Overview
- Head coach Kevin Stefanski said Bond is caught up mentally and has worked extra with receivers coaches Chad O'Shea and Stephen Bravo-Brown to learn the offense.
- Coaches have given the rookie reps with starters, and Bond said he will be ready whenever his number is called in the opener against the Bengals on Sept. 7.
- Cleveland’s first unofficial depth chart lists Bond as a backup to Cedric Tillman at wide receiver.
- The Browns added Bond as an undrafted free agent on Aug. 18 to a reported three-year, $3.018 million fully guaranteed deal after a Texas grand jury returned a no-bill on Aug. 14.
- General manager Andrew Berry said the team conducted extensive vetting, including hearing from both sides and reviewing an independently administered polygraph, and the NFL’s separate conduct review remains open.