Brian Hoyer has said that he feels like he is throwing harder than before his season-ending knee injury.

The Cleveland Browns quarterback claimed back-to-back victories in his first two starts of the 2013 season, but tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his third game.

The 28-year-old: "When I go out and throw now after doing three months of these core exercises, even coming off a torn ACL in my push-off foot, when I'm throwing, there's times I feel like I'm throwing the ball a little bit harder.

"You always hear quarterbacks talk about how important their core is to throwing. Some of this stuff might actually make me a better quarterback as far as throwing the ball because I'm strengthening areas I never really thought or knew about to be honest with you.

"It's good to refresh the legs because we do get after it a little bit. Even today, my legs are a little bit sore from the leg workout we did yesterday, not my knee, but the muscles that we're trying to build back up. At this point, we're really stepping it up as far as strengthening is concerned."

Hoyer joined the AFC North side last summer after being released by the Arizona Cardinals.