AFC Notes: Browns, Ravens, Steelers

Browns

Browns DC Joe Woods believes second-round rookie LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah is like getting an extra first-round player, along with CB Greg Newsome.

โ€œGreg and JOK, those guys are very smart players, and they are very competitive players,โ€ Woods said, via Browns.com. โ€œThey come out there and they just go hard all the time. They are trying to learn as much football as they can. To me, it felt like we got two first-rounders, for sure.โ€

Ravens

Ravensโ€™ HC John Harbaugh likes what he has seen from T Alejandro Villanueva and Kevin Zeitler since the two veterans joined Baltimoreโ€™s offensive line group.

โ€œWatching them play has been a pleasure,โ€ Harbaugh said, via BaltimoreRavens.com. โ€œTheyโ€™re all ball, all the time โ€” both of those guys. Whether itโ€™s the meeting room, weight room, conditioning [or] on the field work โ€” theyโ€™re all ball, all the time. I love that about them. I think theyโ€™re going to be a formidable tandem on the right side. Iโ€™m really pleased with them so far.โ€

The Ravens will be using Bradley Bozeman as their center this season, who says he loves moving back to the position from guard as it shows his dominance and intelligence.

โ€œI love the transition back to center,โ€ Bozeman said. โ€œI played since high school, really, and Iโ€™ve always felt like that was my strong suit. Iโ€™ve always felt like thatโ€™s where I kind of dominate โ€” in that tighter area. Iโ€™m a very intelligent person, I feel like โ€” especially when it comes to football.โ€

Harbaugh says that with Bozeman at center, the race for the starting left guard spot has been left โ€œwide open.โ€

โ€œNobody has separated at this point, but youโ€™re not going to separate in something like this,โ€ Harbaugh said. โ€œBut weโ€™ve got candidates, for sure, and theyโ€™re all high-level candidates. So, Iโ€™m excited about that and canโ€™t wait to see it play out. If you like football and youโ€™re a real student of the game, youโ€™ll be watching that left guard battle during training camp.โ€

Steelers

Steelersโ€™ new OC Matt Canada said previously that President Art Rooney has outlined what he would like to see from Pittsburghโ€™s offense in 2021.

โ€œHe has sent out a very clear directive to (general manager Kevin) Colbert, to coach (Mike) Tomlin and then to me,โ€ Canada said, via Ed Bouchette of The Athletic. โ€œWe want to be able to run the ball when we have to run it. That doesnโ€™t mean weโ€™re going to run the ball for X amount of yards in a game, all that matters here is winning. Our charge is to win the Super Bowl, and thatโ€™s it. Every year youโ€™re trying to create a system to put your players in a position to make plays and to run the football certainly weโ€™ll use play-action as part of that. But thatโ€™s not the only focal point we have. Weโ€™re going to run the ball when we have to run it, and weโ€™re going to throw it when we have to throw it. After that, weโ€™re going to do everything we can to get our best players โ€” and we have a lot of really, really good ones โ€” in position to make the plays their talents direct us to.โ€

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