The first padded practice of the Cleveland Browns 2024 training camp is over, as the team held a weather-shortened session on Monday. General manager Andrew Berry took the podium after practice and answered questions about Amari Cooper, Nick Chubb, Deshaun Watson, and more.

As always, Berry, the king of coach/team speak, didn't provide a ton of information, but he did touch on some subjects that needed to be addressed. Berry touched on his extension, along with Kevin Stefanski's, talking about how he doesn't take it lightly and understands how big of a thing it is for this organization after the struggles the team had before they came along.

He danced around the subject when asked about goals for the season after acknowledging that he was with the team during its lowest points with then-general manager Sashi Brown. Berry did, however, talk about dealing with adversity and how you manage that can often dictate how a season goes.

Berry is pleased with how Watson has looked so far

"We’ve been very pleased with Deshaun. I think you’ve all seen that he’s really worked his tail off in terms of his shoulder rehab over really like the past year, had a really strong spring. You know, he’s done a really nice job here early at camp, so we feel like he’s in a great place both physically and mentally and look forward to a big year.”

A lot is riding on the surgery-repaired shoulder of Deshaun Watson, and word out of camp is that he has looked good so far. It's camp, and there is no contact or tackling to the ground for quarterbacks so far, but with what he has been asked to do, he has been able to deliver so far; hopefully, that translates to the actual field in September.

The team is pleased with where Nick Chubb is right now

“Yeah, no, I mean, look, Nick, he’s Batman, right? Like, we are incredibly pleased with the work that he’s put in, the progress that he’s made. You know, he still has a little ways to go, but we’re really happy to see where he is as we enter camp and look forward to him continuing to improve the health of the knee.”

When Chubb was seen running sprints last week, I, like many fans, got excited because he seemed to be doing so without many issues. As I have said all along, the team is likely going to play it safe and make sure they don't risk re-injury by putting him out there before he is completely ready.

Berry and the team love how Jeremiah Owusu-Kormoah has grown

“Yeah, I think with Jeremiah, really from his rookie year, he’s always made the high-end plays. Like, he has, you know, he has like matrix-type athleticism where he just has rare movement skills and he can play behind the line of scrimmage. He’s fast. But where he’s grown over the past three years is his ability to reduce his errors because sometimes our greatest traits also become like our biggest negatives and his aggression at times would have him commit, and, you know, make two plays, give one up, you know, make a play, give two up, things like that. And I think that is something that’s decreased over the past three years, and hopefully will continue to decrease as we go into year four.”

JOK really grew as a player last year, and the most telling part is how his snap counts and responsibilities increased as the year went on. He will need to take another step this year and not come off the field to get the contract he wants, and it's something I think he will do.

The team is happy to have Vrabel even if it's just for this year

“Yeah, Vrabes is awesome. He’s awesome. And we are lucky because I think, and you all probably see it, we’re probably on borrowed time with him, but we’re going to maximize it as much as possible. I think he has such a unique perspective because here’s a former All-Pro player, coached in Power Five college, defensive coordinator, and then very, very successful head coach in Tennessee. So there’s nothing that he hasn’t seen or that he can’t provide insight into whether it’s how we’re practicing on the field, how we game plan, player development and player support areas, how we think about acquiring players, whether it’s in the draft or free agency. So, we are certainly getting our money’s worth with Mike, and we couldn’t be more pleased to have him here with us.”

It's not often a guy like Vrabel becomes available for a consulting position like this and he likely is only going to be here for one season before taking another head coach job. Berry acknowledged the fact that he will likely be just for this year, but whether it is short lived or not, it should be something that helps the Browns.

Berry likes the chances Newsome and Tomlinson play Week One

“Yeah, no, I think it’s entirely realistic. Whether that happens in the next couple weeks, we’ll see and, you know, work through that. One thing that we’ve learned about injuries is that you can never fully project everything, but I think that’s entirely possible.”

Both players are big parts of their respective position groups that help to make them a strength of the team. Getting these guys back from injury in time for the regular season would be huge, but the team will always be cautious about rushing players back if they aren't ready.

This article originally appeared on Browns Wire: 5 takeaways from Andrew Berry's training camp media availability