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Kenny Stills – August 22, 2017 Download PDF version

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

WR Kenny Stills

(On several Browns players not standing for the national anthem) – “It’s encouraging to see other people getting involved. I feel like it’s pretty alarming that we have a league that’s majority African-American and we didn’t have many guys that were getting involved. So I was pretty excited and encouraged by that. People are saying that they were praying for our country; I support that as well. I’m encouraged to see people getting involved and hope that they start taking the action and get involved in their community.”

(What went into your decision to not kneel anymore?) – “I talked about that before. I felt people were being distracted by the kneeling and not seeing the work that we were doing, and that’s what it’s all about. The narrative was going the wrong way and I just wanted to get it going back the right way, and I think the guys (around the league) that are kneeling, as long as they start getting themselves involved in the community and start getting to work, then people can’t really have anything negative to say about that.”

(Your thoughts on the two practices with the Eagles and how beneficial they could be.) – “It’s fun to compete against another team. It’s a little bit different because you never know how much they’re going to show being that we’re going to play them on Thursday, so I’m more excited about the game on Thursday and getting more reps and preparing ourselves for the first week of the season.”

(You caught a touchdown pass from QB Jay Cutler today. How’s the chemistry going?) – “We’re getting better every day, so we’ve just got to continue to work before practice, in the meeting rooms, after practice, and get on the same page. He’s a veteran guy and we’ve just got to go out there and make plays for him.”

(Is it just understanding where QB Jay Cutler’s going to place the ball or you conveying your routes?) – “I think (it’s) just more being prepared for the ball. He’ll throw it to anybody at any point in time, regardless of if you’re the first read, second read, so always just getting open and being ready to make a play for him.”

(What’s one thing QB Jay Cutler’s done that’s above and beyond just the meetings and getting out there throwing the ball with you?) – “Just the communication with us. Any time something happens, good or bad, he’ll come and talk to us. Just having that open line of communication for us, that’s the biggest thing. That’s how we get on the same page and that’s how we pick up the slack that we missed out on from (not having him here during) OTAs and the beginning of training camp.”

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