Daily Dawg Tags: Myles Garrett ascending

Cleveland Browns rookie defensive end Myles Garrett has moved into the first team in practice. Opposing quarterbacks are now on notice.

It only took less than a week for the inevitable to become reality.

Cleveland Browns rookie defensive end Myles Garrett is now practicing with the first team.

While it was bound to happen sooner rather than later – this isn’t Johnny Manziel or Justin Gilbert we’re talking about here – head coach Hue Jackson resisted the urge to simply plug the No. 1 overall selection in the draft into the lineup.

Instead, Jackson let the process play out so that everyone could see that Garrett earned time with the first team because of his talent and not just his draft status, Jackson told clevelandbrowns.com:

"“He has earned it. I can only keep him down there for so long. You have to start pushing him up. He is doing a good job. He is earning it. That is what we feel. We feel like every day when we watch the tape, you keep watching him get better and better and better and better. He is in better shape, he understands our system better and he knows exactly what to do so he is starting to play a lot better.”"

Garrett is the centerpiece of Cleveland’s rebuilt defense, the type of potentially disruptive player that the Browns have not had in a long time.

Garrett took the first step to being the player on Wednesday during an afternoon practice in Berea. If all goes according to plan, his journey will be making a stop atop Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on Sept. 10 in the season opener.

Which will be just about the best thing ever.

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Trevon Conley making the most of his opportunities

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Kicking competition will not end soon

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Rod Johnson enters NFL in surreal spot (ohio.com)

"Not many NFL players can say they’re a backup to a future member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Not many can say they line up across from the No. 1 overall draft pick every day in practice. But Rod Johnson can make both claims, and the rookie’s career hasn’t even really started."

JC Tretter’s path to the NFL went through Cornell (ESPN)

"JC Tretter made one visit to a college as a high school senior and decided he didn’t need to make any more. Cornell, the Ivy League school some 120 miles up Interstate 90 and Route 96 from his hometown of Batavia, New York, was where he wanted to be."

NFL news:

Kam Chancellor extension means the future is now for Seahawks (The Seattle Times)

"The signature Seahawks safety Kam Chancellor put on a new three-year contract extension Tuesday that keeps him with the team through the 2020 season also sent a couple of statements. One, in the eyes of coach Pete Carroll, was to show the uniqueness of the Seahawks’ organization in how it deals with its players."

Texans’ Will Fuller breaks collarbone (Houston Chronicle)

"Texans receiver Will Fuller broke his collarbone during Wednesday’s practice. Fuller, the team’s first-round draft pick in 2016, went up to catch a pass, came down and hit the ground hard. He will undergo surgery and is out for 2-3 months."

Rams lost Dominique Easley to torn ACL (Orange County Register)

"In a major blow to what was expected to be a strong defensive line, the Rams have lost starting end Dominique Easley for the season with a torn ACL. The diagnosis, first reported by ESPN on Wednesday, came after Tuesday’s practice at UC Irvine, in which Easley suffered the injury during an 11-on-11 drill and had to leave the field on a cart, unable to put weight on his leg. Easley underwent a MRI on Tuesday evening."

Antonio Gates downplays looming touchdown record (NFL.com)

"Antonio Gates took the field for the Chargers’ first practice of training camp on Sunday just has he always has. Fans screamed his name, and he flashed them a smile and a quick wave. Then he slipped his helmet on and trotted to the middle of the field. Gates is no stranger to the energy involved in training camp. He’s set to begin his 15th season with the franchise. Only this year, Gates faces a set of foreign circumstances. For the first time in his lengthy career, he’s starting a new season in a new city."