BEREA, Ohio -- Browns defenders are playing no favorites in Cleveland's quarterback competition.
Rookie Brandon Weeden and incumbent Colt McCoy both threw ugly interceptions Sunday as coach Pat Shurmur presented a daunting task: See what you can do in a 7-on-7 drill in third-and-long sets, pitted against a Browns' pass defense ranked second in the NFL a year ago.
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Veteran defensive back Sheldon Brown had no pity on the passers.
"We're going for the football no matter who you are," he said.
"That's one of our goals this year. Stop a team, take the ball from them and give our offense good field position."
Shurmur had a good idea who was going to win the stacked-deck test and wasn't too critical of his passers.
"These are challengeable throws," he said. "It's tight (coverage). You saw them seeing what they can get away with. You can't just look at raw plays; you take that (into account)."
Shurmur enjoyed seeing the defense swell with pride after each big play, though.
"My favorite day of the year, other than game day of course, is the first day of pads, and I wasn't disappointed," he said. "I thought there was good banging out there."
Linebacker D'Qwell Jackson said it is time Cleveland's defense mimics the in-your-face swagger of AFC North rivals Pittsburgh and Baltimore.
"Nobody pays attention to us," Jackson said. "OK, fine. We're going to play with a chip on our shoulders. That's the attitude we have. Not to prove ourselves to anybody, but to win."
Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press
