After the offensive line faced the Browns' defensive line for all but the two days they practiced and played the Panthers, they saw something different with the Eagles. When they reviewed the tape from the first practice, Bitonio said as a unit they had too many missed assignments on the first day of joint practices. Yet, because the first group of Browns' offensive linemen has played an average of 8.4 years in the NFL, they know how to correct mistakes.
Having a second day to correct those mistakes, even if the answer was just communicating more, proved successful.
"We had 70-some plays and there's a lot of missed assignments and we were like, 'Hey, if we're not going to even give ourselves an assignment correctly, we're not going to have a chance here," Bitonio said. "So, just playing a new defense, seeing a few looks that we hadn't seen on film yet and just understanding like, 'Hey, we can communicate up there and find a way to pick it up correctly.'"