Got a Browns question? Send it in. Submit your question at cleveland.com/heytony, and Plain Dealer Browns beat writer Tony Grossi will

choose several to answer each Sunday here in the sports section. All of Tony's answers are archived online.

Q:Hey, Tony: Do you anticipate the Browns having any special problems signing their top draft choices, seeing they have three second-rounders to sign? I can't remember the Browns ever having this many choices in the second round, do you? - Greg Dineen, Middletown, Ohio

A:Hey, Greg: It should be interesting, considering the way coach Eric Mangini has used the rookies in the off-season. He bused them 10 hours to work his charity Football camp in Hartford, Conn., and also assigned them to community appearances on almost every weekend during the team's off-season program. This rookie class represents the first round of contract negotiations for Dawn Aponte, the Browns' new chief negotiator. Her credentials are impressive.

Q:Hey, Tony: I've been searching for a couple months to learn when practice sessions start this year. I'd like to take my grandson to see one. I see only the 2008 schedule. - Joan McQuown, Moreland Hills.

A:Hey, Joan: The only dates the Browns have announced are their first practice open to the public August 1 and Family Day at Cleveland Browns Stadium on August 9.

Q:Hey, Tony: If you were the new head coach of the Browns and had only two seasons to put together a Super Bowl team for Cleveland, what would you do differently as coach right now? Who would be your starting QB if the first game was tomorrow? If you could choose one player from any team to join your players, who would it be? - Gary Zadai, Ocala, Fla.

A:Hey, Gary: I suppose I would have done everything possible to trade one of the quarterbacks, and it probably would have been Derek Anderson. That said, Brady Quinn would be the starting QB if the first game were tomorrow. If I could choose one player from any team? Let's eliminate the quarterbacks (Tom Brady, Peyton Manning, etc.). It would probably be a player from the following group: Ed Reed, DeMarcus Ware, Julius Peppers, Troy Polamalu and Chris Johnson. Johnson, the Tennessee running back rookie sensation, actually received my MVP vote last season. I felt he transformed the Titans' offense into a force.

Q:Hey, Tony: I seem to be one of the few Browns fans who thinks Syndric Steptoe is a much better receiver than people give him credit for. His stats aren't astronomical, but they are respectable for a guy down the depth chart, and I don't recall him dropping too many passes. Do you know how many catchable balls he dropped, how that number stacks up against other receivers in a similar slot on the depth chart? What are your thoughts on him as a receiver? -Terry Allen, Washington, D.C.

A:Hey, Terry: I would agree with your very first statement. I don't see Steptoe as a playmaker in the NFL. Frankly, I think he would have difficulty making most rosters.

- Tony