joel Bitonio
Teven Jenkins
Lorenzo Thompson
*Dartanyan Tinsley
C
Ethan Pocic
Luke Wypler
Bucky Wiliams
RG
Wyatt Teller
Zak Zinter
Javion Cohen
RT
Jack Conklin
Jackson Barton
Roy Mbaeteka
Kilian Zierer
TE
David Njoku
*Harold Fannin Jr.
Blake Whiteheart
Brenden Bates
Sal Cannella
*Mitch Van Vooren
WR
Jamari Thrash
DeAndre Carter
*Luke Floriea
Chase Cota
WR
Cedric Tillman
Kaden Davis
Cade McDonald
(David Bell)
Defense
LDE
Myles Garrett
Joe Tryon-Shoyinka
Cameron Thomas
LDT
Maliek Collins
Shelby Harris
Jowon Briggs
Ralph Holley
RDT
*Mason Graham
Sam Kamara
*Adin Huntington
(Mike Hall Jr.)
RDE
Alex Wright
Isaiah McGuire
Julian Okwara
K.J. Henry
WILL
Mohamoud Diabate
Jerome Baker
Easton Mascarenas-Arnold
MIKE
*Carson Schwesinger
Nathaniel Watson
SAM
Devin Bush
Winston Reid
CB
Greg Newsome II
Myles Harden
Chigozie Anusiem
*Dom Jones
Kennan Isaac
CB
Denzel Ward
Cameron Mitchell
Tony Brown II
Anthony Kendall
*LaMareon James
SS
Grant Delpit
Rayshawn Jenkins
Christopher Edmonds
*Donovan McMillon
FS
Ronnie Hickman
Damontae Kazee
Nik Needham
Special Teams
P
Corey Bojorquez
K
Dustin Hopkins
Andre Szmyt
KR
DeAndre Carter
PR
DeAndre Carter
LS
Rex Sunahara
Brent Matiscik
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