“It’s really helpful,” Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager Andrew Berry said at the NFL Annual Meeting on March 29. “And it’s a little bit of a crunch beforehand because you’re like, ‘Oh man, the offseason is coming quickly.’ But then once you get into it, one, there’s a natural excitement when the guys come back in the building. Two, the extra time that they get familiarizing themselves with the new staff, it’s excellent. So, it’s an opportunity that we do not take lightly.”
There are three phases to the offseason program. Phase One is the first two weeks of the program with activities limited to meetings, strength and conditioning and physical rehabilitation only. The Browns will also hold an extra voluntary veteran minicamp April 21-23 following the first phase of the program.