Joe Schobert laughs about being in kindergarten when Tom Brady was a young GOAT

The quarterback of the Browns defense has some interesting observations about the QB for the Patriots.

BEREA Part of Joe Schobert, perhaps most of him, is planted in Wisconsin.

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“I played there,” the Wisconsin native said. “It was cold this morning. It was the first thing I came to in my closet.”

Schobert predicted a 31-28 Ohio State loss Saturday, although conceding “an 11 o’clock kickoff” is tricky. It’s 11 o’clock Wisconsin time, noon Ohio time.

He didn’t predict anything about the Browns game at New England Sunday, including doom, which would have been in keeping with the point spread, Patriots by 13.

It will be the fourth-year Brown’s second game against Brady. Schobert has almost forgotten the first one, a 33-13 home loss in Game 5 of his rookie year. It was Brady’s first game back from his Deflategate suspension.

Schobert wasn’t a starter yet in 2016. He is a fixture now. Brady is in his 20th season since the Browns drafted quarterback Spergon Wynn instead of him in the sixth round.

“He was playing in the NFL when I was in kindergarten,” Schobert said. “All the stuff I learned from kindergarten to now … he spent all that time learning football.”

Schobert is the quarterback of the Browns defense, calling out presnap observations to his teammates.

″(Brady) has seen everything,” Schobert said. “He’s a quarterback. If you get pressure in his face and get him off his spot and disrupt his timing, he’s human. So he could make mistakes.”

Brady has played in nine Super Bowls, with six wins. He has faced the Browns seven times, with six wins. He is very good at knowing what is on the mind of any quarterback of any defense.

“Philip Rivers is the best I’ve seen at identifying (presnap),” Schobert said. “He’ll come right out and tell you. ‘You guys are in man.’ Then he’ll check to something and run the play.

“He’s the best at doing that. Or the most cocky.”

The Patriots don’t rely on the tight end as much as they did before Rob Gronkowski retired. Emphasis has shifted to checkdown throws to running backs, especially Schobert’s former Wisconsin teammate James White (38 catches).

Schobert said it can be hard to tell whether it’s No. 28 (White) on the field or No. 26 (Sony Michel).

“The 6 gets folded over and looks like an 8,” he said.

Confusion would only help the Patriots. Michel has made way more rushing attempts than White, 119-21. White has way more catches than Michel, 38-6.

Schobert concedes disrupting Brady is “easier said than done.”

“They do a good job with their schemes and attacking the weaknesses they perceive on your defense,” he said.

Schobert seemed optimistic about a good showing by his team, coming off a bye.

“Everybody is healthy and hopefully rested,” he said. “If practice is any precursor to it, I think we’re going to be good on Sunday.”