Berea, Ohio – Sheder Sanders and Dillon Gabriel have one more day to impress the Browns Rookie Minicamp coaches on Sunday, a session that is closed in the media, before joining the veterans Kenny Pickett and Joe Flacco in the quarter -lane competition on Monday in the voluntary program of the voluntary season.
The moment was not too big for one or the other of the quarters of recruit, on or off the field, and both seem ready to join the veterans in what promises to be a lively competition this spring and this summer. Deshaun Watson will also be there while he continues to readjust his Retrise Achilles.
Sanders and Gabriel performed well on the ground, finishing most of their passes even if they mainly threw unrelated recruits and test players. They both picked up the program well and made adjustments during the two -day period. They showed good arm strength, solid decision making, a good leg game on their feedback and a sleight of hand in action.
Gabriel, their choice of third round of Oregon, went first in the team exercises, the 7 against 7 and the red zone forests the first two days, and will remain ahead of Sanders, their choice of fifth round, while they will go to the training sessions of the offseason and organized team activities.
Gabriel will probably go second after Pickett according to its fairly high draft status, but the browns can keep this under the Wraps for a few more weeks. The training sessions will not be opened to the media before May 28.
“All these guys take coaching,” said Stefanski. “I think it’s so much of this, and we’ve talked about it a bit in recent weeks, it’s a finished product. So we try to do everything in our power to transform these young men into players. It is a process. It takes time.
“So, I like the attitude of these recruits where they understand that there is work to put. I know that everyone has slept rather well last night, which is good, and then we will have another good day tomorrow. But they are really – they take coaching, which I appreciate.”
Does Stefanski have reasons to believe after this camp that the two will hold on against Pickett, a fourth year, and Flacoco, an 18th year pro?
“Yeah, not so worried about the way they accumulate in themselves, but excited to have them around Deshaun, Joe, Kenny,” said Stefanski. “Hang them in the quarter-back room and understand that it is a place where we work very hard, we are talking about a ton of football, high-level football, and I think they will integrate very well.”
Sanders and Gabriel, no foreigners for the media, also carried out their interviews on the podium on Saturday and know that everything is assessed.
“You get to know these young players, quarter-backs, all this recruits class,” said Stefanski. “They are impressive young men. They are really good in the field, they are really good out of the field. But part of the word with you guys speak to our fans. We want them to have an idea of who these young men are and I think they get to know them, they will understand these guys really working hard.
Sanders, Gabriel and Quinshon Judkins will also participate in the first recruit of the NFLPA from Wednesday to Saturday in Los Angeles, which helps players to maximize their brand and marketing opportunities.
Mason Graham launches during training
Like Dawand Jones before him, Bruns n ° 5 in the general classification Mason Graham lost his cookies day 2 of the minicamp recruit. Or to hear Stefanski say it, chicken wings.
During an exercise at the start of 11 against 11, Graham vomited and had to get out of the field. Soon he rinsed his helmet with a bottle of pressed water and recovered it in individual exercises with the position coach Jacques Cesaire.
“I think he ate too much,” said Stefanski. “I think the kitchen in the kitchen was too good. So a few wings less next time. ”
Stefanski also noted that Graham, the defensive platform of Michigan, had a distribution to do.
“He also apologized to the offensive line because they were very close to him and almost stood there,” he said. “But he’s fine, he has the right mentality.”
Graham showed the features that led the Browns to exchange from n ° 2 to n ° 5 with the jaguars to write this camp, including violent and explosive hands, and a good burst of the line.
The interception of Carson Schwesinger
N ° 33 Pick in the general classification Carson Schwesinger, the UCLA secondary, jumped the Kisean Jackson receiver’s route and resumed a pass in the goals area in the red zone exercises. He brought it back over the entire length of the training field, then obtained a high breast bump from another secondary.
“Yes, has done a great job,” said Stefanski. “You talk about his intelligence and things happen so quickly there in the red zone. So the ability to treat quickly is really important and has made an excellent game on the ball.”
Schwesinger, whose strength is his coverage capacity, will be called upon to start in place of Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah until he returns from his serious neck injury, which may or may not be this season. Schwesinger also said this week that he was planning to choose Owusu-Koramoah’s brain when he meets it during the off-season program.
Deshaun Watson out of his boot and always here in rehabilitation
Watson has been rehabilitated in the Browns practice center since he has undergone surgery to repair his Achilles Retorn on January 10 and will remain here throughout the season. The Browns expect what a significant part of the season is missing, but it is out of its walking boot and determined to come back strongly.
“He works very hard,” said Stefanski. “Do a good job in your rehabilitation. Do an excellent job in the meeting room too. ”
Watson, who received the vocal support from Deion Sanders when the fans hooked him while he is on the ground with the Achilles Retorn, will probably be of great help for recruits when they learn the system.
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