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Browns D-lineman Desmond Bryant determined to make most of comeback: ‘There’s still a lot left that I want to prove’

Unfinished business drove Browns defensive lineman Desmond Bryant to fight back from the devastating injury he suffered last summer.

And the thought of officially resuming his NFL career Sept. 10 in the regular-season opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has kept him going.

“I’m a competitor, man. I love this game,” Bryant said Tuesday after the seventh practice of organized team activities. “Long before the Browns ever paid me to play football, I was out there doing it for fun, for free. When that was taken away from me, there was nothing I wanted more than to get it back.