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OFFICIAL 2019 Training Camp & Preseason: News & Tidbits Thread (1 Viewer)

5 things I've learned from Browns camp

1.  Baker Mayfield drives the team hard

It’s obvious to anyone in Berea who watches even one segment of team drills: Baker Mayfield does not let mistakes go uncorrected.

If Odell Beckham Jr. isn’t where and when Mayfield expected him to be on a route, the second-year QB is going to let him know and hash it out. The same is true of a running back missing a pass protection assignment, as Dontrell Hilliard found out Monday. Often loudly and sometimes profanely, Mayfield’s style is to attack the mistakes right away in an effort to fix them.

That includes his own errors, by the way. It’s a regular sight to see Mayfield mentally reliving the last rep when he makes a mistake, such as the pick-6 he threw to Jermaine Whitehead on Tuesday in the shadow of his own goalpost. There is nothing stoic about him. He wants to be great and he expects that of his teammates as well as himself.

This is not a negative. Too many players and coaches in the Browns past have been too complacent, too tolerant of mediocrity (or worse). Mayfield will not let teammates off the hook. Accountability is evident in Berea, and it starts with No. 6....

2.  Kicking remains a big problem

3.  The depth at wide receiver is truly impressive

4.  Less worry about offensive tackle

5.  Steve Wilks was a great choice as the defensive coordinator
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Adam Levitan @adamlevitan

Nick Chubb only averaged 2.8 targets per game in 10 starts last season. Big preseason Q is if he'll become a 3-down back or if Dontrell Hilliard holds pass-down job until Kareem Hunt returns.
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John Daigle @notJDaigle

Cleveland envisions Hilliard as their next pass-catching chess piece, too, lining him up from the backfield and out wide throughout OTAs and training camp.
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Nick Wagoner @nwagoner

#49ers RB Jerick McKinnon dealing with soreness in his knee after practicing past two days. He did not participate today. Coach Kyle Shanahan said McKinnon is getting a platelet rich plasma injection and will miss next two weeks before getting back in mix.

 
Matt Maiocco @MaioccoNBCS

#49ers RB Jerick McKinnon’s knee was not feeling good after working the past two days. He’ll be shut down for a while. He can’t go back on PUP. If he’s slow to recover, the only option would be to start season on IR and come back later in the season.

 
No wide receivers distinguishing themselves, per Kyle Shanahan

“It’s not just the rookie receivers,” Shanahan said in his Tuesday press conference. “It’s the veterans too. I mean [WR Dante] Pettis made a good play and caught a first down and then he fumbled it. So, there’s a number of guys out there and we need that group to step up. We have some ability in that group, but the consistency isn’t there.”

First, there are the rookies; Deebo Samuel and Jalen Hurd both have had their share of highlights, but they also have had some lowlights. Samuel went 3-3 in redzone drills but dropped a touchdown pass. Hurd has shown his versatility lining up everywhere, but has shown his rawness in some plays as well.

Then there’s the veterans. Dante Pettis has been seen as the possible No. 1. There were reports that the 49ers were less aggressive in the Odell Beckham Jr. trade because of Pettis. Behind Pettis is fellow second-year wide receiver Richie James who has had some highlight film of his own. Kendrick Bourne, Marquise Goodwin, and Trent Taylor have all made someone’s phone at one point or another. Just not on a consistent basis.

At one point it wouldn’t have been a bad guess to think the 49ers may shoulder seven wide receivers. Look at the talent they had and the youth. At this point, Shanahan indicates not a single one has been locked down yet.

 
Ian Rapoport @RapSheet

#Cowboys DE Robert Quinn has been suspended without pay for the first two games of the 2019 regular season for violating the NFL policy on performance-enhancing substances.

 
Cowboys owner/GM Jerry Jones believes fourth-round RB Tony Pollard is capable of "carrying the load" for Dallas.

Pollard has been the talk of Cowboys training camp, taking full advantage of Ezekiel Elliott's absence. He only played the first series in Saturday's preseason opener, perhaps as a way to limit his exposure heading into the regular season. "We know he's inordinately understanding of what he does and can do," said Jones. "We know he's capable of, if he really needs to, carrying the load." The Cowboys are still counting on Elliott returning from his holdout at some point, but if his contract standoff bleeds into the regular season, don't be surprised if Pollard ascends to workhorse status.

