BEREA, Ohio -- On a day of renewal and optimism in Cleveland, coach Pat Shurmur had to first dispense the bad news. Its always seems to be something with the Browns. Moments after running back Trent Richardson, quarterback Brandon Weeden and the Browns other rookies took the field under a cloudless sky to open a three-day minicamp, Shurmur announced that massive defensive tackle Phil Taylor would need surgery to repair a torn chest muscle and could miss the upcoming season. "It was just one of those things that happens," Shurmur said Friday. "Its unfortunate." And more bad luck for the Browns, who have had more than their share in recent years. Taylor tore his left pectoral muscle while doing bench presses in the weight room on Thursday. His injury is potentially devastating injury for a Cleveland defence that ranked 30th in the league against the run last season. Shurmur said Taylor will have surgery next week, when the team will have a better sense of how long theyll be without the 6-foot-3, 335-pounder. With the opener against Philadelphia four months away, Shurmur didnt want to rule Taylor out for the season. "Its too early to speculate," he said. "Typically with these surgeries, the rehab is months so I dont want to say exactly. I dont want to cancel him out for the year, no." Typically, torn pectoral muscles take at least sixth months to heal. Browns inside linebacker DQwell Jackson missed most of two seasons after tearing his pectoral muscle on both sides. Jackson had two surgeries but bounced back and led Cleveland in tackles last season. Taylor, the No. 21 overall pick last year, started all 16 games as a rookie. He finished with 59 tackles, four sacks and improved Clevelands defensive front. The Browns selected Cincinnati defensive tackle John Hughes (third round) and Boise States Billy Winn (sixth round) in the draft and may have enough depth to get by in the short term without him. But Taylor was viewed as one of the teams core players and his loss is just another obstacle for a franchise that has had just two winning seasons in the past 13 years. Taylor was inside the teams training facility but wasnt available for comment. On his Twitter page, he wrote: "Just a bump in the road. Got (to) work hard and come back (hash)Strong." Shurmur tried to put a positive spin on the injury. "It provides opportunity for other guys to fill in," he said. "We never want to lose a player. Unfortunately, at this point, Phil has to deal with what professional athletes have to deal with sometime and thats going through a surgery, going through a rehab and then coming back stronger than ever. His mood is good, he understands it and well get him fixed up and get him back." The injury cast some darkness over a day the Browns hope is the beginning of a new era. Richardson and Weeden, the clubs two first-round picks and potential stars, came as advertised in their first workouts as pros. Wearing No. 33, and with his tinted dreadlocks tumbling out from under his new orange helmet, Richardson showed the quickness, strength and lateral moves that made him an All-American at Alabama. Following the morning workout, Richardson, whom the Browns traded up to select at No. 3 overall, said he aspires for greatness. His college career is over. Its time for a new challenge. "I am going to hold my expectations high, real high, very high," he said. "The expectations that they have for me now, I dont think it is high enough for me and I am going to go higher and I am going to go to the extreme. You never set your expectations at a limit and that is just me being a man and being a competitor and an athlete. "You should always have your expectations high. Being the third pick in the first round, having all of the success at Alabama, for me from this point on I am not going to speak much about what I did at Alabama because that is old. I did that at Alabama. I am trying to make a name for myself in the NFL now." It was at his pro workout day at Alabama in March when Richardson literally bowled over the Browns with his skills. During a blocking drill, he flattened Browns running back coach Gary Brown, who reminded the rookie back about the incident during Fridays afternoon practice. Brown picked up a blocking pad and asked Richardson a favour. "Please dont knock me down," Brown said, smiling before bracing himself and absorbing a two-handed punch by Richardson. Weeden put his big arm on display with several passes, slinging tight spirals all over the field. "He has a strong arm," Richardson said. "I was about three yards away from him and he threw it hard and I had to put my hands up real fast. I can see why he played baseball." A former minor league pitcher in the New York Yankees organization, Weeden seemed comfortable during both workouts but had a few fumbles on snaps from centre. He lined up almost exclusively in the shotgun last season at Oklahoma State, but said he doesnt mind being closer to the line of scrimmage. "Ill be honest, I like