AFC Notes: Browns, Ravens, Steelers

Browns

  • Browns OC Alex Van Pelt said they want to get WR Amari Cooper the ball but was pleased with how he drew penalties in Week 1: โ€œWe want to get him the ball, heโ€™s our No. 1 guy. But he created three plays by drawing penalties.โ€ (Scott Petrak)
  • Van Pelt said that theyโ€™ll continue using RBs Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt in a two-back package if they think it can create mismatches: โ€œReally just trying to put your best guys on the field. If the two-back package is beneficial to us, a mismatch to the defense, weโ€™ll put them out there.โ€ (Scott Petrak)
  • Van Pelt was glad to get WR Anthony Schwartz involved early in Week 1: โ€œGood to get the ball in his hands early. Made a big catch late for them.โ€ (Chris Easterling)
  • Regarding TE David Njoku, Van Pelt called him a โ€œspecialโ€ blocker who contributed mightily in the run game. The offensive coordinator also expects Njoku to get more involved as a receiver. (Scott Petrak)

Ravens

  • Ravens QB Lamar Jackson said heโ€™s respectfully done talking about his contract. (Jeff Zrebiec)
  • Jackson feels that the team will have an answer for Miamiโ€™s cover-0 blitzes that embarrassed them last season: โ€œI feel weโ€™ll have an answer for it next this year.โ€ (Cameron Wolfe)
  • Jackson said theyโ€™ll go at other teamโ€™s weaknesses โ€œlike they came at oursโ€ and added: โ€œThey just caught us off guardโ€ฆWe watched a lot of film on those guys because we donโ€™t want it to happen again.โ€ 

Steelers

Steelers HC Mike Tomlin liked what he saw from his offense in Sundayโ€™s nailbiter against the AFC North rival Bengals.

โ€œLooking back at it from a coachโ€™s lens, taking the emotion out, I was encouraged by some of the things I saw from our offensive unit,โ€ Tomlin said, via Steelers.com. โ€œItโ€™s no secret that weโ€™re transitioning and gaining cohesion in that group, whether itโ€™s young players or players that are new to us. I thought we did some good things, considering the variables. I thought we were better than we were in Jacksonville [in the second preseason game]. And this was our second opportunity with this collective to go into a road venue. Obviously, a regular-season environment is more intense than a preseason one. So, for us to be better and substantially better, it was encouraging.โ€

  • Steelers RB Najee Harris on if he aggravated his Lisfranc sprain from training camp: โ€œNo, just stuff happens, man. Feel pretty confident for Sunday. Yeah, Iโ€™m good.โ€ (Brooke Pryor)

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