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The Cleveland Browns released their first depth chart of the regular season on Tuesday, leading up to their Week 1 match-up against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The team is again referring to it as an "unofficial" depth chart, so we shouldn’t act on this as a confirmation that Cody Kessler has won the backup quarterback job quite yet. Here are the things of note from the depth chart:
- Rookie tight end David Njoku remains at the back of the depth chart. As we saw during the preseason, though, expect all three tight ends to have their reps pretty evenly split.
- At wide receiver, Sammie Coates will start off as the No. 4 guy, with Kasen Williams and Reggie Davis taking a back seat.
- Danny Shelton is still listed as injured, and therefore at the back of the depth chart. This is noteworthy because guys like Joel Bitonio and Danny Vitale, who were also “on track to return for Week 1,” are not listed as injured. That puts Shelton’s Week 1 availability into doubt.
- With the release of Joe Haden, Jason McCourty slides into the first-team defense at cornerback.
Cleveland Browns Depth Chart | ||||
OFFENSE | ||||
QB | DeShone Kizer | Cody Kessler | Kevin Hogan | Josh Woodrum |
RB | Isaiah Crowell | Duke Johnson Jr. | Matthew Dayes | |
FB | Danny Vitale | |||
WR | Corey Coleman | Sammie Coates | Reggie Davis | |
WR | Kenny Britt | Ricardo Louis | Kasen Williams | |
TE | Randall Telfer | Seth DeValve | David Njoku | |
LT | Joe Thomas | Zach Banner | ||
LG | Joel Bitonio | Marcus Martin | ||
C | J.C. Tretter | Austin Reiter | ||
RG | Kevin Zeitler | Spencer Drango | ||
RT | Shon Coleman | Zach Sterup | ||
DEFENSE | ||||
DE | Myles Garrett | Nate Orchard | ||
DT | Trevon Coley | Caleb Brantley | T.Y. McGill | |
DT | Jamie Meder | Larry Ogunjobi | (Danny Shelton) | |
DE | Emmanuel Ogbah | Carl Nassib | ||
WILL | Christian Kirksey | Dominique Alexander | ||
MIKE | Joe Schobert | |||
SAM | Jamie Collins Sr. | James Burgess Jr. | ||
CB | Jamar Taylor | Briean Boddy-Calhoun | ||
CB | Jason McCourty | Mike Jordan | ||
SS | Jabrill Peppers | Ibraheim Campbell | ||
FS | Derrick Kindred | Calvin Pryor III | ||
SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||
P | Britton Colquitt | |||
K | Zane Gonzalez | |||
H | Britton Colquitt | |||
LS | Charley Hughlett | |||
KR | Jabrill Peppers | Sammie Coates | ||
PR | Jabrill Peppers | Reggie Davis |