A tough preseason got tougher for Anthony Schwartz on Saturday night.
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The best that can be said about Jacoby Brissett in his lone appearance of the preseason is that he made it out unscathed.
“I think he played well,” coach Kevin Stefanski said. “Obviously, we would have wanted to move the ball more consistently as an offense early, just not getting first downs. In terms of what we asked him to do, getting us into the correct plays, seeing the defense and delivering the ball on time, I thought he did a good job.
On Schwartz’ third and final drop, an easy pass over the middle on third-and-9, he was roundly booed by the home crowd — certainly not what a young player struggling with his confidence needs. Cade York picked up the mood with 57-yard field goal on the next play that put the Browns on the board at 21-3 with 1:25 left in the half.
“Any and all receivers, they work very hard at this game,” Stefanski said. “You understand that there are going to be drops. That’s how it works. It’s something that comes with being a receiver so you just have to work through it.” In Jacksonville, Schwartz provided little help for starter Deshaun Watson, running an errant route on the first play and dropping two passes. He apologized to Watson and others, and vowed to flip the script. He did just that in practice the following week, and helped himself in the second preseason game against the Eagles. But he took a step back Saturday night and will have work to do this week.
“We’re going to just keep banking more and more time, repetition and rhythm with those guys,” Brissett said. “Being able to throw those guys the ball in live action and coming to the side and saying, ‘Hey, this is why I put the ball here,’ or ‘This is what I was thinking.’ It is part of the process.”
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