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The Denver Broncos on Monday announced the hiring of Kelly Kleine as the team s executive director of football operations.
Kleine, who spent the past 10 years with the Minnesota Vikings, is believed to be the highest-ranking woman in scouting in the history of the league. Kelly is a rising star in the NFL, and we re fortunate to add someone of her caliber to the Denver Broncos, Broncos general manager George Paton said. Having worked with her for nine years in Minnesota, Kelly has a strong understanding of all aspects of football operations and player evaluation, along with outstanding leadership qualities.
His COVID-19 mask. Finally.
âIt felt pretty good,â the NFL’s reigning Coach of the Year said Friday after the team’s first rookie minicamp practice. “There were some people I didnât realize what they looked like.â
Stefanski, who guided the Browns to a playoff berth in his first season, was already on the field on a gorgeous spring afternoon observing the workout when he got word that the league had amended some of its strict virus protocols.
The league sent a memo to its 32 teams outlining the new policies, which state that anyone who is fully vaccinated is not required to wear their mask at the club’s facility â indoors or outside.
Kevin Stefanski discusses first day of Browns rookie minicamp: Transcript
Updated 10:38 PM;
Here’s a transcript, as provided by the Browns’ media-relations department:
Opening statement:
“Great to be out on the field today. A beautiful day here in Northeast Ohio. Great to be coaching these kids. A lot of them are swimming as you can imagine with some of the mental things that we are putting on their plate, but they are very coachable. I thought it was a very good day.”
On how good it felt to be able to take off his mask at practice following the NFL’s updated protocols, joking that the media could barely recognize him without the mask:
Eyes were raised when it was learned that Owusu-Koramoah was previously diagnosed with a heart issue that scared off some clubs and possibly caused the highly rated prospect to fall to the second round.
May 14, 2021
Friday, the Cleveland Browns will hold a rookie minicamp featuring their 2021 draft class and undrafted free agents.
A year ago, head coach Kevin Stefanski and general manager Andrew Berry in their first season in charge of the Browns met various prospects at the NFL Scouting Combine, but wouldn t see the ones the team would select in the NFL Draft or signed as a free agent in person for five months.
The team had a virtual offseason, so they stayed in contact and received videos of workouts, but they had to wait three months from the NFL Draft before they got to be hands on coaching them in person.