This is a shock to the system.
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“I don’t think anything’s changed,”Browns coach Mike Pettine told ESPN”. I’m very happy to be here because these guys in the locker room are phenomenal. Pettine wanted to reserve judgment until he watched film, but was impressed by the second-year QB’s huddle command and knowledge of Cleveland’s offense…. Two hours is a shock to the system.
Cornerback Joe Haden, who stands at 5 foot 11, described Pryor as physically imposing. He is a big, explosive athlete. Just stay confident. You caught the ball very well. He’s got a lot to learn.
“I saw one that had us fifth”, he joked. He didn’t want to dissect much about how Manziel actually played.
Between projected starter Josh McCown, the never-ending media headline that is Johnny Manziel and a group of third-stringers in Thaddeus Lewis, Connor Shaw and Terrelle Pryor, there’s not much to be immediately optimistic about. It wasn’t even in team stuff. Our concern is growing and continuing to get better as a team. “Those types of self-inflicted wounds are hard to swallow”.
Pettine did concede the 26-year-old had a few hurdles to clear first. “That is not really a concern”. Turner said at the start of training camp that Bridgewater has all the tools to be a “top-flight quarterback”, according to Ben Goessling of ESPN. On the Raiders, we’d always talk about the championship.
Joining the Browns via waivers from the Cincinnati Bengals on June 22, Pryor spent time catching passes last week at the Moss Academy with McCown.
Things were different a year ago. If so, at the same time isn’t that a shot at his starter? “All 32 teams right now, their goal is to win the Super Bowl”. Theres not a lot that separates guys but reps and experience. “I know that’s not an easy transition, but if anybody has the skill set to do it, he does. So we’re glad to have him”. That might be the case. “No one outworks me, so I believe in my heart if I put my mind to anything, I can accomplish it”.
On confirming that DL Phil Taylor did not participate in yesterday’s conditioning test: “Correct”.
In the rest of his career, he’s registered just a 57.6 percent completion rate while averaging 6.4 yards per attempt and throwing 48 touchdowns against 58 interceptions. Coach Mike Pettine is now hinting at the possibility of someone other than McCown starting Week 1, and it’s just a ridiculous thought all around. In 2012 and 2013, I had to cut one additional player. But he has some obvious things working in his favor, and if he shines in preseason, he could take this down. “I think that’s where we have to take that next step this year”. He’s an experienced veteran who has at least shown he can be average. He does an excellent job on the back-shoulder throws. He does a real nice job getting his feet down. We feel we certainly can compete with them. If Cam wants to break into that lineup, that’s not going to be handed to him.
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“It’s going to be earned”. They’re young on defense. The Browns made sure their players followed a prescribed conditioning program and the team’s position coaches occasionally checked in on their players. He is primarily a defensive lineman, but he will moonlight every once and a while as an outside backer.
