Injuries have sidelined five Cleveland backs in the first week of training camp, preventing the team from working on its rushing game and forcing the Browns to use two defensive players at fullback during practices.
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After a failed and flawed rookie season that was followed by a 10-week stay in a rehab facility, Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel said he believes he’s grown personally and professionally.
Im going to try to leave my personal life and everything off the field just to that, Manziel said. “Some one-on-one blocking and maybe some group protection stuff to get them some reps there”. So that’s what I’m really preparing myself for and being out there with my teammates and trying help us get Ws.
As a result of he can additional consider his job, Manziel stated he has grown in his information and understanding of the Browns’ offense.
Browns football has become a synonym of losing, as since 1990 the team has only had three winning seasons.
He’s exactly right when he declared it a process, and he has a long way to go in that process, but his start is certainly a positive one. Manziel had two good days of practice heading into the team’s intrasquad scrimmage at Ohio State on Friday night.
But Pettine explained he wants to see Manziel with the starters in the scrimmage in case the 22nd overall pick in last year’s NFL Draft is summoned to fill in for McCown at some point. “It’s night and day from the first day even coming out here”, Manziel said.
There have been even occasions this spring when he questioned whether or not he’d ever get it, however he now understands why coaches stated the NFL recreation ultimately would decelerate for him. There is not as much pressure or hype. From there on Coach Pett (head coach Mike Pettine), everybody else, they make that call.
McManamon is reporting that Manziel is coming off one of his best days of practice, looking sharper than before. “I am simply pleased for him that he is getting the outcomes on the sector and the blokes round him sense that as properly”.
“I wouldn’t say- when he gets back, I mean he’s getting the mental reps now but sure any time you’re competing to make a roster and you lose time”, Pettine said following Thursday’s practice. He is merely going to play his greatest and see what occurs. So to hear that just kinda resolidifies that for me, and me and Mr. Haslam have an awesome relationship. It’s nice to come out here and wear any kind of shoes that I want and that’s not the main story of the next day. It is a lot of fun. “It’s obvious. It’s evident that God sprinkled a little more dust on him than the rest of us, or a lot of us”.
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It feels like there’s a lot more change and competition at running back this offseason than any other in recent memory, and we’ve got updates on multiple teams’ situations from Thursday.
