Browns start rookie minicamp

The Browns opened rookie minicamp with 47 players on Friday. Alex Mack, Brian Robiskie and David Veikune join the rest of their draft class, five returning young players who didn’t play last year, 14 undrafted signees and 22 tryout players.

From clevelandbrowns.com:

Mangini said last week that every player, regardless of his draft status, would be on equal footing once he stepped in the door. That means Alex Mack is receiving the same coaching and same treatment as the tryout players, some of whom will never play football again and some who may earn an invitation back.

That's the goal, and at least through one day, the dream is alive.

"Some great stories are made," Mangini said. "Hopefully there's a great story being made this weekend."

One of the “great stories” from years past was Josh Cribbs. Will we be lucky enough to have a similar story have it’s beginning emerge from this weekend? We can hope.

Comments welcome,

Pat

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