Browns build unity with paintball excursion to cap OTAs

Mike Pettine rewards players for hard work with unique team-building exercise

There was some extra juice to the Browns’ OTA on Thursday. Joel Bitonio noticed it and immediately understood why.

Before the practice started, Mike Pettine revealed to the team it wouldn’t go through a traditional OTA on Friday. Instead, the Browns coach told the players to prepare for a morning full of paintball to officially close out the OTA portion of Cleveland’s offseason workout program.

“I think they were a little unsure because a lot of guys hadn't paintballed before, but they were excited,” said Bitonio, Cleveland’s second-year left guard. “Anytime a coach throws you a bone like that and says we're going to…