The Cleveland Browns have laid out their 2026 public training camp schedule, and the good news for fans is simple: there are nine open practices, the summer kickoff event begins Friday, July 31, and admission is free as long as you reserve a spot.
Those free tickets won’t sit around forever. The Browns will make a limited number available starting July 15 at 10 a.m. EST, using the same ticketed-but-free setup they’ve leaned on before to control demand.
But for all the fan-friendly parts of the announcement, there’s still one familiar catch. Browns supporters know the drill at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus: the team plans its open practices around preseason joint work because of space limits and crowd-control concerns. That means the most interesting part of camp usually stays out of reach.
This year, the final public practice lands on Aug. 12. After that, the Browns will spend a week before their Aug. 20 preseason game in Cleveland getting a look at their young roster against Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills in what is being handled like a controlled scrimmage in Berea.
That setup is exactly why some fans will be left wanting more. The Browns’ reasons are practical, but the result is still frustrating for a fan base that would happily show up for the kind of live, competitive football joint practices can deliver.
And joint practices can deliver plenty. The New England Patriots, for example, are hosting the Philadelphia Eagles for two days of joint work from Aug. 19-20, and those sessions are free for fans without even needing a ticket.
That gives supporters a chance to watch everything from individual drills to 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 periods, with former Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown among the names on display.
The Dawg Pound would turn out for that kind of access in a heartbeat. Browns fans are passionate enough to make the trip to Berea, or somewhere close by, for a practice that feels more like a football event than a routine workout. For now, though, the team’s best camp attraction remains behind the fence.
Even so, Cleveland’s camp setup is still better than what many teams offer. If the Browns ever figure out a way to open up a joint practice like the one they’ll have with Buffalo this summer, that would be a real step up.
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