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O'Neill said Cleveland has looked "great" at left guard thus far.
"I think he looks bigger, he looks stronger, he looks more confident, he's answering questions a lot quicker," O'Neill said. "His footwork looks tight, he's in great shape … I think he's really excited and happy to be here. I think he feels really good about being himself in our room, not that he didn't last year, but when you get that confidence in yourself as a person, it's able to translate to the field a lot as a player, in my mind.
"That's kind of when the jump hopefully happened for me, when I felt comfortable, and he definitely feels comfortable," O'Neill added.
No matter how you look at it, Cleveland hasn't been a small guy in quite some time. But he does look different heading into Year 2.
Standing at 6-foot-6, Cleveland was listed at 311 pounds last season. He didn't disclose his current measurements, but the 23-year-old acknowledged that he's dedicated plenty of time to the weight room.
After a two-week break following the season to recuperate, Cleveland noted, he started consistently working out with the support of a friend.
"He's into nutrition and all that stuff. We were just lifting, and he was running me through programs," Cleveland explained. "I knew getting stronger was one of the things I had to work on, so I was hitting the weight room hard, working with him and doing some conditioning and stuff, and I think it's paying off pretty well.