“With Mitch, we have to be smart, and that’s what’s part of load management,” Brown said after Tuesday’s practice. “Just because he may be able to play tonight, that doesn’t necessarily mean I’m gonna play him or I’m gonna practice him.
“[Mitch] missed a lot of games last year, and we just want to be cautious going forward with him, that’s about the extent of it right there.
“Josh is a little different than Mitch. You saw in Abu Dhabi when he went down, he didn’t get touched. So we’re trying to figure out his back, which is a tricky situation.
“So we have to be careful with it. We don’t want to rush him, but we’ll be patient and figure it out as we go along. Casey and those guys do a great job. We believe in them so we’ll be sticking to their plan.”