WitP: LaBoy, Veikune, Sol, C.J., Forney, Manuwai

The Press-Democrat has a profile of Travis LaBoy.

Still rehabbing the torn tendons in his left foot that cause him to miss the entire 2009 season while a member of the Arizona Cardinals, LaBoy has been taking part in position drills during offseason OTAs (voluntary practices), but has seen almost no time in 11-on-11 team period.

That changed this morning, when he found himself in the mix at outside linebacker. LaBoy said after practice that he's been feeling good, and doesn't expect to come away too sore from today's activity.

Jeff Schudel of The Morning Journal catches up with David Veikune. The article also has a short video interview with him.

Veikune waddled to the scale near the shower area of the locker room last fall and when the dial stopped spinning it registered he weighed 270 pounds. He looked like the guy on the midnight shift at the donut shop whose idea of three square meals a day were glazed, powdered and custard-filled.

This spring Veikune not only looks like a football player — he is moving like one. He is in the crowded but unsettled pack fighting for playing time at inside linebacker. He has dropped almost 20 pounds and worked his butt off in the offseason to become stronger.

Browns coach Eric Mangini had a few things to say about Veikune in his daily press conference.

(On David Veikune’s improvement)- “Sometimes with that, it comes with experience and it comes with time. He has a year under his belt of hearing the terminology, learning the concepts of the defense, being on his feet, our offseason program, transition from living in Hawaii to living in Cleveland. All of those factors come into play. As I’ve said before, it hits different for each guy and I think he has really benefitted as well from being able to work with the first group and working in one spot I think has helped him too. All of those factors combined.”

(On if Veikune has dropped 20 pounds)- “His weight has fluctuated a little bit. He came in a little heavier and he got a pretty light during the course of the season. I think right now where he is at is a real good weight. He’s about 250-255, but he’s put together.

Solomon Elimimian is nursing a hamstring injury.

Rookie rush end Dominie Pittman missed Monday's practices due to headaches, and linebacker candidate Soloman Elimimian joined starting linebacker Anton McKenzie on the sideline with a hamstring injury.

C.J. Hawthorne has joined the Montreal Alouettes.

And Jacksonville.com has an update on the Jaguars' current offensive line situation.

The Jaguars continue to use two groups of interior offensive linemen. With the first unit, Brad Meester is the center with Kynan Forney and Uche Nwaneri at the guard slots. In the second group, Nwaneri moves to center and Vince Manuwai and Justin Smiley handle the guard spots.

Coach Jack Del Rio said it's still too early to know how it will sort out, but it appears likely that Nwaneri will start at guard or center and the rest of the players will fight for the other spots.

"It's going to be competitive," Del Rio said. "So the best way to handle this situation is let them compete and let them play it out. It's too early to try to forecast how that will play out."