Stueck worked as a guard during team drills as the O Line is down a couple of centers with Corey Linsley still on the PUP list and backup Matt Rotherham showing up to practice Sunday with his left arm in a sling after suffering a biceps injury against the Browns last Friday night.
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“The first game, there’s gonna be some good and there’s some bad”, the first-year coach said Saturday on a teleconference with reporters. The goal for Green Bay each year is to get from good to great or great to excellent. Eddie Lacy looked strong at RB as the Green Bay back averaged 6.0 yards per carry in limited action while Brandon Burks averaged 5.0 yards per carry and was the Pack’s leading ground gainer with 45 yards.
“I’m looking for the execution in all three phases to be better, offensively, defensively and special teams”, he said.
“It’s not like we’re going to put him out to pasture or sit him over on the bench a whole lot”, general manager Ted Thompson said Wednesday.
“We haven’t all been out there, but I don’t think there’s any concern that we’re going to lose any chemistry”, Lang said Tuesday.
After missing the first week of training camp and then practicing in limited fashion last week, Lang felt a sense of urgency to be more active when the team returned to the practice field Tuesday night following the canceled Hall of Fame game two days earlier. Rodgers said, “I feel like I’m ready right now”. Cleveland dumped QB Johnny Manziel in the offseason and has acquired another former first rounder, Robert Griffin III, in the hope of a fresh start with the Browns.
Griffin, the 2011 Heisman Trophy victor who signed with the Browns after being dumped by the Redskins in March, went 4 of 8 for 67 yards with an interception. Facing the second-team defense, the Vikings’ Terry Bridgewater threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to Charles Johnson that completed a 96-yard drive.
“I’m very confident”, Cobb said.
In what was a slow night for the Browns offense, Jackson made it clear Cleveland can and will do better when it comes to running the football. It’s possible other high-profile starters won’t play in any other games, either. “I anticipated a little bit some of it, but you never know until you play the game exactly what all the things could be”. “Everything went well, now we’ll just wait for the bones to heal back together and be back out there”.
Last season on the ground, Isaiah Crowell rushed for 706 yards while Duke Johnson had 379 yards.
Preseason games are a time for veterans to prepare for the regular season games and an opportunity for young players to earn a spot.
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“Most volume (of work) I’ve had since I had the surgery, including last week, too”, Montgomery said.
