Quotables: Marvin Jones to miss time with injury, Brian Hoyer says the Browns are his team
Marvin Jones broke his foot on Saturday and will miss a few weeks, while Brian Hoyer says the Cleveland Browns are his team until he’s told otherwise.
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-Jason Marcum, Cincy Jungle
The Cincinnati Bengals will be without wide receiver Marvin Jones for "several weeks," according to head coach Marvin Lewis. Jones broke his foot at Saturday's practice and had to have a pin inserted in his fifth metatarsal. It's unclear exactly how much time he'll miss, but as mentioned by the folks at Cincy Jungle, Jones could be looking at potentially missing time in the regular season.
They also noted that if Jones has to miss time, then Mohamed Sanu will need to step up in his place. Sanu is slated to start on the inside this season, with Jones and A.J. Green on the outside. Dane Sanzenbacher or Cobi Hamilton would then be the next options to move into the slot if Sanu gets some work outside.
“To me, this is my team until someone else tells me otherwise.”
Brian Hoyer is the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, though he's in an ongoing competition with rookie first-round pick Johnny Manziel for the job. It's definitely a high-pressure situation on its own, without all of the noise from the media surrounding Manziel. He may be the big story, but for now it's Hoyer's team, and the quarterback said as much on Monday.
“To me, this is my team until someone else tells me otherwise,” Hoyer said after Monday’s practice, in which he took the bulk of the first-team reps. He had a decent showing in the team’s first preseason game on Saturday, but Manziel did look a bit better. There’s plenty of practice, preseason and football in general still to be played, however.
“It’s positive, the whole process has been positive. I’ll leave it at that.”
-Jordan Cameron, Cleveland Browns
Cleveland Browns tight end Jordan Cameron is hoping for a big year to build on his excellent 2013 season, and he's also hoping for a new contract. Cameron returned to practice on Monday after missing some time with a minor shoulder injury, and is expected to play in the team's second preseason game. He also feels that talks with the team on a possible contract extension are "going well," as reported by Tom Reed of Cleveland.com.
Clearly, the Browns want to keep him around. Cameron caught 80 passes for 917 yards and seven touchdowns in 2013, his third year in the league. Both sides may want to wait to see if he comes out of the gate strong in 2014 before agreeing on a big extension.
“We call it a ‘dog’ front. (Bob Sutton) wants to see a bunch of dogs go out there.”
The Kansas City Chiefs are trying something a little unorthodox when it comes to their outside linebackers. They've been working on a package in practice that sees all four of their pass-rushing linebackers on the field at the same time, according to Terez A. Paylor of The Kansas City Star. That includes Tamba Hali, Justin Houston, Dee Ford and Josh Martin, all lined up around nose tackle Dontari Poe.
Hali was asked about the package on Monday, and said that defensive coordinator Bob Sutton is just “putting all his best players out there, allowing them to do what they do best.” Hali said that the Chiefs call it the “‘dog’ front,” and that Sutton wants to see “a bunch of dogs go out there.” Obviously, this isn’t a defensive package that a team could run 100 percent of the time, but the four should combine for a potent pass-rushing attack when used properly.
“I had zero (fights), so I got all the cash.”
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith didn't get into any fights with San Francisco 49ers players during the joint practices between the two teams. Actually, there were no fights at all -- smart money is on both John and Jim Harbaugh making it very clear to all players that fighting wouldn't be tolerated -- but some believed Smith would be involved in one.
Other players had an over-under on the number of fights Smith would get into, according to the receiver, via ESPN, and Smith "got all the cash" from the pool for keeping a level head. Many thought that the fact Baltimore beat San Francisco in the Super Bowl two seasons ago would lead to fighting, especially with players like Jimmy Smith joking that he might wear his Super Bowl ring to practice. Looks like both sides came out without incident, however.
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