Cleveland Browns: 2016 training camp primer

The Cleveland Browns return to action when training camp opens on July 29. Here’s what you need to know about the upcoming preseason.

The Cleveland Browns open training camp this week with veteran players reporting on Thursday to take a physical, meet with coaches and participate in a conditioning test.

Friday brings the first of 11 practices in Berea that are open to fans holding tickets.

According to the Browns, fans lucky enough to have secured a ticket to attend a practice should arrive with their tickets and enter the training facility through the Beech Street entrance. The gates open one hour price to the schedule start of the practice session. The team will also have guest- and membership-services stations available inside and outside the complex to assist fans.

In addition, fans should know that:

Smoking is prohibited.
Weapons, noisemakers, animals and aerosol cans are prohibited.
Alcoholic beverages are prohibited.
Plastic bottles and boxed liquids are permitted. Cans and glass are prohibited.
Soft-case coolers are permitted. Hard-plastic coolers are prohibited.
Cameras are permitted but must not interfere with another fan’s enjoyment of practice. The images reproduced may not be used commercially. Commercial video equipment is prohibited.
Umbrellas, strollers, purses, fanny packs, backpacks, and diaper bags are permitted but are subject to inspection.
Portable folding chairs and lawn chairs are permitted but are subject to inspection.
Parking is available on the campus of Baldwin-Wallace University, near the intersection of Beech Street and Bagley Road.

If you have any questions, call team headquarters at 440.891.5050 or email Tickets@ClevelandBrowns.com.

Special Practices

In addition to the practices in Berea, the Browns will hold their annual Orange & Brown Scrimmage on Aug. 6 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus.

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This is the third year in a row the Browns have taken the event to a college site, and second consecutive year that they will be in Columbus. In 2014 they held the scrimmage at InfoCision Stadium on the University of Akron campus.

The Browns will also hold joint practices with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Aug. 23 and Aug. 24 at Tampa’s training facility. The second practice, which begins at 9:45 a.m., is open to the public. The two practice sessions will also serve as a run-up to the teams meeting in a preseason friendly on Aug. 26 at Raymond James Stadium, a game that will be televised by CBS.

Preseason Friendlies

The Browns will begin to put all their hard work into practice once the preseason friendlies begin. The Browns will play:

on the road against Green Bay on Aug. 12 at 8 p.m.
at home against Atlanta on Aug. 18 at 8 p.m.
on the road against Tampa Bay on Aug. 26 at 8 p.m.
at home against Chicago on Sept. 1 at 8 p.m.

Roster Cut Downs

In addition to the preseason friendlies, the Browns (and every NFL team) will make their first roster cuts on by reducing their roster to a maximum of 75 players on the active list by 4 p.m. on Aug. 30. Final roster cuts take place two days after the final preseason friendly, as teams must be down to 53 players by 6 p.m. on Sept. 3.

At the same time as the final roster cuts, teams that have players in the categories of Active/Physically Unable to Perform or Active/Non-Football Injury or Illness must select one of the following options: place player on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform or Reserve/Non-Football Injury or Illness, whichever is applicable; request waivers; terminate contract; trade contract; or continue to count the player on the active list.

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Players who were placed on waivers during the final roster reduction can be claimed until 12 p.m. on Sept. 4.

All of it, of course, is leading up to the season opener on Sept. 11 at Lincoln Financial Field against the Philadelphia Eagles.

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