Browns Don't Practice on Wednesday, Thursday's Practice Moved

by Chris Pokorny on Aug 3, 2011 1:58 PM EDT in General News

Training camp was scheduled to be closed to the public on Wednesday, and the conditions in the morning were rainy. It might have been nice to get some of the players better acclimated to Cleveland weather, but head coach Pat Shurmur decided to call things off: he gave players the day off.

That's not to say the day was a complete waste. The team reportedly spent the morning holding tryouts at punter, according to Tony Grossi of the Plain Dealer. Another important revelation was made by the team regarding the next training camp session that will be open to the general public. On Thursday, August 4th, practice has been moved to 4:10 pm. The session will last until 6:00 pm, meaning it will be 40 minutes shorter than originally scheduled.

The reason for the move? We've been hearing that veteran free agent signings could not start practicing until August 4th. More specifically, they could not start practicing until 4:00 pm on August 4th, because that is when the official league year begins. Changing the practice time will allow players like OG John Greco, OG Billy Yates, RB Brandon Jackson, TE Evan Moore, DL Jayme Mitchell DL Derreck Robinson, DL Brian Schaefering, LB Marcus Benard, S Usama Young, and K Phil Dawson to participate, making it the first full camp session of the year. Whoever the Browns sign at punter will be allowed to participate too. Due to the time change, I might be able to make it to Thursday's session in person, but I'll see.

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if i have children, although i hate soccer, i may have my kid play the game and get really good at long kicks. eventually, he’ll get into football with his amazing skills and will make at least the base salary in football, maybe more, and will take care of his old man.

either that or punt a soccerball into my face for being too pushy.

Smile big, hug bigger. Talk big, act bigger. Stop judging do something, shut the fck up do something.

by pwndabear on Aug 3, 2011 2:08 PM EDT reply actions

i request you video tape the latter and post a link for youtube on this site.

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by Brownsbacker488 on Aug 3, 2011 2:40 PM EDT up reply actions

by that time, youtube will have fallen into dissarray due to alien invasion orf bandwidth.

Smile big, hug bigger. Talk big, act bigger. Stop judging do something, shut the fck up do something.

by pwndabear on Aug 3, 2011 2:56 PM EDT up reply actions

Teach him to be a long snapper. If he’s good at that he will always have a job

by HenryDawg on Aug 3, 2011 4:13 PM EDT up reply actions

Hang a Devin Barclay poster over his crib.

*DNHs' disclaimer: The above comments are not necessarily representative of the opinions of other DBN members (In fact, they are probably the exact opposite). Also let it be known, that IMO applies to all comments posted by this member.

by DawgsNHawgs on Aug 3, 2011 5:23 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t feel like canceling and then abbreviating practices is the best idea givrn the cicumstances but I’m just some shmuck.

"It is unlikely that anyone has ever read Nietzsche or Derrida and has been inspired to open a soup kitchen"

by troy145 on Aug 3, 2011 2:13 PM EDT reply actions

Yeah, we need all the practice time we can get.

(If all the nachos are stuck together, it only counts as one nacho.)

by North Coast Flea on Aug 3, 2011 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions

They may still have meetings, but I’m inclined to agree.

"An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools" -Hemingway

by notthatnoise on Aug 3, 2011 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions

One thing that’s changed with the new cba is that there can only be so many practices, so many in pads, with hitting, etc. so they may be thinking they should save a practice until the rest of the guys get in.

by HenryDawg on Aug 3, 2011 5:29 PM EDT up reply actions

This

by Buckeye Brad on Aug 4, 2011 12:19 AM EDT up reply actions

getting all your recent signing on the field will have more of an impact than 40 less minutes.

I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!

by bross09 on Aug 3, 2011 6:33 PM EDT up reply actions

the day off will give the coaches time to review film of the players and be prepared to adjust who gets first team reps, maybe find out what specific things need to be worked on more, prepare for all the new players in camp starting tomorrow, give injuries that always are high in the first week of camp to rest, etc.

with the rain the way it was, i am ok with this day off. don’t want more injuries on wet grass, do this later when their bodies are more acclimated to playing at full speed, like next week or so. i’d bet many are in the weight room, film rooms, etc, anyway.

Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day.

by allsides on Aug 3, 2011 3:31 PM EDT reply actions

RE: Marcus Benard

MB does look like he’s bulked up since last year. Maybe he now becomes a rotational DE?

by Wyoming Chas on Aug 3, 2011 4:12 PM EDT reply actions

He was going to be a DE regardless of the weight gain, but reports were he put on 20 lbs and Shurmur was more worried that he would lose his quickness than happy.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on Aug 4, 2011 12:53 AM EDT up reply actions

that picture is hilarious. we should do a caption contest for it.

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by Dawg Nuts on Aug 3, 2011 4:23 PM EDT reply actions

“Seneca thinks he gonna start!”

(If all the nachos are stuck together, it only counts as one nacho.)

by North Coast Flea on Aug 3, 2011 4:27 PM EDT up reply actions

Schaefering, “Broderick Bunkley thinks he’s gonna win in Denver!”

Benard, “With Tim Tebow? bahahaha!”

Yvan Eht Nioj.

by Brownsbacker488 on Aug 3, 2011 5:37 PM EDT up reply actions

“The rookie thinks he’s gonna get around Joe Thomas!”

Resident Tim Couch Apologist.

by Dawg Nuts on Aug 3, 2011 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Schaefering: Did you hear Heckert put down a sandwich?
Benard: BWAHAHAHA!

cautiously realistic

by North Coast Flea on Aug 3, 2011 6:04 PM EDT up reply actions

After a couple minutes of productive drills

“Pat Shurmur: “You’re doing great. Keep it up, guys”
Marcus Benard: yells obnoxiously, “That’s what she said!”

The whole team erupts in laughter. Schaefring gives Benard a bro hug as the team bonds.

I guess there's only one thing left to do.....win the whole ******* thing. - Major League

by 24rubikscube on Aug 3, 2011 11:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Shaefering, “Bet I get more sacks than you this season”.

by DawgsNHawgs on Aug 3, 2011 5:34 PM EDT reply actions

“Hey Marcus, do you like movies about Gladiators?”

Sound the trumpets, Raise the drawbridge, and drop the Oldsmobile

by Balky Needs on Aug 3, 2011 5:55 PM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Marcus, you hear about Mangini’s new gig? He actually has to talk to people for a living.

by Kaner on Aug 3, 2011 6:57 PM EDT reply actions

OT – but heck it was a slow Browns’ camp day. Our friends at Mile High Club on SBN have their knickers in a huge twist. Supposedly KO is the clear starter and get this – BQ is outplaying Tim Tebow.

Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen

by realmccoy on Aug 3, 2011 7:02 PM EDT reply actions

So I took a trip over there to check it out and my eyes started to bleed once I hit the comment section. Subject lines everywhere… Oh, the humanity!

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by North Coast Flea on Aug 3, 2011 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

Hahahah I love our lack of Subject Lines here at DBN.

by Don'tBuyBrownsQBJerseys on Aug 3, 2011 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

What lack of subject lines?

I have no idea what you’re talking about.

"I guess I shouldn't have started knocking people out." - Vickers

by acousticswk on Aug 4, 2011 8:49 AM EDT up reply actions

we’re all so in sync that we already know what we’re referring to. subject lines are for losers.

Smile big, hug bigger. Talk big, act bigger. Stop judging do something, shut the fck up do something.

by pwndabear on Aug 4, 2011 9:31 AM EDT up reply actions

even from what I saw from BQ when he was here, I am not that surprised.

I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!

by bross09 on Aug 3, 2011 7:36 PM EDT up reply actions

I’m not surprised either. Nothing to do with BQ – I’ve just never believed Tebow would be a legit starting NFL QB.

Go, I say go away boy, you bother me.

by burntorangeandbrown on Aug 3, 2011 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions

but he’s a leader guys. he can save us all!

