Andrew Berry, Browns Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager, took questions from reporters at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus.
Andrew Berry, Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager, took questions from reporters Wednesday at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus.Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager, took questions from reporters Wednesday at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus about the Browns at the bye week.“Okay, so first of all, good morning. I want to just say at the front end, I’m going to ask you guys to bear with me.
Thinking further, I guess on the offense – before we get into anything schematic and any personnel review that we do, as is our custom during the bye, really the number one thing that we have to do is something that Kevin has preached since the day he got the job, and that’s protect the football.
“Sure, Tom . Yeah, so we were optimistic that he would play. He was optimistic that he would play. He worked his tail off during the week to rehab and be ready to go. When we got out on Sunday and when we took him through the pregame workout, it became obvious to all of us that he couldn’t throw or drive the ball well enough to perform in the game. It just wasn’t at a level where we felt comfortable that he could ultimately perform the duties of his position.
“Yeah. So let me answer the second question first, Tony. I’ve never believed in surprising the coaching staff with roster moves. We always have a ton of communication before anything happens, really any transaction, Tony. In terms of trading Josh, obviously we had a high opinion of Josh. He had been here for two seasons.
“Yeah, I think – so, a couple of things, we feel good with Dorian, we feel good with PJ. He was one of the first roster transactions we pursued when were building the practice squad. We do feel good about the group, and I would say, number one, ultimately that’s going to reside in our coaching staff decision in terms of how they’re prepping guys and how they’re doing during the week. We do feel good about both players if they’re pressed into action.
“You know I think that just overall the offense has been a bit up and down. I think when you think about protection, it’s not just the offensive line. It’s really everybody. It’s the quarterback’s depth, it’s the route combination, it’s the backs, it’s the tight ends. And that’s something that among several other things that we haven’t been as consistent with.”
“I’d say this, kind of maybe going back to I forget who asked the question earlier, I actually think it was Darryl – when you lose 28-3 and don’t play well on offense, there’s a lot, with the benefit of hindsight that we would have done differently.” “Yeah, Elijah, we view him as one of the better playmakers on the roster. I know that we’re excited to get him the ball in a variety of ways. I do think that there’s an element where whenever you get a new skilled player in a new offense, sometimes you don’t want to necessarily discourage some of the tinkering. And sometimes the results will be good, sometimes the results won’t be as good.
“Yeah, I think probably number one, there’s always pressure or spotlight on any starting quarterback across the league. We don’t look at it as that Deshaun has to carry the offense. We feel like there’s plenty of support. We have a good O-line. We have backs that play well in a role. Amari and David are featured pass catchers and then obviously with Elijah , Donovan , Marquise , like, we have enough players to lighten the load.
Andrew, I know you guys go one game at a time, and one game is only 1/17 of a season, but how do you weigh the loss to Baltimore? The health that they were in, to come in here and slaughter you 28-3. You’ll never get that game back. It’s a tight division race. How big of a setback was Sunday? We don’t talk about contracts, but I thought maybe this is an exception. Is Nick , the fact that he’s coming into that last year and we all know, I think we know what some of the numbers are, like, does the injury complicate how you’re going to handle that? Is that something that you’re going to have to deal with moving forward?
Seems like a pretty important year for you guys. Feel the sense of urgency around here. With the trade deadline coming up. What’s your take on what you anticipate the opportunities might be? And does that impact your decision-making process of feeling like you maybe need to add something or fill a need that popped up?
How do you trust the state of your offensive line? Jed is just taking a beating from everywhere, it seems. And then you’ve got Dawand coming along really nicely, especially in the pass-blocking rounds. So can you kind of just give us a little update on where those guys are? I know this week is a week for you to evaluate kind of where you’ve been in the first four games and where you need to add and do that kind of thing. What kind of a challenge is it, though that the bye week is early? I know you mentioned it comes at a good time, but what challenges does it present that you only have four games to kind of.
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