On today's Brown's film breakdown, we are going to discuss quickly Todd Monkin's time out in front of the media at the Combine and Indy, which was filled with the usual slapstick humor and really insightful stuff that I think he brings a different approach to those conversations than the previous head coach.

So we'll talk about that.

Then we'll talk about some Browns who are set to make a little bit more money on the rookie pay scale through performance escalators.

And I'll lay those out for you as a part of today's show.

And then some time with Jared Mueller, who does great work during the combine gathering some sourced information and providing insights while there. It's a jam-packed

show, a great show here on your Thursday edition of Brown's Film Breakdown. Let's get started right now.

What's up, guys? Thanks for being here. Welcome into today's show. Happy to have you. We have plenty of good information for you.

Throughout the episode, it is the Combines sort of lull is ending where you get a lot of the GM coach talk stuff.

You got a lot of stuff going on behind closed doors with every position group arriving, a lot of private interviews, a lot of private talks, some good information coming out on which teams spent time with who, obviously, right? So that's all coming

out and about. There's a lot of connective tissue on rumors and names and especially the Browns

quarterback situation. So there's really some fun media hype that happens during the early

stages of the combine. Now you get the players on the field starting today through the second of March. So it's going to be very busy with getting testing data information. And we'll find out some guys like CJ Allen and Sunny Stiles of the first group up to run and test as the linebackers. Those guys, I think, announced they won't run the 40. Some guys won't run some of those important drills. We'll do on-field skill drills, but don't necessarily test. They want to do that in their home environment. That's fine. It's whatever. As long as we get some data on those guys throughout the process, it's fine. We have not had much of a media circus around any sort of particular players that have been there. So that's always good. Todd Monkin, like I said earlier, made his way around the circuit. I mean, a bunch of different people, Ian Rappaport, a whole bunch of spots, like Rich Eisen pulled him to this. Like, there's just, you know, you're the new head coach of the Browns. You got a lot of different places, different tables and media row to go sit, right? So Hugh made his rounds. And a lot of funny stuff comes out. He talked about his time. You know, as a part of the Raven staff, you get a certain

allotment of money to buy some Nike gear and he had $500 left in there that he wanted to use

before his eventual, you know, parting of ways with the franchise. And he kind of cashed that

into to buy a Nike hat and a Jordan sweatshirt

that he wore there today. Just a very different good old boy nature about him while also

being really football intelligent. That is, I would say, refreshing to some people to hear

sort of how he goes about talking about players and about parts of the team, things like that.

I mean, he spent time talking about you, a lot of the questions about quarterback, right? You're going to get that. Shador, you know, I think he referenced some elite playmaking skills that have been to display in college. He flashed some of those last year. and then he talked a little bit about Deshawn Watson too

and what Deshawn Watson has done

and put respect on what Deshawn did back in 2020

while also ultimately recognizing this And then he talked a little bit about Deshawn Watson, too, and what Deshawn Watson has done and put respect on what Deshawn did back in 2020,

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