“It’s great to have JD back,” Stefanski said. “He is a very active player. He was very productive for us last season. He is very popular in this building, so having him in the meeting room and having him around the building you felt his energy and the guys were excited that he was here.”
The Browns will have three days of mandatory minicamp starting June 14-16 and another eight voluntary OTA practices in the three weeks until then. Not every player was present Wednesday, but the Browns still had a decent chunk of the roster available to run 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 drills.
Here are some of the observations and takeaways from Wednesday’s practice:
– Deshaun Watson has been a full participant in every step of the offseason program, and the goal for him and the offense now is to get a head start on building chemistry with his new receivers and learning the offense. As expected, his targets in team drills were mostly to WRs Amari Cooper, David Bell, Jakeem Grant, Donovan Peoples-Jones and…