Browns Training Camp 2022

[CBBI]

Didn't we have to cut/move someone else to get Mond though?

Yes. They'll probably stick Winovich on the short-term IR, or release Froholdt from the OL.

 

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[CBBI]

Mond is 100% a developmental player.

He's looked like shit in both the 2021 and 2022 preseasons and I can only imagine that carried over to the practice field too.

The good news for him is that he's only 23 and as @Out of the Rafters at the Q pointed out, he absolutely fits the mold of the current Browns QB room in terms of athleticism.

 

[Out of the Rafters at the Q]

Kellen Mond was the only Browns waiver claim.

I love how Ian Book was already cut. Dude never should've been drafted. What an awful pick by Loomis.

The names that stand out to me are:

1. Blake Hance
2. Tyree Gillespie
3. Justin Layne
4. Jay Tufele
5. Max Scharping
6. Alex Leatherwood
7. Devin Asiasi

So, other than the 3 Bengals, there wasn't anyone we could've gotten. All the rest were snatched up before our turn in waivers.

I still wish we would've brought in Scharping to compete for the backup interior lineman role--but clearly the team likes what they have.

 

[Out of the Rafters at the Q]

Mond is 100% a developmental player.

He's looked like shit in both the 2021 and 2022 preseasons and I can only imagine that carried over to the practice field too.

The good news for him is that he's only 23 and as @Out of the Rafters at the Q pointed out, he absolutely fits the mold of the current Browns QB room in terms of athleticism.

There's still no doubt in my mind that Houston was going to take him at 67 over Davis Mills, and Minnesota traded up to snatch him away.

I never understood the Mond in Minnesota fit.

I thought he needed a wide-open offense, with 4 or 5 wideouts on the field.

When you combine Watson's absolutely absurd efficiency in 00 personnel with the Mond pickup, I have a feeling we're going to be moving away from the traditional 12 schemes that Stefanski likes to run.

 

[CBBI]

We'll see if they end up proven correct or not, but it's clear the Browns feel much more strongly about their pass catchers than the fans do.

I am certainly surprised at the lack of a third TE at the moment.

 

[DJTJ]

Also, I’ll say it.

Shoutout Brad for making a huge leap to OBR BS to actually besting legit sources out with scoops.

 

[CBBI]

I do think with the new practice squad rules that allow you to promote 2 guys every week to the active roster and each one of those guys can get called up 3x per season before you have to sign them to the 53, I have to re-evaluate what someone "being on the roster" really means.

Like the Browns could (and probably will) put 3 young TEs on the practice squad and easily get through half the season or more without ever actually needing to sign one of them to the 53.

 

[Out of the Rafters at the Q]

I do think with the new practice squad rules that allow you to promote 2 guys every week to the active roster and each one of those guys can get called up 3x per season before you have to sign them to the 53, I have to re-evaluate what someone "being on the roster" really means.

Like the Browns could (and probably will) put 3 young TEs on the practice squad and easily get through half the season or more without ever actually needing to sign one of them to the 53.

Where's that graph that shows QB efficiency from empty sets?

I think we're going to see more 11, 10 and 00 sets this year on offense. The team only carrying two tight-ends right now, Watson being, by far, the best QB in the NFL from empty sets, the claim of Kellen Mond. Everything is hinting at this.

I'm still skeptical because that's never been Stefanski's MO, but I have to start accepting the information available at some point.

 

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[DatDudeZ3]

Puzzling moves

 

[Randolphkeys]

Reports out of camp were very positive. I thought he was going to make this team. Good guy too - Walter Payton Man of the Year Finalist for the Chargers.

 

[FrontPageNews]

So we cut a guy who would have been a rotational DE for a qb who will probably never see the field

 

[DJTJ]

They’re a fun follow on TikTok- just move d here. Sucks for them.

 

[CBBI]

So we cut a guy who would have been a rotational DE for a qb who will probably never see the field

Rochell had a nice preseason and is a nice guy, but there's plenty of evidence that he's not an NFL caliber player. He's been below average to poor every year he's been in the league.