BEREA, Ohio _ The Browns moved on from Corey Coleman, and fellow wide receiver Jarvis Landry explained they cannot afford to look back.
"Having Corey in the (receiver) room, it helps us out, but at the same time, now that he's not here, we have to move past it," Landry said Monday before the 10th practice of training camp. "We have to move on. We can't dwell on losing a guy, so I don't see it having any effect on the team."
On Sunday night, the Browns traded Coleman, the 15th overall pick in the 2016 draft, to the Buffalo Bills for a seventh-round choice in 2020. Bills general manager Brandon Beane confirmed the compensation Monday morning while speaking to Buffalo reporters.
Beane said Coleman must pass a physical for the trade to become finalized. The GM said the Bills had talked to the Browns in the spring about Coleman, with the discussion resuming in the past few days.
"I don't know all what went right or wrong for Corey in Cleveland, but we view it as a fresh start here to earn and compete," Beane said. "... This is low risk, and we'll see what happens."
The Browns giving Coleman away for practically nothing speaks volumes about what GM John Dorsey thought of the Baylor University product whom former head of football operations Sashi Brown drafted two years ago before any other receiver had been taken.
"We will always try to find ways to continue to get better however we think," Browns coach Hue Jackson said after practice. "Sometimes that's adding players. Sometimes that's moving players. There's a lot of different ways to get your team better."
Jackson declined to say much more about Coleman's exit other than he wishes him well.
Although Dorsey reiterated last week during an interview with 92.3 The Fan he fully expects All-Pro receiver Josh Gordon to return to the Browns when he's finished tending to his health and treatment plan, Jackson said the Coleman deal was unrelated.
"That has nothing to do with Josh, none whatsoever," Jackson said. Asked if he had been in contact with Gordon, Jackson replied, "I'd like to keep that between me and Josh."
For now, the trickle-down effect of the Coleman trade will result in rookie fourth-round pick Antonio Callaway starting opposite Landry in Thursday's preseason opener on the road against the New York Giants. Coleman had been practicing as a starter throughout camp, and Callaway filled the role Monday.
"He has talent," Jackson said of Callaway. "I think we all know that. But I think he's starting to really get the system, learning how to do things the way we want it done."
Dorsey considers Callaway a first-round talent, but the University of Florida product remained available on the third and final day of the draft because of his off-field baggage. He was suspended for the entire 2017 season.
"Hopefully he can come in and step up," Landry said. "We need him to."
Rashard Higgins also spent time with the first-team offense Monday, especially in three-receiver sets. Higgins, a fifth-round pick in 2016, provided Monday's best highlight, catching a 65-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Tyrod Taylor in a seven-on-seven drill.
"There would be some games where he'd disappear a little bit and then show back up again," Jackson said of Higgins. "But the biggest thing he learned was how hard you have to work every day to secure an opportunity in the National Football League. The wake-up call for him was when he was released and then he came back and he played his tail off."
Duke Johnson, the running back with excellent hands, has been lobbying to play receiver.
"I'd rather play at wideout," Johnson said, adding he has practiced more at receiver in this camp than his previous three. "I think I enjoy wideout and have more fun playing wideout than I do running back."
Jackson didn't hesitate to pump the brakes.
"Let me make this clear: Duke's position won't change," Jackson said. "That's first and foremost. But will Duke get the opportunity as a back in our packages and play receiver? Yes, he will. Duke is a very, very vital part of what we do on offense."
Free-agent pickup Jeff Janis is the only other receiver on the roster with NFL playing time. In four seasons with the Green Bay Packers, he had 17 catches for 200 yards and a TD. He had his left hand checked by an athletic trainer Monday but kept practicing.
The other receivers on the depth chart are C.J. Board and Blake Jackson and rookies Damion Ratley (sixth-round pick), Derek Willies, Da'Mari Scott and Evan Berry.