Yvan Eht Nioj.

by Brownsbacker488 on Aug 3, 2011 7:51 PM EDT up reply actions

The guy was an amazing player and a great leader at the college level, but he’s in over his head in the NFL and he just doesn’t have the passing skills or accuracy to be a starter IMO.

Go, I say go away boy, you bother me.

by burntorangeandbrown on Aug 3, 2011 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions

How many picks could we have next year?

"It is unlikely that anyone has ever read Nietzsche or Derrida and has been inspired to open a soup kitchen"

by troy145 on Aug 3, 2011 8:56 PM EDT up reply actions

it’s too bad we don’t play the Broncos this year. i would be salivating over that game if Tebow started.

Yvan Eht Nioj.

by Brownsbacker488 on Aug 3, 2011 8:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Or if Quinn started.

cautiously realistic

by North Coast Flea on Aug 4, 2011 1:03 AM EDT up reply actions

exactly

I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!

by bross09 on Aug 4, 2011 2:51 AM EDT up reply actions

We have a conditional draft pick in next year’s draft based on BQ’s performance. I’m hoping he is the starter.

by The Brown Note on Aug 3, 2011 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

plus that means we don’t have to hear the media fawning over Timmy T

I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!

by bross09 on Aug 4, 2011 2:52 AM EDT up reply actions

I’m guessing we’ll draft in the 14th round then.

"I guess I shouldn't have started knocking people out." - Vickers

by acousticswk on Aug 4, 2011 8:50 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

I have to go back up home to Cleveland from Columbus tomorrow and am thinking of leaving earlier to go to camp. First time. Pretty excited.

by Don'tBuyBrownsQBJerseys on Aug 3, 2011 7:43 PM EDT reply actions

I sincerely hope tha Pat is nmot making an effort to be the “anti Mangini”. Eric would never have passed up a chance to practice in the rain. Does anyone know if this a “lost practice” or if you have a max number of practices and it is just a move?

Change isn't good or bad it just "is". Don Draper of Madmen

by realmccoy on Aug 3, 2011 8:26 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

I really don’t think anyone in the current regime really gives shite about Mangini in any way what so ever.

by HenryDawg on Aug 3, 2011 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs

That wasn’t the question… at all.

Pittsburgh is just jealous. We got Cudi and they have Wiz.

by SpecialBrownie on Aug 3, 2011 8:52 PM EDT up reply actions

Henry makes a good point though. this new coaching staff has their own priorities. practicing in camp is all fine and dandy, but like someone else stated recently there’s no reason to put the players in harms way as they’re trying to get back into real football condition. wait a couple weeks after they get used to the motions again. more likely than not we would just be tempting more injuries to occur if we practiced in the rain at this point.

and similar to my comment recently about the field noise, it makes more sense to allow the players to focus all their attention to the new schemes first and then test them with other influences such as weather and crowd noise once they actually know what they’re doing.

if you were a parent would you make your 5 year old to ride a bike on a cold rainy day without any real practice or would you wait until there’s fair enough condition that they don’t have to worry about slipping through a puddle?

Yvan Eht Nioj.

by Brownsbacker488 on Aug 3, 2011 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions

rec

by DawgsNHawgs on Aug 4, 2011 11:35 AM EDT up reply actions

but… nothing is rec’d

Smile big, hug bigger. Talk big, act bigger. Stop judging do something, shut the fck up do something.

by pwndabear on Aug 4, 2011 12:03 PM EDT up reply actions

That’s the patented J W ghost rec.

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by North Coast Flea on Aug 4, 2011 12:25 PM EDT up reply actions

It’s a pity you still have a hard on for him.

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by North Coast Flea on Aug 4, 2011 11:48 AM EDT up reply actions

NIce.

Mangini apologist by default.

by Villeslgr on Aug 10, 2011 12:05 AM EDT up reply actions

It’s not unheard of to cancel practice on days that were closed to the public. Mangini did is a couple of times too.

