BEREA, Ohio — He’s now RG4.3.

Trying to revive a once soaring career that crashed badly in Washington, quarterback Robert Griffin III believes he has a leg up — two of them actually — over the competition to win Cleveland’s starting job.

As the Browns prepared to open training camp Friday under first-year coach Hue Jackson, Griffin gave his assessment of the QB field.

“There’s only one of us that runs 4.3,” he joked, noting his blazing time in the 40-yard dash. “They like to race me a lot.”

Cleveland’s other quarterbacks may not catch him. They won’t have time.

Griffin is expected to beat out veterans Josh McCown, Austin Davis and rookie Cody Kessler for the top gig and become Cleveland’s 25th starting quarterback since 1999 — and the one the Browns hope finally pulls them from the NFL’s basement.

Griffin signed a two-year contract in March with the Browns, who are eager to see if the 26-year-old can recapture the magic he showed while electrifying the NFL as a rookie in 2012. While that was only four years ago, it seems like ages, and even Griffin isn’t entirely sure if he can get back to being the player he once was.

Hours before his first practice, Griffin was asked how to get his game back to its jaw-dropping rookie level.

“I just think you have fun,” he said. “It’s a kid’s game that we get to play for a king’s ransom. At the end of the day, you know what you’re doing. You’ve done your studying, you worked hard, you’ve run, you’ve lifted, all those things. Now you’ve just got to come out here and have fun. I think that’s the beauty of the game, the more fun you have the easier it is for you to play freely and go out and make plays.”

Jackson plans to name his starter before the team’s first exhibition game on Aug. 12 at Green Bay, giving the quarterbacks 11 practices or scrimmages — at most — to make an impression.

Griffin didn’t offer much of an opinion on Jackson’s timetable, while McCown, the 37-year-old who started eight games last season for Cleveland, believes it’s best to get such an impactful decision — and potential disruption — out of the way.

“I think it gives us a sense of direction and the way he’s headed,” McCown said. “The team and everyone can get behind the guy and move forward. We’re all supportive of that. I just think sometimes if it drags out and lingers it can be a distraction. You name a guy and move forward, and everybody gets behind that guy. I trust his leadership on that.”

No timetable for Revis

FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The New York Jets are taking things slowly with Darrelle Revis’ surgically repaired wrist.

The star cornerback is uncertain when he might fully practice during training camp after being injured early last season. Revis played through a torn ligament in his right wrist that required surgery in March.

“There’s no timetable right now,” Revis said Friday. “I’m just taking it day by day and I’m just going to see how it progresses.”

He participated in some individual drills during minicamp and now training camp but has watched from the sideline during 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 drills.

“I’m feeling OK,” Revis said. “Right now, the procedure is just staying in shape and doing some press coverage techniques.”

He and the doctors want to see how the wrist responds before they clear him to do more. Revis has had no setbacks with the injury, but he says there is some soreness — but no swelling — in the wrist, which was to be expected following surgery.

“You’ve just got to take your time with it,” Revis said.

Watkins not ready

PITTSFORD, N.Y. — Bills receiver Sammy Watkins won’t be ready for the start of training camp because of a surgically repaired left foot, though general manager Doug Whaley said all signs indicate the starter is on track to play in Buffalo’s season opener.

“We’re confident,” Whaley said Friday, a day before the Bills open training camp. “You never know what’s going to happen with medical issues. There could be some setbacks. But all signs are positive for him being ready for Baltimore.”

Watkins had screws inserted into his foot to repair a stress fracture in April, and was one of 10 players — including starting defensive tackles Kyle Williams and Marcell Dareus — placed on various inactive lists after the Bills held a conditioning session at their camp facility in suburban Rochester, New York.

Each player can be activated at any time before teams are required to set their 53-player rosters on Sept. 3.

Watkins landed on the active/physically unable to perform list along with rookie first-round pick Shaq Lawson (shoulder surgery), receiver Marcus Easley (left knee) and Williams, who had surgery on his left knee in December.

Lawson is expected to miss at least the first month of the season.

Lee hurt again

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Oft-injured receiver Marqise Lee stayed healthy for one day in training camp.

The Jacksonville Jaguars held Lee out of practice Friday with a left hamstring injury, the latest setback for a third-year pro who can’t seem to stay on the field.

Lee has missed significant time with ankle, hamstring and knee injuries. He practiced so little last summer that offensive coordinator Greg Olson said Lee was “like the albino tiger at the zoo. If you get there and you’re lucky enough to get him to come out of the cave and see him, it’s a good day.”

Lee embraced the nickname, but had hoped to make it part of his past and not a pattern.