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Home > Blogs > Dawging the Browns > Archives > 2008 > June > 11 > Entry

Bentley skips practice, meeting

By Sean McClelland | Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 12:26 PM

Offensive lineman LeCharles Bentley missed practice and a team meeting this morning. Then, when he finally showed up in the building, he requested to meet with GM Phil Savage and head coach Romeo Crennel.

No word, only wild speculation, on what this might be all about. Is Bentley, who on Tuesday received clearance to practice with the team after a two-year, injury-related absence, reconsidering his comeback? Does he want his release so he can shop for another team?

Crennel seemed flummoxed when he met with the media just a few minutes ago. “We’ll find out what the situation is,” he said. “I’m not going to speculate.”

It’s otherwise a beautiful day in the neighborhood, no rain in sight, so the Browns are practicing under bright sunshine as opposed to within the stuffy confines of the Casey Coleman Field House.

And if they needed a wakeup call, there was always defensive tackle Shaun Smith to provide it.

“It’s a great day to be out here,” Smith warbled as individual drills began around 10 a.m. “Where else would you want to be?”

The routine is pretty much the same as a training camp practice. Early stretching, then positional work, followed by the team period, which is the best time to be watching because it gets fairly competitive.

The first fight of the week broke out this morning between Nathan Bennett, a rookie offensive lineman from Clemson, and veteran linebacker Antwan Peek. Nothing much came of it. I mean, it didn’t degenerate into anything like the teamwide skirmish that marred Baltimore Ravens minicamp a few weeks ago.

“It’s just competition,” Crennel said. “And it’s hot.”

Say this about these Browns. They are a hungry and serious bunch after coming so close to making the playoffs last season. It’s part of what led veteran running back Jamal Lewis to re-sign here. Well, OK, a three-year contract extension probably had the most to do with it, but it’s not as if he didn’t have options.

Oh, and another thing from this morning: Receiver Joe Jurevicius (knee surgery, staph infection) insists he’ll be ready for opening day.

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