Browns preseason Week 2: Five things we learned in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — There is no preseason game that can be more for the football die-hards than the second preseason game.

Why is that? It's because that's typically the one where the teams have likely conducted joint practices earlier in the week, which is where the starters and top reserves all were able to get their work in for the week.

That was the case for the Browns and Philadelphia Eagles , who had joint practices Aug. 13-14. That left the Aug. 16 matinee, a RESULT, a stage for many of the players trying to climb the depth chart or just climb onto the initial 53-man roster. Buy Cleveland Browns tickets

The fact there were no regulars, or none of the big names, in the game doesn't diminish the fact things can be learned from what happened. There's still some takeaways that can com