Starters:

Adam Jones, Dre Kirkpatrick

Darqueze Dennard, William Jackson, Josh Shaw, Bene Benwikere, KeiVarae Russell, Tony McRae

Even with Jones’ off-field transgressions and Kirkpatrick’s fractured hand, they are the starters going into camp. The real battle will be to see who emerges as the primary slot corner among Dennard, Jackson and Shaw.

And it will be interesting to watch how things play out for Benwikere and Russell for what should be the final spot on the 53-man roster.

Backups: Starters:

George Iloka, Shawn Williams

Backups:

Derron Smith, Clayton Fejedelem, Brandon Wilson, Demetrious Cox

Assuming the Bengals keep six corners, there will be spots for four safeties, which means the final battle likely will come down to Fejedelem, last year’s seventh-round pick, and Wilson, a rookie sixth-rounder.

Wilson spent all of OTAs and minicamp on the sideline with a knee injury, so he’ll have a lot of ground to make up on Fejedelem, who played well on special teams last year.

Starters:

Jake Elliott (kicker), Kevin Huber (punter), Clark Harris (long snapper)

Backups:

Randy Bullock, Jonathan Brown

Rarely do the Bengals list a rookie ahead of a veteran on the depth chart. And they won’t do it here because by the time they release their first depth chart, there will be only one kicker that survived the cut to 53.

It has to be considered Elliott’s job to lose given that the team invested a fifthround pick in him, but all three kickers were within percentage points of each other this spring, so how they perform in game situations in the preseason will go a long way in settling the battle.

How totally crazy would it be if Brock Osweiler ends up as the starting QB of Cleveland? Actually, how completely Browns-like would it be? Very Browns-like.

When the Browns traded for Osweiler in March, the move was viewed as the Texans dumping Osweiler’s salary and the Browns cleverly facilitating that. There was little to no thought at the time that Osweiler actually might figure into Cleveland’s quarterback mix.

The Browns possessed the No. 1 and No. 12 overall picks in the NFL draft and the conventional wisdom at the time was that they’d turn No. 12 into their next quarterback, either selecting Mitchell Trubisky or Deshaun Watson, or trading for Jimmy Garoppolo.

But the draft ended with Garoppolo still in New England, Trubisky in Chicago and Watson in Houston. The Browns traded down from No. 12, passing up the chance to select Watson. They did choose a quarterback, Notre Dame’s DeShone Kizer, in the second round. So Hue Jackson, the team’s second-year head coach coming off a 1-15 debut season, is left to pick from among Kizer, second-year pro Cody Kessler and Osweiler.

Osweiler no longer is an afterthought, in part because the Browns, puzzlingly, again failed to do whatever it took to land a prospective franchise quarterback, making these curious moves one year after they traded the No. 2 overall selection to Philadelphia rather than using it themselves on Carson Wentz. In addition, Osweiler has looked good enough in offseason drills to play his way into the starting mix, which doesn’t take all that much in Cleveland, after all.

But Osweiler at least is in the conversation, and that is a development that few could have foreseen when the trade was made. The Browns have spent years being the NFL destination where quarterback reputations went to perish. Wouldn’t it be odd if, in Osweiler’s case, Cleveland becomes the place where a career went to be revived?

Maclin’s Winston. Wright Johnny Manziel Jeremy

Among receiver

side perks for signing with the Ravens: free crabcakes for life from Jimmy’s Famous Seafood restaurant. “Now why didn’t I think of that?” moaned

Jameis Shareece

Cornerback

took a 450-mile Uber ride from Chicago to Buffalo — at a cost of $932.08, including a $300 tip — to make it there in time for his team’s voluntary offseason workout. In keeping with Bills tradition, at the end of the drive he punted.

When was the last time that you heard the name

in relation to a possible return to the NFL? It’s been a while, hasn’t it? But at the same time, it also has been a little while since his name has been linked to any further off-field misbehavior. So that, at least, is encouraging.

Comedy writer Tim Hunter, on a study claiming most divorces happen in March and August: “That does pave the way for being able to watch all of March Madness and the start of the NFL season.”