A combination of warm weather and familiar faces had rookie defensive end Chad Thomas feeling at home.
On the first day of the Browns’ rookie minicamp, Thomas -- a Miami native who stayed home to play for the Hurricanes -- was comfortable in his new surroundings on a pleasant, spring afternoon in Northeast Ohio. It also helped to reunite with former teammates like Duke Johnson Jr., David Njoku and a handful of South Florida natives who dot the team’s young roster.
“There's a bunch of people here,” he said, laughing, “we’ve got a little bit of Miami here.