Stage two of phase three of OTA’s is currently happening. Good to see WR Elijah Moore joining in this week. It’s not mandatory, but I’m glad to see him there. Tomorrow, Thursday, the local media will be in Berea and it’s also a scheduled day for QB Deshaun Watson to throw. Excellent. Now the media can give the fans their expert QB coach/medical opinion of Watson’s throwing motion. Can’t wait and by that, I mean I just can’t. I do like watching the videos on social media, only because it gets me in the mood for the season to start. In between now and training camp, I’ll occupy my time watching games from last year to refresh my memory of certain games and certain players. It really helps with future articles and podcasts.
Just finished watching the new episode of “Unleashed” on YouTube. This week’s episode features DT Michael Hall. He’s an extremely quick and powerful player. As I said in all my mock drafts, I wanted an offensive tackle with the Browns first pick in the second round, but if Michael Hall was available with that pick, the Browns have to pick him. He’s that kind of player. Other impressions for the show, the team really goes all out when they welcome a new player. Nice to see. New defensive line coach Jacques Cesaire is going to have a big influence on these players. This defensive line is already great, but he’s going to take them up a notch. Very vocal and very focused. One other thing I noticed, DT Siaki Ika is thinner and looks in better shape than last year. Good to see. Every episode of “Unleashed” I’ve seen has been great to watch.
Salary cap update. Once or twice a week I check https://overthecap.com/ to see where the Browns stand. I know, I’m a salary cap geek. This week I noticed their cap space went up to $13,988,033.00. Then I heard, they have Nick Chubbs new contract information. Prior to the new contract, Chubb was due in 2024 $12.2 million unguaranteed. Looking at the website, Chubb has taken a pay cut of $9.9 million. His guaranteed salary is $1,125,000.00 and his cap number is $6,275,000.00. There’s a roster bonus of $225,000.00, which is probably for his first game played. He received $2,275,000.00 of upfront cash and has bonus incentives of $2.05 million. I can’t wait to see the incentive breakdown, because that’ll tell me how confident the Browns are in his rehab. Easy incentives mean great confidence. All I know, Chubb and his representatives took a pay cut for him to stay with the Browns. As I’ve said previously, he’s more valuable to the Browns than any other team and he’ll get more money form the Browns than any other team. Stay safe and Go Browns.