Browns First Offseason Schedule Under Todd Monken Revealed

While the process of building out the Cleveland Browns roster rolls on for general manager Andrew Berry, Todd Monken is preparing to oversee his first-ever offseason program as the franchise's head coach. With Monken being a new hire, the Browns are given a two-week head start on beginning their offseason work. The program unfolds in various phases and is totally voluntary up until mandatory minicamp in June.

For Cleveland, phase one of the program will begin the week of April 6, with Monken and several players speaking on Wednesday, April 8. The full offseason schedule is as follows: April 21 – Voluntary veteran minicamp April 23-25 – NFL Draft May 8-9 – Rookie minicamp May 20-22 – First Session of OTAs May 26-28 – Second Session of OTAs June 2-5 – Third Session of OTAs June 9-11 – Mandatory veteran minicamp TBD – Training camp The NFL's entire offseason program is essentially broken up into three different phases before teams break for summer and then gear up for training camp. Phase one of the offseason program follows some very specific rules that teams must follow via the collective bargaining agreement between the NFL and the NFLPA, starting with the fact that the sessions are only allowed to last four hours each day.

Of those four hours, only 90 minutes can be spent on the field and is limited to strength and conditioning activities with only strength and conditioning coaches being permitted on the field. Clubs are also only permitted to specify two hours for players at the facility, with the players choosing the other two hours for weights. A three-week window known as phase two follows and has similar perimeters, except all coaches can be out on the field, and individual and “perfect play” drills allowed.

No offense vs. defense, one- on -one or helmets, however, are permitted. Phase three encompasses those three different sessions of OTAs, which consist of 10 total practices and six hour days.