Cleveland Browns: 4 early takeaways from opening days of OTAs

Checking in with the Cleveland Browns after their first couple of days of Organized Team Activities are in the books

We finally are getting a look at the 2019 Cleveland Browns on the field as they have begun their Organized Team Activities. This has given us all a chance to see their new-look offense in action as wide receiver Odell Beckham, Jr. finally took the field while sporting the orange and brown.

Of course, he didn’t do much with it being simply a glorified workouts in shorts, but it was still fun to finally see No. 13 catching passes from second-year quarterback Baker Mayfield — who entered his first offseason program as the unquestioned starter.

Also new to the team is edge rusher Olivier Vernon, who took some time to speak with reporters after Wednesday’s practice and answered some questions. The most interesting was about where he and fellow defensive end Myles Garrett would line up week to week.

This question came up because both played on the right side in 2018, but according to Vernon, where they each play this season is going to be up to the coaches and could change based on whatever defensive coordinator Steve Wilks has in mind. He also said he had no clue OBJ was going to be joining him in Cleveland even though both were traded from the New York Giants just days apart.

There was much more going on and we have all offseason to cover everything. For now, we will dig into the top four takeaways from the first two days of OTAs.