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MAYFIELD VILLAGE D.K. Metcalf Jersey , Ohio (AP) — threw passes and even played defense, making a nifty interception.However, he didn’t take attendance at his two-day football camp, so Odell Beckham Jr. can relax.The Cleveland quarterback, who has long-suffering Browns fans crazed and counting down the days until the start of the season, hosted over 500 kids Saturday for a youth camp at Mayfield High School — fitting name, no relation.Mayfield spent more than three hours on the field and seemed to enjoy every moment while interacting with youngsters dreaming of following his path to the NFL. He posed for photos, talked some trash and bent down to tie one boy’s sneaker between plays.Afterward, Mayfield said his message was to inspire.“Whatever they want to do, whether this is just a camp or they want to grow up and be a football player or whatever they want to do, just go for it Cody Barton Jersey ,” he said when asked what he hoped the kids took from the experience. “Be yourself and stay true to that, work for it and enjoy it.”Mayfield danced to “Old Town Road” with the campers and urged them to be ready for Sunday’s activities.“Are you going to wake up feeling dangerous tomorrow?” he said, repeating a phrase he made famous last season.Mayfield then cracked a wide smile when the kids broke into a chant of “Ba-ker! Ba-ker!”During his media availability, Mayfield said he’s been helping recruit free agent Pro Bowl defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, a fellow Oklahoma Sooner who is trying to decide whether to sign with the Browns, Ravens or Panthers.The camp is a break for Mayfield, who has been busy learning Cleveland’s new offense over the past three weeks. There are enormous expectations for the Browns in 2019, the hopes pushed by the offseason acquisition of Beckham, the superstar wide receiver who has skipped all but one of the Browns’ nine voluntary OTA workouts.Browns coach Freddie Kitchens, who has defended Beckham’s absence, said this week the three-time Pro Bowler has missed “a lot … the offense” while vacationing in Europe, working out in California and attending the Monaco Grand Prix.He’s expected to be at the team’s mandatory minicamp starting Tuesday. Mayfield http://www.cardinalsauthorizedshops.com/authentic-zach-allen-jersey , without naming Beckham, said it will be good to have all his teammates on the field.“Just to have everybody together,” Mayfield said. “You don’t get too many times that it’s not during the season and everybody’s got their own routines. It’ll be enjoyable next week.”Until then, Mayfield said it was important for him to give all he had to the kids.“These kids and these parents, they bring them here, some of them traveled a while, you pay money to bring them here, so you’ve got to make it worth it,” he said. “You want to make it more than just a name on a flier for a camp. You want to have them enjoy and learn a few things.” Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce got plenty of attention for his salty language during the Super Bowl celebration parade. The All-Pro says he tried to tone it down when he spoke inside the Phillies clubhouse on Monday.

But once Kelce started his speech, he found that old habits die hard.

”I probably cursed a little more, actually,” Kelce said. ”At least through the start of the speech I made an effort to not curse and then that quickly faded.”

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Wearing a red No. 62 Phillies spring training jersey Gary Jennings Jr. Jersey , Kelce was the main guest during the first official day of team workouts.

”I played baseball all the way up until high school,” Kelce said. ”I threw my elbow out when I was like 12 years old, tore the plate off my bone, I didn’t play baseball after that.”

Kelce spent a lot of time watching pitchers throw their side sessions and said there was plenty he could take away from watching them interact with catchers.

”Baseball is an awesome sport,” Kelce said. ”I’ve just been picking up some of what goes on between the pitcher and catcher because I think there are a lot of similarities between the mental chess game going on there as there is with me and Carson (Wentz) kind of assessing defenses and stuff like that.”

New Phillies manager Gape Kapler said that he spoke with Kelce separately and discussed the rapport Eagles players had with head coach Doug Pederson and the coaching staff.

”Jason and I discussed that and talked about how that communication was the two-way street,” Kapler said. ”He shared what a good communicator coach Pederson was and how that communication was critical in establishing and maintaining trust throughout the season.”

Kapler said he felt the message Kelce gave his players was one that will inspire them and one they needed to hear as they begin the season.

”I think there were 8 to 10 (things) to take away, but the No. 1 was it is OK to fall down, be fearless, get back up, be bold and do it all over again,” Kapler said. ”Champions have stories to share and they’re effective for a reason.

”Because they’ve been through the ups and downs, they’ve displayed courage Phil Haynes Jersey , they’ve come together as units, they know what it feels like to have people count them out and then to prove people wrong,” he said.

Kapler said the Phillies’ video production staff put together a piece for the team over the weekend that included some highlights from the other sports teams in the city, as well as some footage from the movie ”Rocky” spliced in and some highlights of their own players.

The relationship with the city is something Kapler wants the Phillies to embrace.

”We feel like we’re in a partnership with the city of Philadelphia, the fans of Philadelphia and certainly the sports teams of Philadelphia,” he said. ”You saw it today with Jason. He felt like he was a part of the Phillies family. He wore that `Be Bold’ T-shirt proudly, then he put on a Phillies jersey and a Phillies cap.

”This is an All-Pro center on the best offensive line in football from a Super Bowl championship team. And here he was in our clubhouse today sort of backing the Phillies. I thought that was pretty remarkable,” he said.