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BEREA, Ohio -- Following his first practice with the Browns, former Denver Broncos punter Britton Colquitt felt both welcomed and strangely out of place. Brent Burns Jersey .I feel ancient compared to some of these guys, the 31-year-old said.Clevelands got some kids this season.With 17 rookies and 28 players who have played one NFL season or less, the Browns will be one of the leagues youngest teams. They lack experience, have unproven talent and the new front offices rebuilding plan will test the patience of Clevelands fed-up fan base as well as coach Hue Jackson, who expects to struggle balancing development and trying to win.I dont know how to do that. I just dont, he said. I have an expectation and Im not backing down from that and Im not changing that thought process in our players. That is just what we are going to do and we are going to find a way to do it. I dont know how its going to happen.By hook or by crook, we are going to get this done. We have to. That is all I know. I dont know anything else.When he took the Cleveland job in January, Jackson knew what he was getting into. The teams reconfigured decision-making group, led by Paul DePodesta, a former baseball executive known for his Moneyball approach and hired by Browns owner Jimmy Haslam as the organizations strategy director, was going to clean out the teams roster like never before.The Browns, who have had 13 double-digit loss seasons since 1999, began by dumping a few high-priced veterans in their 30s. They made a few trades for future assets -- getting a first-rounder from Philadelphia -- and then selecting 14 players in the draft.When the team submitted its 53-man roster this weekend, 13 of those draft picks made the team along with four other rookies, two first-year players and nine players headed into their second seasons.Its a young, impressionable squad, maybe younger and more impressionable than Jackson imagined.No matter, its his team.I didnt know how young we would be, Jackson said Monday as the Browns began building toward Sundays opener against the Eagles, who in an ironic twist will start quarterback Carson Wentz, a player Cleveland passed on a chance of taking and traded with Philadelphia. We have what we have. Im excited about the guys that we have. We just have to coach them up and get them better.This will take time, and Jackson understands that. And although he may privately concede the Browns may lose a lot more than they win this year, Jackson said having an inexperienced team can be beneficial.It can be because they are not `NFL-ized, he said. They havent been in the National Football League. I think some of our guys are just going to go play, and I think that is what we have to do as a football team. We cant get worried about anything.For Jordan Payton, one of four rookie wide receivers on Clevelands roster, its essential that the teams young players lean on the veterans to guide them.You ask questions, you stay right on their hip pocket, said the fifth-round pick from UCLA. Youve got to put your egos aside. You dont know everything, at all. You know nothing, and so you trust your coaches, you trust the vets. You ask a ton of questions and you soak it all in and you go out and work.Colquitt has seen what can happen when young players buy in, stay hungry and learn.He began his career with the Broncos in 2010, when they went 4-12. Five years later, they were Super Bowl champions. Of course, it helped getting Peyton Manning along the way, but Colquitt said theres something to having a team filled with young players who dont know any better.These (young) guys are happy to be making a paycheck and doing something they love, he said. Theres more to it than just a game. Theres a lot of stress and things like that involved. But with a younger team, they are just happy to be out here, and they dont know that there have been down years.Game notes Jackson quickly rebuffed a question about the Browns decision not to draft Wentz. We went another direction, he said. ... Rookie WR Corey Coleman, who had a rough preseason, opened Mondays practice with two dropped passes while the media was in attendance. He said it got better from there and acknowledged he needs to relax more. They drafted me in the first round, so they expect a lot out of me and I expect a lot out of myself, he said. ... DB Trey Caldwell, a fifth-round draft pick released on Saturday, was signed to the practice squad along with P Michael Palardy and RB Terrell Watson. Kevin Labanc Sharks Jersey . -- Washington Redskins tight end Fred Davis was charged Thursday with driving while intoxicated, a day after he was suspended for an NFL substance-abuse policy violation. Melker Karlsson Jersey . -- Whether Jeremy Hill deserves a prominent role in LSUs offence this early in the season is a matter for debate. http://www.officialsharksnhlshop.com/customized/ .C. at the helm of the top team in the Eastern Conference. His tenure as the GM in Vancouver was all too brief. Though he led the Canucks to what was then a franchise record-shattering campaign in just his second season, Nonis was gone and replaced one year later.Peter Moores believes England will name their strongest side for their first one-day international against South Africa, and leave Jason Roy out. Roy is a doubt for the game as he is suffering from a back spasm, and current head coach Trevor Bayliss will leave his selection for the opening match at Bloemfontein until the last minute.Moores, who preceded Bayliss in the top England job, feels there is enough depth in the squad to compensate for the potential absence of Roy - and is not convinced the Surrey batsman should be selected anyway. Hell want (Jason) Roy fit and hes in a lovely position, which is also a hard position, of having one too many batsmen, Moores told Sky Sports News HQ. Bob Willis picks his strongest England T20 squad for next years tournament Roy and (Alex) Hales have done well up front, James Taylor has done well in the middle and (Joe) Root and (Ben) Stokes are definitely going to come back in, although they could rest those two.Theyve had a lot of cricket and Trevor will be thinking this is a good position for him. Youve had AB de Villiers left out of the South Africa team because he was fatigued.But on the other hand, Stokes and Root are definitely going to want to play, and theyre in your best team so I think theyre going to go iin. Marcus Sorensen Jersey. f Jason doesnt make it then its going to delay making that decision until further down the line. Roy talks about his breakthrough hundred in the last ODI and keeping the momentum going into the T20s Moores also feels England have good depth in the bowling department, where he feels Chris Jordan of Sussex may miss out in favour of two left-handed seamers, and Adil Rashid should be given more match time to build his growing confidence.I think he (Jordan) might struggle to get in, said Moores. I think the two left-armers, (David) Willey and (Reece) Topley, will get in and then its whether they go for (Chris) Woakes or have a look at Stuart Broad, to get wickets at the top of the order.Adil will play, or at least I hope he will, then if Jason doesnt make it youve got the two spinners in the side with Moeen there too.He played very well in the Big Bash and hes a confidence player that is growing in confidence. Theyll want to see him keep going because he could be a key player for us in the T20 World Cup. 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