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by Chris Pokorny on Aug 3, 2011 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions

no he didn’t (revisionist historian)

I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!

by bross09 on Aug 4, 2011 2:53 AM EDT up reply actions

I’m happy they chose to skip today. We have too many injuries already to practice when conditions suck. Syndric Steptoe was not a great loss when he went down, but he blamed his injury on the wet field. I would hate for that to happen to another receiver. We started thin at wide out and it’s only gotten worse since camp started. I think caution is wise here.

by rebuilding year on Aug 3, 2011 8:32 PM EDT reply actions

We have too many injuries already to practice when conditions suck

Yep, not to mention the fact that this is one less practice they’ll have to slog through with Taylor missing in action (and several others who are missing due to those injuries but will hopefully be back by the next practice).

Go, I say go away boy, you bother me.

by burntorangeandbrown on Aug 3, 2011 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions

OT but speaking of WRs i think this is a make or break year for momass, if he doesnt really put out, i think he could get cut next year

by lightninmcqueen on Aug 3, 2011 9:17 PM EDT via mobile reply actions

MoMass and Robiskie both. 3rd year they need to show or go

by HenryDawg on Aug 3, 2011 9:26 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs

i concur.

Yvan Eht Nioj.

by Brownsbacker488 on Aug 3, 2011 9:33 PM EDT up reply actions

I’ve been hearing Robiskie is looking very good in camp.

Go, I say go away boy, you bother me.

by burntorangeandbrown on Aug 3, 2011 9:35 PM EDT up reply actions

Everyone looks good in training camp

by The Licensed Pessimist on Aug 4, 2011 12:17 AM EDT up reply actions

Well, not quite. I’ve also heard McCoy had a rough day on Tuesday.
But I’ll concede you’re point – its obviously too early at this point to make any meaningful assessments.

Go, I say go away boy, you bother me.

by burntorangeandbrown on Aug 4, 2011 7:52 AM EDT up reply actions

i wouldn’t put too much stock into that. he looked good in camp last season as well.

by davus on Aug 4, 2011 12:24 AM EDT up reply actions

Beat me to it.

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by North Coast Flea on Aug 4, 2011 1:04 AM EDT up reply actions

Funny when you mention Moma, when Robiskie has been far worse the past two seasons. I saw that knowing people say he looks good in training camp.

"I want my unwarranted optimism back." -Dilbert

by Simmsinns on Aug 3, 2011 11:24 PM EDT up reply actions

didn’t Delhomme look good in training camp last season?

Yvan Eht Nioj.

by Brownsbacker488 on Aug 4, 2011 12:07 AM EDT up reply actions

He looked immaculate in the 1st preseason game.

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by North Coast Flea on Aug 4, 2011 1:05 AM EDT up reply actions

For a while last year it looked like we might have a real passing offense.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on Aug 4, 2011 1:14 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

For a while last year it looked like we might have a real passing offense.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on Aug 4, 2011 1:14 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

For a while last year it looked like we might have a real passing offense.

I teach good life choices. That’s why I almost didn’t graduate High School.
Intensive Purposes? I could care less...
your whole argument is a fallacy!

by bross09 on Aug 4, 2011 1:38 PM EDT up reply actions

I should really just hide all of my repeat comments and make you all look foolish.

"Statistics are like bikinis. What they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital." - Aaron Levenstein

by rufio on Aug 4, 2011 5:26 PM EDT up reply actions 3 recs

HA!

by Bernie19Kosar on Aug 4, 2011 5:43 PM EDT up reply actions

For a while last year it looked like we might have a real passing offense.

Yvan Eht Nioj.

by Brownsbacker488 on Aug 4, 2011 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions

For a while last year it looked like we might have a real passing offense.

Smile big, hug bigger. Talk big, act bigger. Stop judging do something, shut the fck up do something.

by pwndabear on Aug 4, 2011 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions

I remember being so excited after that game. Then my hopes and dreams shattered into tiny pieces, one of which was intercepted and returned for a touchdown.

"I guess I shouldn't have started knocking people out." - Vickers

by acousticswk on Aug 4, 2011 8:54 AM EDT up reply actions 1 recs