Browns Plainly Podcast

The Browns kick off training camp next week at The Greenbrier in West Virginia and a number of battles will go under the spotlight, especially when the pads go on a few days in.

Lance Reisland joined Dan Labbe on Friday's Orange and Brown Talk podcast to look ahead to some of the camp battles he's looking forward to watching.

They look at the logjam at offensive tackle and how it could play out between Jedrick Wills Jr., Dawand Jones and Jack Conklin. They also look at the defensive tackle room and how the Browns will sort out the crowd in there.

They discuss the wide receiver depth chart and what will happen after the first four and spend time at linebacker and safety and get into the importance of special teams.

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The Browns are set at the top of the receiver depth chart, but it doesn't mean there isn't plenty of intrigue at the position. Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe talk through the position on this edition of the Orange and Brown Talk podcast.

They start with the addition of Jerry Jeudy and why the Browns made the move and extended him. They also talk about how he fits with Amari Cooper and Elijah Moore. Then they dig more into Moore and what his role could be now that the Browns have a better feel for how to use him and how he fits with Cooper and Jeudy.

They move down the depth chart and talk about the strong spring Cedric Tillman had and then get into the numbers game at the bottom of the receiver depth chart and who might be in or out.

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One of the most important factors in a team's fate is how they perform and where they finish in their division. The Browns finished in the top half of the AFC North for the first time since 2007 but had to play a road playoff game.

Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe take a closer look at the Browns division on the Orange and Brown Talk podcast as they continue their keys to this team making it to the Super Bowl this season.

They start by talking about the Steelers and their quarterback situation and who they think the Browns will face when they take on Pittsburgh for the first time in the season's second half.

They move on to Cincinnati and the return of Joe Burrow and if people have forgotten about the Bengals after a down year last year.

Then they wrap up by looking at the defending division champs, the Ravens, and if they can repeat or if the Browns can dethrone them.

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Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski just signed an extension and is going into his fifth season with the Browns in 2024. He's set up to lead this team for remainder of the decade.

Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe continue their series on keys to the Browns winning the Super Bowl this season by focusing on the man leading the charge. What do they see in Stefanski that gives him a chance to be the guy to lead them to the promised land.

Can he become the Browns' version of Mike Tomlin or John Harbaugh? Does it matter if he calls plays this year or hands things over to Ken Dorsey? How important was it for the Browns to land him after a messy year with Freddie Kitchens?

They cover all the bases with Stefanski on this edition of the Orange and Brown Talk podcast.

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The Browns defense was dominant in its first year under Jim Schwartz in 2023, helping the Browns win 11 games and return to the playoffs.

Year 2 under Schwartz is next up in our series of keys to the Browns winning the Super Bowl and life will be a little more difficult for Schwartz and Co. in 2024. They face a difficult quarterback schedule and will be tested throughout the season by some of the league's top signal-callers.

Mary Kay Cabot, Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe look ahead on today's Orange and Brown Talk podcast to how the defense will evolve in 2024 and if they can repeat their performance from a season ago and go through the quarterbacks they have to face. They discuss which quarterback aside from Patrick Mahomes will be the most challenging and how they will deal with the gauntlet ahead of them.

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The Browns' wild card loss in Houston is still stuck in the minds of Browns fans, especially considering how poorly their defense played in the first half. Do they need to make changes based on what the Texans did to them?

That's one question our Football Insider subscribers had for Lance Reisland as he joined Dan Labbe on the Orange and Brown Talk podcast for a Q&A. Lance talks about what he saw in that game and why it went so poorly.

They also talk about the Browns' run game after Nick Chubb got hurt and what could change, roles for the wide receivers, what Lance has seen from Jameis Winston on film and what makes Amari Cooper such a good route runner.

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Browns defensive tackle Shelby Harris expressed strong thoughts about the future of the NFL's offseason program and a proposal that would eliminate it and replace it with an earlier report date for training camp.

Harris spoke with Ashley Bastock about his thoughts on the program and Ashley and Dan Labbe spend Friday's Orange and Brown Talk podcast discussing her interview with Harris and the story she posted about it at cleveland.com/browns on Friday.

They get into the 18-game schedule and how the potential of adding a game is impacting all of these discussions and what the NFLPA is trying to get out of allowing the NFL to add an 18th game.

They also get into some of the ins and outs of the offseason program and why it's valuable to the NFL from a marketing and content standpoint and what they get out of it as well as the issues the NFLPA sometimes has when it comes to achieving solidarity.

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Browns edge rusher Myles Garrett continued earning high praise this offseason, being voted the league’s top edge rusher by NFL executives, coaches and scouts.

It’s a big reason Garrett is one of our 15 keys for the Browns to win the Super Bowl in 2024.

Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe spend Wednesday’s Orange and Brown Talk podcast discussing Garrett and what the expectations are for him heading into another year of high expectations for him and his team.

Will this be a run of Defensive Player of the Year awards for Garrett? What are our expectations for him statistically this season? How does winning impact how he is viewed?

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The Browns are counting on edge rusher Za'Darius Smith to follow up a strong first season with the Browns with another good season rushing the passer and it's why he is one of our 15 keys to the Browns winning the Super Bowl.

Ashley Bastock and Dan Labbe spend Tuesday's Orange and Brown Talk podcast discussing Smith and what to expect from him in his second season with the Browns.

They talk about why the Browns decided to bring Smith back and what to realistically expect from him in his second season on the other end of Myles Garrett. How can Smith and Garrett be better together this season and how will Smith continue to benefit from Garrett and Jim Schwartz's scheme.

They also talk about how the Browns have approached their No. 2 edge rush position and how it has been impacted by the lack of a first-round pick the last three drafts.

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Browns safety Grant Delpit had his best season as a pro in 2023 and was rewarded with a contract extension, making him one of the core pieces of the defense.

Ashley Bastock wrote a feature on Delpit that ran on Monday (You can read it here) all about Delpit's early life and path to the NFL and his penchant for being patient when life throws him curveballs. Ashley and Dan Labbe talked about Delpit and her feature on him on Monday's Orange and Brown Talk podcast, continuing our series on keys to the Browns making a Super Bowl run.

They start by discussing the story and how it came together as well as what Ashley learned about Delpit in the process and what she left out of the story.

Then they talk about Delpit's fit in Jim Schwartz's defense and his development on and off the field.

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Ice Flow by Kevin MacLeod

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