6:50 a.m.: Sprawled out in his pillow top California king bed, Browns safety Tashaun Gipson never hits the snooze button. There’s no yawning from this night owl, who sleeps with Cleveland’s playbook on his bedside table. He’s up, he’s booming prayers out loud in the shower and he’s ready to conquer Wednesday.
7:11 a.m.: The ride to the facility from his Avon pad takes 17 minutes. Gipson loves the rapper Future, but today he’s listening to R&B slow jams from Trey Songz. “Sometimes I don’t even like rah-rah music before games,” says the 25-year-old, Cleveland’s youngest Pro Bowler since 2008.