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CLEVELAND, Ohio — Following nan 2026 NFL Draft Browns caput coach Todd Monken answered questions astir nan Browns drafting Taylen Green and nan unsocial traits that made him appealing, wherever Green fits successful nan QB room, his inheritance nether Bobby Petrino helping hole him arsenic a passer and why coaching tin unlock his semipermanent upside while prioritizing growth.
Below is nan transcript arsenic provided by nan Browns media relations department:
Hello Todd, if you don’t mind starting disconnected pinch what did you deliberation of nan acquisition of Taylen Green, and what tin he do for you guys? What does he adhd to your backmost room?
“I conscionable deliberation astatine that constituent successful nan draft, and again I deliberation Andrew (Berry) tin speak to this much than I can, but you’re looking for players that person traits, elite traits which he has. Something you deliberation you tin activity pinch and springiness yourself a chance to develop. You perceive immoderate awesome things from not only erstwhile he was astatine Boise, Arkansas, successful position of really he’s wired, and truthful we’re conscionable looking guardant to get to activity pinch him.”
Todd, I cognize you antecedently said that for illustration holding for illustration a four-way backmost title isn’t ideal, and Andrew benignant of indicated that he needs immoderate polish for this game. But do you consciousness comfortable pinch for illustration nan scheme going guardant to not only clasp this backmost title but to get each nan quarterbacks nan reps that they need, nan young ones to develop?
“Well, let’s conscionable talk astir what title intends astatine each position. Every subordinate that’s going to beryllium a portion of our roster is going to beryllium competing, right? Whoever we bring in, starting pinch rookie minicamp and past OTAs, mandatory minicamp, and past training camp. But arsenic we’ve spoken before, astatine immoderate position that doesn’t mean adjacent reps. There has to beryllium immoderate shape of a extent floor plan per say. Everybody has a chance to compete. They just, they’re not ever going to get adjacent reps, if that makes sense. You know, it’s what is simply a competition. Every feline that’s successful training camp, each feline that’s portion of nan roster, nan magnitude of reps they get that’s to beryllium determined.”
Todd, really playing nan past mates years for Taylen nether Bob (Petrino), successful Bobby’s system, really has that benignant of gotten him prepared for this level successful position of what he does schematically, what he asks his quarterbacks to do wrong that system?
“Well, first off, Coach did a awesome occupation of adapting, which really bully coordinators do, they adapt. You know, if you look astatine quarterbacks that Coach Petrino’s had successful nan past compared to this young man, different. They did a awesome occupation of adapting to his strengths and you tin spot that. But I’m judge location were still halfway principles of nan expectations that he has for their quarterbacks, and you could spot nan improvement complete nan fewer years you know, from erstwhile he was astatine Boise, really developed arsenic a passer, you could spot that. Always has been capable to run, and you tin spot that successful statistics. You tin spot erstwhile he was astatine Boise, really fewer times they threw it compared to wherever they were successful Arkansas, really they felt much comfortable pinch his expertise to propulsion nan shot down nan field.”
Todd, pinch Taylen, Andrew made it clear that you guys position him arsenic a backmost first, but arsenic nan violative mind that you are, do you benignant of envision, aliases what are immoderate of nan different ways that you consciousness for illustration possibly you tin get him progressive and get nan shot successful his hands fixed nan accomplishment group that you highlight?
“Well, that remains to beryllium determined. I will opportunity this, that it is very difficult to beryllium elite astatine 1 position successful nan NFL, fto unsocial two, and teams are starting to find that out.”
Todd, pinch evidently your long-time estimation arsenic a really bully backmost tutor guru, really eager are you to get your hands connected a backmost for illustration this pinch specified earthy beingness expertise and conscionable almost benignant of mold him into immoderate he tin benignant of be?
“Well, I mean we’re excited astir immoderate subordinate that we get. I wouldn’t conscionable azygous retired him per se, different than we’re excited pinch a accomplishment group and Coach (Mike) Bajakian’s excited to adhd personification pinch his traits that we’re hopeful to beryllium capable to get connected nan section and spot what we got.”
When you look astatine your discourtesy now, nan players you person now, compared to erstwhile nan draught started, do you spot really your playbook could unfastened up more, particularly pinch nan 2 receivers you got?
“Not yet, haven’t seen them yet. Will person a amended thought erstwhile they get here. Am I excited? Yes. I’m excited astir nan activity that Andrew has done frankincense far. We person different prime near successful this draft. I deliberation it’s been a awesome draft, but what matters is now, erstwhile they get present and past really we create them and really we put them successful nan correct places to fto their talent shine.”
Todd, pinch your attack specifically to nan subordinate improvement crossed nan board, this strap feels for illustration truthful galore of these guys person a batch of versatility. How does that play into your attack erstwhile you’re looking to create a young player, erstwhile they person played aggregate positions, erstwhile they person that versatility arsenic 1 of their accomplishment sets that they’re praised about?
