Beckham made a pair of sensational sideline catches working against cornerback Terrance Mitchell, who stuck with No. 13 like glue, right out of the gate in 11-on-11 work and Beckham later caught a touchdown in a red-zone drill from Mayfield on a post route.
Landry had a quality day catching the ball and welcomed his good friend to the team during practice.
“I'm seeing [Landry] run around and him making catches and he comes back and he's like ‘it's gotta be real for you now' and I'm like 'I can feel it,’” Beckham said after practice.
But there are 87 other players on the field so here’s a look at some of the other notable highlights from Day 1 of camp.
Defensive end Myles Garrett bounced back from the right and left side and applied pressure multiple times. By our count he picked up at least a par of virtual sacks.
“Defense wins championships,” Garrett said. “We've seen that many times throughout the years and it's never going to change. If you can't score the ball and we can, then we're going to win every time. We're able to do the best of both worlds.”
After feeling held back by Greg Williams last year, it’s clear new defensive coordinator Steve Wilks is going to turn him loose.
“I've got a lot more. Switching sides, dropping back, getting after the passer, I just think there's more to what I can do,” Garrett said.
“I'm going to spend time wherever they put me. It could be at middle linebacker or safety, I think I can do it all. I like being on either side.”
Cornerback Denzel Ward got his hand in front of another pass to Beckham to knock it down during team drills and Justin Burris came away with an interception.
“We’re going to get each other better,” Ward said. “We’re just out there competing and getting each other better, trying to help this team win, so it’s going to be a good matchup, though, in practice.”
Duke was his usual sure-handed self. He caught and ran the ball during practice with ease and every time Johnson touched the ball chants of “Duuuuuuke” rained down from the stands.
Johnson even fielded punts and also shared a couple of laughs with Mayfield.
“We are good,” Mayfield said. “If we are out there smiling… We are here to do our job. He is here, and like I said when it all came out, we want people who want to be here, and he is here right now. That is important. I think that shows that we are here to win.”
The pads go on this weekend.
While Jackson’s got quite the ladder to climb to win a roster spot at receiver, he certainly made a strong first impression.
Kyle Kalis, the St. Eds product, took snaps with the second unit and Eric Kush with the third. Kush served as the No. 2 center and Corbett the No. 3 center.
“It was a script for our personnel at the time,” Kitchens said, downplaying the significance of the look in the overall defensive scheme. “We just match personnel in this league, and if we have four receivers on the field, they put four DBs on the field.”
Late in practice, Kitchens met with the team for a few minutes before they completed the day’s work.
“We are going to go until we get it right so however long that is,” Kitchens said. “That is the beauty between fall camp and those league-mandated things in the spring. We can go until we get it right.”