One of the biggest days in Cleveland Browns training camp, one that has been circled since it was announced, has come and gone. The Browns hosted the Buffalo Bills in Berea, Ohio, for a one-day joint practice ahead of the second preseason game of the year for both teams on Saturday.
An injury concern for DE Alex Wright puts a damper on the day, but Cleveland HC Todd Monken was fired up for what he saw and got to experience from the matchup between the Great Lakes teams.
The joint practice was a big
deal for the Browns, hosting a Super Bowl-contending team with an elite quarterback in Josh Allen. The defense didn’t have the best of days, but seeming to belong on the field with the Bills is a big deal, not “banner-hanging” worthy, but a sign of a quality roster in Cleveland.
We scoured the internet, along with the help of our friends over at Buffalo Rumblings, to get an idea of what is being said about the host’s roster from the Bills side of things:
Overall Browns, Bills thoughts
On Deshaun Watson, Shdeur Sanders
(After deleting a tweet due to a firestorm from Sanders’ fans:)
On KC Concepcion (Who would have been in Buffalo, it seems) and Denzel Boston
(In a free article on The Athletic. Who stood out from the other side?)
Buscaglia: This is an easy answer: Boston, one of the Browns’ rookie receivers. I was most interested to see how the Bills’ younger cornerbacks, Maxwell Hairston and Davison Igbinosun, would fare against someone who has drawn rave reviews so far through camp. Boston mostly got the better of those matchups, with Hairston taking the worse of it despite one solid pass breakup near the end of practice. Boston even won his one-on-one against Bills top cornerback Christian Benford on a third-and-2, where Boston released off the line and got a step on Benford with an inside slant for an 8-yard gain to extend the drive. It was only one day for us to see him, but the hype on Boston seemed warranted.
On Browns D (who did not have a great day)
Always interesting to hear what the other side has to say about
