Dawgs By Nature
Day 13 of Cleveland Browns training camp took place Wednesday. Here is our recap of the session.
1. Practice With the Champs: It’s a great opportunity for the Cleveland Browns to get a couple of joint practices in with the Philadelphia Eagles, the defending Super Bowl Champions. It’s also great from a mental standpoint, because the coaches can point to the fact of how the Eagles really fell into a rut two years ago with their big losing streak, but they revamped and showed everyone what they were really capable of a year ago.
As a reminder, during these joint practices, the media cannot film during team drills, so any highlights during those sessions would have to be provided by the teams themselves (and they are usually close-up shots, if they are provided).
2. Man of the People: A man of the people indeed — here is QB Joe Flacco using the restroom before practice started, a practice in which head coach Kevin Stefanski stated that the veteran quarterback would continue to take first-team reps in. Meanwhile, QB Kenny Pickett would remain limited to 7-on-7 drills against his former team, while QB Dillon Gabriel was expected to see some 11-on-11 work.
3. Re-United: The Browns shaved a tiny bit of salary cap this offseason by releasing veteran long snapper Charley Hughlett, who had been with the team since 2014. I’m sure it was fun for him to re-unite with his former teammates this week, as he is now a member of the Eagles.
In a similar manner, the Browns surprisingly released defensive end Ogbo Okoronkwo this offseason. Likewise, he signed on with the Eagles, so Browns players were catching up with him before practice.
4. Sanders Exits Early: The biggest headline from the joint practices is no doubt the fact that QB Shedeur Sanders was limited and held out the remainder of practice after he suffered an oblique injury. I’m sure we’ll have more updates as time goes on, but at this point, we don’t know the severity of it. Like, is it another, “his shoulder was sore so we held him out a day” type of deal, or did he tweak it, something that isn’t necessarily super limiting, but requires a few weeks of rest to truly let it heal?
Eagles QB Jalen Hurts had some words with Sanders after practice:
5. One-on-One Action: During 1-on-1 drills, CB Myles Harden’s stock takes another boost, as he logged an interception.
6. Tame Action All Around: There wasn’t a ton of team reps for all the quarterbacks, but with Sanders out, Tyler Huntley got some work in. Joe Flacco completed a few passes to WR Jerry Jeudy later in practice. One highlight was WR Gage Larvadain snagging a touchdown pass from QB Dillon Gabriel, who might be in line to start against the Eagles on Saturday.
7. Punt Return Reps: The punt return reps against Philly included WR DeAndre Carter, WR...
