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Hadnot has what it takes

By Marla Ridenour
Beacon Journal staff writer

POSTED: 07:26 p.m. EDT, Jun 13, 2009

BEREA: The Browns got out of school a few hours early Saturday, thanks to offensive lineman Rex Hadnot.

Coach Eric Mangini had another segment planned for the evening of the final day of mandatory minicamp. But he told the team if they had an excellent morning practice, they would get three chances to cancel it, while they would get two chances for an above-average session and one if it was OK.

Mangini graded it above average. For the first chance, he allowed the team to choose an offensive lineman to catch a punt from Dave Zastudil, and Hadnot was the people's choice. The second chance was a defensive lineman catching a kickoff, but it never got to that.

Mangini allowed Hadnot a warmup, and Zastudil's first kick sailed over his head, prompting defensive back Hank Poteat to offer advice. But Hadnot came up with the ball when it counted, drawing a hip bump from kicker Phil Dawson before he was mobbed by his cheering teammates.

''Fortunately I got a chance to see one first before I actually had to go live,'' Hadnot said. ''It was good to do something to help the team. The guys have been working hard the last couple days. It was good to lift spirits even more.''

Mangini said there was a point to the game.

''You have to be able to create opportunities to be successful, then when those opportunities come up, you have to be able to execute,'' Mangini said. ''They're not always going to be showing up in a conventional fashion.''

D.A.'s injury minor

Mangini said the right leg injury that kept quarterback Derek Anderson out of the final two minicamp practices would not jeopardize his status for the start of camp.

''He's just got little bumps and bruises,'' Mangini said.

Anderson wore a sleeve on the leg Friday, but it was taped more heavily Saturday.

Tough training ahead

Mangini wants his players studying before they report to camp July 31.

''You don't want to just head off to the beach, throw on some suntan lotion and pick up a book,'' he said. ''The book you want to pick up if you are is the playbook. You want to be making the information you've been given just second nature so now you're not thinking, you're reacting and your true ability comes out. Physically you need to maintain the level of fitness you have and improve upon it because it is a challenge during camp.''

Quarterback Brady Quinn will go elsewhere to train and hopes to recruit some receivers to join him.

''I would say mine's as much [of a grind] as anyone out there,'' Quinn said. ''I told Jamal [Lewis] I'd come down [to Atlanta] and work out with him for a week. Not necessarily this year but at some point in the future, just to see what he has going on versus what I've got.''

Anderson said he would probably go home to Oregon for a week or two to ''hang out, relax, refresh the mind, then start back at it.''

Marla Ridenour can be reached at mridenour@thebeaconjournal.com. Read her Browns blog at http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/browns/. Follow the Browns on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ABJ_Browns

BEREA: The Browns got out of school a few hours early Saturday, thanks to offensive lineman Rex Hadnot.

Coach Eric Mangini had another segment planned for the evening of the final day of mandatory minicamp. But he told the team if they had an excellent morning practice, they would get three chances to cancel it, while they would get two chances for an above-average session and one if it was OK.

Mangini graded it above average. For the first chance, he allowed the team to choose an offensive lineman to catch a punt from Dave Zastudil, and Hadnot was the people's choice. The second chance was a defensive lineman catching a kickoff, but it never got to that.

Mangini allowed Hadnot a warmup, and Zastudil's first kick sailed over his head, prompting defensive back Hank Poteat to offer advice. But Hadnot came up with the ball when it counted, drawing a hip bump from kicker Phil Dawson before he was mobbed by his cheering teammates.

''Fortunately I got a chance to see one first before I actually had to go live,'' Hadnot said. ''It was good to do something to help the team. The guys have been working hard the last couple days. It was good to lift spirits even more.''

Mangini said there was a point to the game.

''You have to be able to create opportunities to be successful, then when those opportunities come up, you have to be able to execute,'' Mangini said. ''They're not always going to be showing up in a conventional fashion.''

D.A.'s injury minor

Mangini said the right leg injury that kept quarterback Derek Anderson out of the final two minicamp practices would not jeopardize his status for the start of camp.

''He's just got little bumps and bruises,'' Mangini said.

Anderson wore a sleeve on the leg Friday, but it was taped more heavily Saturday.

Tough training ahead

Mangini wants his players studying before they report to camp July 31.

''You don't want to just head off to the beach, throw on some suntan lotion and pick up a book,'' he said. ''The book you want to pick up if you are is the playbook. You want to be making the information you've been given just second nature so now you're not thinking, you're reacting and your true ability comes out. Physically you need to maintain the level of fitness you have and improve upon it because it is a challenge during camp.''

Quarterback Brady Quinn will go elsewhere to train and hopes to recruit some receivers to join him.

''I would say mine's as much [of a grind] as anyone out there,'' Quinn said. ''I told Jamal [Lewis] I'd come down [to Atlanta] and work out with him for a week. Not necessarily this year but at some point in the future, just to see what he has going on versus what I've got.''

Anderson said he would probably go home to Oregon for a week or two to ''hang out, relax, refresh the mind, then start back at it.''

Marla Ridenour can be reached at mridenour@thebeaconjournal.com. Read her Browns blog at http://www.ohiomm.com/blogs/browns/. Follow the Browns on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/ABJ_Browns



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