SOURCE: David Helman on Twitter

Aug 11, 2019, 10:00 AM ET
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With Ezekiel Elliott holding out, Cowboys' replacement backs fail to impress

Flashback:

NFL holdouts nearly a thing of the past

And then there are those who hold out and prove they are worth it.  With three seasons and a pair of rushing titles under his belt, Emmitt Smith didn’t get what he was looking for in Dallas for the 1993 season.  Owner Jerry Jones decided to play hardball, let Emmitt sit and go with rookie Derrick Lassic.  The results – not good.  After the defending champions dropped to 0-2, defensive end Charles Haley flung his helmet in the direction of Jones in the locker room, yelling, “We can’t win with this (bleeping) rookie!”  Days later, Emmitt became the highest paid running back in history, the Cowboys repeated as champions and Emmitt was the Super Bowl MVP.
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Bucs rookie WR Scott Miller (hamstring) has been sidelined for a week.

Miller needs to get back to camp to compete for the No. 3 job behind Mike Evans and Chris Godwin. Before his injury, Miller had been receiving positive buzz from his coach, quarterback, and beat reporters. The undersized (5'9/174) sixth-round receiver has 4.36 wheels and had at least 60 receptions in three straight college seasons.

SOURCE: Greg Auman on Twitter

Aug 11, 2019, 4:23 PM ET
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The Athletic's Paul Dehner projects fourth-round rookie QB Ryan Finley to make the active roster while Jeff Driskel gets cut.

Finley looked "bad" during offseason practices, but he's reportedly turned things around recently. In the Bengals preseason opener, Finley looked average, completing 13-of-18 passes for 109 yards with one touchdown and one interception. Finley should get more chances in the second preseason game and could push Jeff Driskel off the roster if he continues to improve. Finley was an accurate passer at NC State but showed little explosiveness.

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Jeff Driskel

SOURCE: The Athletic

Aug 11, 2019, 5:01 PM ET
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11 things we learned from the first week of the 2019 NFL preseason  

10. David Montgomery has what it takes to be the Bears’ every-down back  pg 2

9. Jalen Hurd could be a difference-maker for the 49ers   pg 3

8. The Seahawks have two big-play receiver prospects  pg 4    DK Metcalf has the physical skills (if not the top-level route awareness) to create major matchup problems, but Seattle may have another size/speed guy in Jazz Ferguson

7. Dwayne Haskins still needs a lot of work   pg 5

5. Devin Bush might be the Defensive Rookie of the Year    pg 7

1. The Chiefs are more terrifying than ever    pg 11  
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Go to the link for full article.

 
Falcons Trade TE Eric Saubert To Patriots

The Patriots have yet another tight end. On Monday, the Falcons shipped Eric Saubert to the Pats in exchange for a conditional seventh-round pick, as Mike Reiss of ESPN.com tweets. 

Saubert, a fifth-round pick in the 2017 draft, has just five catches to his credit over the last two seasons. However, he’s known for his blocking ability and has been a special teams regular for the Falcons. Last year, Saubert appeared in 66% of the club’s special teams plays, and he could fill a similar role with New England.

It’s also possible that bigger things could be in store for Saubert as he joins the Rob Gronkowski-less Patriots. The Pats will be without Ben Watson, their would-be Gronk replacement, for the first four weeks of the season, so there’s a clear opportunity for Saubert to make the cut and see the field.

For the Pats, it’s an extremely low-cost opportunity to bolster a weakened position. Sitting dead last in waiver priority, they might not have landed the third-year pro out of Drake if they waited for him to be released.

 
Choke said:
This could be sneaky good. 
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it's interesting, if nothing else. Saubert was more of a receiving TE than blocker. it's weird to hear him trumpeted as a blocker. he's got good athleticism for sure. hard for me to think he's a solution in NE with the players ahead of him in Watson, LaCosse, Anderson, and whoever else. Conditional pick in the late round means he could be nothing more than a placeholder until Watson returns. 

 
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