4 Cleveland Browns who needed OTAs to improve
By Greg Newland
With the first Organized Team Activities beginning, the NFL season is drawing closer. These three Cleveland Browns will need to utilize the extra practice.
After a strange 2020 offseason, the Cleveland Browns have now moved into the first normalcy in almost a year with the beginning of organized team activities (OTA). Truthfully, things have gotten back to normal so much, the only thing people want to focus on now, is who isn’t attending.
For the first week, it appears a vast majority of the defense and young players are attending, but a large amount of the offensive firepower has yet to attend. Remember, nothing is mandatory until the June 15-17 start of minicamp.
While it would be great for the team if everyone attended, this isn’t something that needs to be looked at. The players that need to be there are, and the veterans who need less time to get game ready, likely won’t show up for another two weeks.
One way to look at it, with fewer veterans there, the young guys that need the most work are able to get more coaching and reps to help prepare them for the 2021 season. Remember, there are two or more rookies and three or more second-year players who will get a ton of snaps in 2021.
None of those players have had a full offseason because of COVID-19 last season.
With the weather warming up and the Memorial Day Holiday passing, it’s beginning to feel more and more like the NFL season is coming. In just over two months, we will have our first real football at the beginning of the preseason.
Check out these four Cleveland Browns who needed the 2021 OTAs to get better for the 2021 season.