Cleveland Browns: 3 Players who hurt their standing in preseason Week 1

2. Sheldrick Redwine, Safety

Washington tied the game up with the Browns on their second possession of the first half. A five-play drive covered 84 yards but was really the result of one bad defensive play as Cleveland let wide receiver Robert Davis get open deep for a 46-yard touchdown pass from Case Keenum.

The play was clearly a miscommunication as rookie cornerback Greedy Williams let Davis get behind him but he was clearly expecting fellow rookie Sheldrick Redwing to pick up the slot receiver. That didn’t happen and it seemed as though many put the blame on Greedy for this one.

Here, Bryan DeArdo of CBS Sports discussed what he called a ”welcome to the NFL”  moment for Williams.

"“As you can see below, Williams was the victim of a classic miscommunication between himself and fellow rookie Sheldrick Redwine. Williams, who ran towards the sideline to blanket the slot receiver, was obviously expecting safety help over the top from Redwine, who was also in pursuit of the Redskins’ slot receiver. ” —  DeArdo, CBS Sports"

The article then shared the following tweet, which shows Davis running free for the touchdown.

However, when the Browns went to the sidelines, it wasn’t Williams who was getting the lecture from defensive coordinator Steve Wilks. Instead, he went up to the fourth-round safety and was coaching him up. That lends the impression that Redwine was in the wrong position and not Williams.

Redwine was known as an extremely aggressive safety for Miami and the belief was he needed to reign things in to be succesful in the NFL. He should get there as this was just a minor blip on the radar, but it could hurt his chances of playing much on the base defense as a rookie.