But the Browns acquired Williams, a longtime starter for the Green Bay Packers, because they let Buster Skrine depart in free agency and realized they couldn’t rely on Gilbert to start opposite two-time Pro Bowler Joe Haden.
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“Me and Mike basically talked them about (not fighting) and we had a little fun at, about something”, Ryan said.
“It’s good for him to go through some of those trials right now”, Williams said.
The same doesn’t apply to the Browns, the home team continuing to learn together and featuring an almost overwhelming amount of depth on the defensive side of the ball.
And by numerous accounts, embattled cornerback Justin Gilbert had less than a flawless day as he gave up three touchdown passes, including one to Andre Davis, an undrafted rookie, and one to Robert Woods.
Armen and Levack will be in Rochester at the Bills practice Monday morning against the Browns, broadcasting LIVE in the afternoon.
The teams have proposed a shared $1.78billion stadium in Carson – one of two stadium projects being considered by the NFL near Los Angeles that could bring professional football back to the region after a two-decade absence.
Joe could have gone (in practice), but thats more of a precautionary thing, Pettine said. We feel like our protocol is tried and true, and unfortunately, were still ending up with some pulls.
That’s something we all know Johnny Manziel can do.
We stress to our guys you have to eat right, sleep well and make sure were hydrated. “At this positon, you always want to get as many reps as you can”.
Terrelle Pryors attempt to convert from quarterback to wide receiver has taken another setback.
In the running game Fred Jackson, Boobie Dixon and Bryce Brown were all held out of practice. Some of these situations are even better than the preseason game. Nor was it just about breaking up the monotony of a long training camp.
Gilbert was burned by Bills receivers on numerous occasions during team drills. Dixon is currently sidelined by a hamstring injury, but it seems as if he’s head coach Rex Ryan’s kind of player because of his value on special teams, and the fact that he’s a veteran. Its not off the bone, so thats a real positive. “I was hoping the idea was to get better as a football team”. And if he’s in a little bit of a slump, it’s on him.
BATTLE OF THE WEEK: Backup running back.
Defensive end Billy Winn will play against the Bills in the preseason game.
Armen and Levack are LIVE from Bills camp on Monday, August 17th – Be listening from 3 to 7p ET.
Pettine is undecided whether to play nose tackle Phil Taylor against Buffalo. He didn’t have a full week of work with the first-team offense leading up to it like Cassel did last week, or like Taylor will this week.
In a 7-on-7 period near the goal line, Buffalo only scored once on a fluky touchdown where quarterback Matt Cassel scrambled for close to nine seconds. He also had a couple of key pass-breakups on back-to-back plays in the third quarter.
“That’s the life of a corner”.
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Pettine did point out the Browns have nine days between the second preseason game and the third in Tampa Bay.
