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Browns Kickoff Training Camp With Epic Guitar Smash

Cleveland will hold it's first practice of camp on Thursday at the Greenbrier Resort
Spencer German|
Dec 28, 2023; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb (right) breaks guitar painted in New York Jets colors and logos before the game between the Browns and the Jets at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 28, 2023; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Cleveland Browns running back Nick Chubb (right) breaks guitar painted in New York Jets colors and logos before the game between the Browns and the Jets at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports | Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports

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Over the last two seasons the Browns have created a new pre-game tradition for home games at Cleveland Browns Stadium. Each week a notable Cleveland figure – from former or current players, to local celebrities – comes out of the tunnel to smash a guitar painted in the opponent's colors.

As the Browns get ready to hold their first practice at the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia on Thursday, the Browns used their new pregame staple to celebrate the occasion. In a video posted by the Browns social media accounts, Wyatt Teller did the honors of smashing a guitar from the team's practice facility in Berea. It was a symbolic kickoff to the grind that is the 2024 season.

The video also included the slogan "The Tour Starts Now," which feels almost like a play on pop star Justin Timberlake's now infamous "this is going to ruin the tour," line, which he reportedly said to an officer during a reported DWI arrest in the Hamptons earlier this summer.

Browns fans have really embraced the guitar smash over the last two seasons, so much so that the big reveal over who is handling the honors each week generates plenty of buzz throughout the stadium.

Some of the more memorable guitar smashers included long-time Browns play-by-play man Jim Donovan, who did the smashing following his return from cancer treatment. Running back Nick Chubb was the designated guitar smasher for the team's Week 17, Thursday Night matchup with the Jets, which was one of the most epic since the practice began. The Browns went on to clinch a playoff berth with a win that night.

Shortly after his induction in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Joe Thomas was the Dawg Pound Captain for the team's Week 4 matchup with the Ravens last fall. He was later inducted into the team's ring of honor that same day.

The Browns are slated to take the field for their first practice of camp on Thursday afternoon.

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Spencer German
SPENCER GERMAN

Spencer German is a contributor to the Northeast Ohio cluster of sites, including Cavs Insider, Cleveland Baseball Insider and most notably Browns Digest. He also works as a fill-in host on Cleveland Sports Radio, 92.3 The Fan, one of the Browns radio affiliate stations in Cleveland. Despite being a Cleveland transplant, Spencer has enjoyed making Northeast Ohio home ever since he attended college locally at John Carroll University, where he graduated in 2013.

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