being under centre more because I can see more of whats going on, and you get the ball immediately," he said. "If I had to pick one of the two -- not that I dont like being in the shotgun -- but I like being under centre." Weeden will be under the microscope in the months ahead. Although its assumed he will start this season, the Browns want him to earn the job. Weedens eager to compete with Colt McCoy and Seneca Wallace for the starting job, and he intends to win it. "Thats the approach we are all going to take," he said. "I think all of us who are here today plan on having a job. Colts been in the system for two years so he understands the offence, I am going to ask him questions. We are going to learn it together and compete. Thats what its all about. I think he would answer the same way. "We are going to do whatever we can to help this team win games, plain and simple, whether its me or him. Obviously, I hope I am the guy and I am going to do everything in my power to be that guy, but you have to take it one step at a time." NOTES: Shurmur said the Browns have not had any discussions about free agent WR Plaxico Burress, who has said Cleveland would be one of the teams he would consider joining. ... Richardsons Alabama teammate, fullback Brad Smelley, had an impressive first day with several nice catches. ... 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This is the fourth time since Brodeur broke into the league in 1992 with the Devils that he has been involved in a work stoppage. He was called up to the NHL two days before the players went on strike in 1992; his career has also been affected by lockouts in 1994, 2004 and now currently in 2012. During the last delay to the season, the Montreal native did not join other members of the NHLPA that signed contracts to play hockey in Europe, but if games start being cancelled this time around hes considering a move overseas. "Im going to wait it out until October, when theyre going to start slashing games, and try to have a sense of where its going," Brodeur told TSN Hockey Insider Pierre LeBrun on ESPN.com. "I know Im closing doors in Europe now because Im going to wait a little bit, but Id like to go somewhere to play by November if I can get an opportunity somewhere. Right now, I have no intention of going because while theres still lines of communication [between the NHL and NHLPA], its still a positive thing." Despite his experience dealing with multiple work stoppages, Brodeur is no less put off by the tactics the owners have used against the players during the negotiations of the expired collective bargaining agreement. "Its really an unfortunate thing to hold the players and the fans to this kind of treatment all the time," said Brodeur. "Regardless of whether its something they need to do, I think everyone understands everybodys situation, but when you always try to bully somebody, its kind of tough. "Its been three times now. Its tough when they use the same things to always get what they want, but again, theyre in their rights to do it. Its not like theyyre doing anything different, theyre going about their business that they feel they can get a better deal for themselves.dddddddddddd." Prior to last season, the 40-year-old goaltender and his agent negotiated a two-year-contract with Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello with an eye on having a post-stoppage deal to return to regardless of how long the players are away from the game. "At the end of the day, that was foremost the first reason why Lou and I didnt agree on a one-year deal, because I kept telling him that I needed a guarantee I would play hockey," said Brodeur. "At my age, if I go through a whole lockout without a contract, it would have been tough for me to sign for the value I thought I was worth. So I debated with Lou a long time. It took more time than I thought it would. But they came around with it. For me, both mentally and physically, it was the most important thing to get that extra year. Because my experience is that when people talk lockout, usually it happens. Thats the feeling that I had. The second year was a safety valve for me." Though hes not ready to call it quits, Brodeur wants the ability to decide when its time to hang up his skates and not have a lockout send him into retirement as it did to some of the players he sat out alongside in 2004. "Eventually Ill leave the game, but I want to leave it the way I want to leave it, and not because of a work stoppage," said Brodeur. "Theres so many great players that had that happen to them last time and Im sure it killed them. Hopefully, thats under my control now with how I structured things, but I guess you never know." For now, Brodeur just hopes that this lockout does not destroy all of the recent gains that have been made in the league. "A lot of positive stuff came out of the last few seasons in the NHL, and now were going back to the negative stuff," said Brodeur. "Its just not healthy." ' ' '