After staying down a few moments, Carrie got up and limped off the field under his own power. Trainers stretched his right leg for a few moments on the sideline, and after standing by himself for a few minutes, eventually walked off with trainers.
Head coach Freddie Kitchens said he was unaware of the severity of the injury to Carrie after practice.
“I do not, right now, I do not know,” Kitchens said.
Last season, Carrie appeared in all 16 games, starting the final eight where he tallied 73 tackles, eight pass breakups, two forced fumbles, a sack, fumble recovery and an interception.
Kitchens made the decision to hold them back to protect both players who stayed away from most or all of the voluntary program.
“It’s more preventive than anything,” Kitchens said. “Everything is OK with them.
“We don’t play any games in the spring. It goes back to our voluntary issue. Even when they’re here and it’s mandatory, we’re gonna make sure we take care of our players until they start counting. That doesn’t mean that they’re not gonna work their ass off when they’re here, but we’re not gonna be stupid.”
“It’s all about versatility,” Kitchens said. “We’re trying to find out who’s got some versatility to them. There’s a depth chart of course right now but we’re trying to figure out, we’re trying to prepare all those guys just to compete and sometimes when you prepare a guy you gotta give him reps then when we get back in the fall we’ll compete and see who works.”
Tackle Ka’John Armstrong was signed following the minicamp after participating on a tryout basis this week.
Armstrong is an undrafted rookie out of Eastern Michigan where he played in 43 games, starting 12.
“What those guys did and the sacrifices they did, it is unbelievable,” Kitchens said. “I read a couple of books concerning D-Day, and what those guys walked into without knowing is remarkable.”
The Browns hosted Navy Undersecretary Thomas B. Modly, multiple Navy officers and World War II veterans during Thursday’s practice.
Kitchens, special teams coordinator Mike Priefer, who flew helicopters as a U.S. Naval officer for five years and is a U.S. Naval academy graduate and former Navy football graduate assistant coach, as well as players met with the group, which also included Westlake native Emory Crowder, a WWII Navy Corpsman and Silver Star and Purple Heart recipient; John Simanella, who was with the US Army Air Corps and successfully flew 30 combat missions as a B-24 door gunner onboard “Sweet and Lowdown;” and Bob Allen, one of the last two surviving crew members from the USS Cleveland.