BEREA, Ohio — On any given day at Cross Country Mortgage Campus, three words can be heard echoing across the practice fields.

"POWER!"

"EXPLOSION!"

"CONTROL!"

These three words are both crucial to the conditioning and fundamentals of the Browns' running backs room—and often the bane of the players in the room.

The words are shouted out by running backs coach Duce Staley as he's putting his room through a resistance band drill. The drill itself is simple: the running backs pair up and split roles. One player serves as the base for the drill, wearing the resistance band around their waist while they kneel on the ground. That band is attached to a ball that is carried by the other back, who is standing and working in the drill.

With the ball in hand, the standing running back is then gi

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