Thursday’s developments
• Rookie fifth-round draft pick Spencer Drango practiced at right tackle with the first-team offensive line for the first time since camp started. As a result, Alvin Bailey didn’t practice as the starting right tackle for the first time this summer. Bailey worked with the second unit at right tackle and right guard. Drango had been toiling at left and right tackle with the backups.
• “I’m going to put the best five guys out there and continue to mix and match and see how can we become better,” coach Hue Jackson said. “If somebody can do something better for our football team and they’re deserving, then that’s what we’ll do.”
• It’s also noteworthy that Drango received the nod to work with the starters before rookie third-round pick Shon Coleman, who sat out all spring while rehabbing a surgically repaired knee before working at right tackle with the second unit. “[Drango has] done more football [than Coleman]. He probably understands the system a little bit better,” Jackson said. “I think Shon is working his tail off, but he’s getting his legs back underneath him.”
• Starting right guard John Greco practiced for the first time since camp started. He was limited. He had been sitting out with an injured hamstring. “Week 1, I’m ready to go,” he said. “There’s no question about it. I’m planning on being 100 percent way before then.”
• Quarterback Josh McCown and the second-team offense stole the show during the two-minute drill. Here was the scenario: The Browns were behind 27-23 with 58 seconds left and started with the ball at their 40-yard line. On third-and-2, McCown threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to tight end E.J. Bibbs with no time left.
• The first-team offense ran the same drill, but its drive ended with safety Ibraheim Campbell breaking up a pass from quarterback Robert Griffin III. Campbell should have intercepted the pass, but he dropped it. The third-team offense and quarterback Cody Kessler didn’t move the ball much at all.
• In an 11-on-11 red-zone drill, tight end Connor Hamlett caught two touchdown passes. Wide receiver Rannell Hall caught a short pass from Griffin, spun away from linebacker Joe Schobert and scored a 20-yard touchdown.
• Bibbs and wide receiver Taylor Gabriel left practice with heat-related issues. Defensive end John Hughes, wide receiver Marlon Moore and offensive lineman Michael Bowie missed practice for personal reasons. Left tackle Joe Thomas rested during practice.
• Center Cameron Erving (elbow) and wide receiver Andrew Hawkins (hamstring) were sidelined with the injuries they suffered Tuesday. Jackson said Erving will “be fine.” Hawkins said he “tweaked” his hamstring and would “be back sooner than later.”
Other injuries: Receiver Josh Gordon (quadriceps), cornerbacks Joe Haden (ankle) and Trey Caldwell (hamstring), safety Don Jones (leg), defensive lineman Kyle Rose (hamstring), fullback Malcolm Johnson (concussion) and tight ends Randall Telfer (right knee wrapped) and Seth DeValve (hamstring) sat out. Nose tackle Nile Lawrence-Stample (shoulder) left practice early with an athletic trainer.
Friday’s schedule: Practice from 6-8:30 p.m. will feature a scrimmage with live tackling.
— Nate Ulrich