“Well, I deliberation a immense spot of a subordinate is versatility and it’s going to hap that measurement successful nan draft. Andrew and I were talking astir that successful nan draught room of why definite linemen spell higher successful nan draught than others. Is it a halfway only? Is it a defender only? Is it a tackle, we don’t spot their assemblage type arsenic a guard. Obviously tackles are going to spell sooner. Versatility wise is simply a wide tight extremity that tin artifact and besides onslaught you vertically and separate. So each of that comes into play. But until we get those players here, we get a chance to activity pinch them, I don’t cognize that yet. But we are excited astir what we’ve seen connected movie and nan anticipation that we tin move them and person immoderate elasticity successful nan spots that they play.”
Going backmost to Taylen, you talked astir nan uncommon traits and truthful did Andrew. How other uncommon possibly to spot it from a feline that size, I deliberation he’s adjacent to 6’6”?
“Well, you’re precisely correct because those guys are playing basketball. I mean you’re seeing them connected nan hoops tribunal here. You’re not seeing them play shot aliases astatine slightest not astatine that position. You’ll spot immoderate taller wideouts that you’ll get. But astatine backmost you don’t spot that very often for sure.”
Todd, you guys person 3 evidently very young quarterbacks now that you’re going to beryllium moving connected developing. And past twelvemonth these guys had to do two-spotting successful believe and immoderate different things. Do you deliberation that will make it, benignant of easier connected you guys arsenic a unit knowing that they had to benignant of do that past twelvemonth and will you do immoderate of that? Will you effort immoderate two-spotting and whatnot to get these guys up to speed?
“Oh yeah, two-spotting isn’t caller and it’s not conscionable for nan quarterbacks, it’s for each of your players. Toughest portion is you person to disagreement up nan staff. Your unit has to beryllium consenting to understand that you’re not gonna – erstwhile you’re territorial arsenic a coach, for illustration you’re gonna person to let nan spot of our unit to divided up and let our guys to get reps. So ultimately, we’ll extremity up two-spotting. And having a number of quarterbacks helps that. But I’m excited for each nan players connected nan roster to beryllium capable two-spot and measure each azygous 1 of them.”
When you look astatine Parker (Brailsford), Andrew (Berry) mentioned really he thinks he’s a cleanable fresh pinch your scheme. What is it astir his accomplishment group that matches what you want from that halfway position?
“Well, you for illustration a halfway pinch elite athleticism, capable size and powerfulness to not get overwhelmed inside. Now that’s successful a cleanable world, obviously, who doesn’t want big, fast, smart, reliable astatine each position, obviously. When you watch him connected tape, you would not spot nan size deficiency. You’d spot an athletic, powerful, uses his hands good against nan champion title that you tin find successful assemblage football. So, we were ecstatic erstwhile he was location and were capable to prime and we had him present for our 30 sojourn and I cognize Coach (George) Warhop is excited astir not only him, but each 3 of nan guys that we’ve sewage that’ll beryllium present successful a week. No, 2 weeks, we spell 2 weeks later.”
On nighttime one, I cognize we talked to you aft nan first pick. We didn’t talk to you aft nan KC (Concepcion) was taken. How overmuch of coming from Baltimore of Zay Flowers do you benignant of spot successful nan position of what you mightiness person successful his offense?
“Well, first of all, I emotion Zay Flowers. He is an elite, elite subordinate and an unbelievable personification and useful awfully difficult astatine it. And from nan infinitesimal he sewage there, he popped, nan measurement he played, his personality, his charisma, you know, he brings immoderate to nan table. I don’t cognize yet what KC’s accomplishment group is. I deliberation location are immoderate traits that are akin to that. But I emotion erstwhile group said astir KC, it reminded maine of Zay successful that, successful position of really he practiced, what he brings successful each day. And if you’re looking for that comparison, that I tin compare, I judge he’s going to bring that for illustration Zay did.”
Could you spot Taylen getting for illustration a – I cognize we’re putting nan cart earlier nan horse, possibly a small bit, but pinch personification that has that benignant of he’s rushed for 35 touchdowns, whatnot. Could you put a package successful astatine immoderate constituent during nan play and effort to utilize immoderate of that earthy diversion expertise that he has for converting a 4th down aliases doing whatever?
“There’s immoderate of that and that remains to beryllium seen. Certainly, erstwhile you person a subordinate pinch those kinds of traits, erstwhile tin you utilize those? Obvious reasons – short yardage, extremity line, four-minute, captious times erstwhile you’ve sewage to beryllium capable to tally nan shot and nan defense is going to person an other constituent successful nan box, having an diversion backmost tin beryllium captious to having success. So, if he’s capable to do that, past we’ll surely put him successful a position if we deliberation that tin thief america triumph a crippled for sure. Because it surely adds immoderate worth pinch his expertise to propulsion it, compared erstwhile you get successful those situations arsenic opposed to having to spell Wildcat. It’s not that Q (Quinshon Judkins) can’t propulsion it, but I would uncertainty he tin propulsion it arsenic well, arsenic nan young man we conscionable took. He astir apt can’t tally it for illustration Q can, but having nan expertise to still propulsion it. And that’s portion of nan intrigue erstwhile you return a subordinate pinch those kinds of traits erstwhile they commencement disconnected arsenic what tin they do very athletically and past really tin you create nan different parts of their game?”
