BEREA, Ohio -- Scribbles in my Cleveland Browns notebook while listening to V.P. Sashi Brown and coach Hue Jackson in the press conference Wednesday to open training camp:

1. About 15 minutes into this press conference, I thought, "This is pretty boring." And then I thought, "Boring is progress. Boring is drama-free. Boring means the same coach and front office are back. Boring means no key players were in off-season trouble."

2. The start of the Browns ceasing to be a joke on the field is for them to stop being a joke in the off-season. There is no waiting for Josh Gordon to finally pass enough drug teats to be eligible. No discussions of Johnny Manziel's antics. No wishful thinking about the troubled Justin Gilbert.

3. There was the usual talk about finding a quarterback and players coming back from injuries. It was regular football talk.

4. Even the injury updates lacked drama, another good sign. Jackson said top pick Myles Garrett "is totally healthy" after suffering a foot injury in training camp. Receiver Corey Coleman (hamstring) is also supposed to be healthy. A big key to the season is if these players -- top draft picks the last two years -- can be healthy and productive.

5. With the Browns, football talk has always started with quarterbacks since the departure of Bernie Kosar in 1993. Jackson said Cody Kessler will take the first snaps in training camp, just as he did in the spring practices. That doesn't mean he'll open the season as a starter.

6. Several times, Jackson talked about a "quarterback competition." He's sincere, but it does seem Kessler has the edge to at least open the season against Pittsburgh.

7. It's not wise to have a long quarterback competition. You can't cut up all the snaps equally between the four quarterbacks in camp. It's hard to do that with two quarterbacks. Eric Mangini tried it in 2009 with Brady Quinn and Derek Anderson. It didn't work. In 2007, Romeo Crennel actually flipped a coin to pick the starter of the first exhibition game. The two quarterbacks were Charlie Frye and Anderson.

8. At one point, Jackson implied he'd like to be settled on a starter by the first preseason game, but that's certainly not in ink. If that happens, it probably will be Kessler.

9. I'd be shocked if the Browns simply cut Brock Osweiler. Of course, I've been shocked by a lot of things when it comes to the Browns. At the press conference, there were questions about the Browns keeping a $16 million quarterback on the roster if he doesn't start.

10. Sashi Brown said the Browns would not cut Osweiler if he opens the season as a backup. For what it's worth, Brown also was not willing to guarantee a roster spot to Osweiler.

11. But here's the bottom line: Osweiler's $16 million for this season is guaranteed. So if they cut him, they still have to pay him the $16 million. It's very likely another team will sign him as a backup -- as he's still being paid by the Browns.

12. Let's get real. It's not as if the other three Browns quarterbacks are Otto Graham, Brian Sipe and Bernie Kosar -- in their primes. We're talking rookie DeShone Kizer, Kevin Hogan (cut last year by Kansas City) and Kessler (two concussions in 2016). Despite his very up-and-down NFL career, Osweiler still has more value than some of these guys.

13. The Browns wisely kept their comments about Kizer vaguely upbeat. It makes no sense to push Kizer to the front of the quarterback line before he's even played in an NFL practice where players are in pads.

14. Brown talked about looking to upgrade the roster at wide receiver and other positions. Near the end of training camp, some useful players often hit the waiver wire. The Browns 1-15 season allows them to have the first pick of any player on waivers.

15. The Browns think Ricardo Louis is positioned to take a significant step forward. Maybe the second-year player from Auburn will do just that. But they still need another veteran besides Kenny Britt.