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Browns linebacker Paul Kruger says he was worried he'd be cut

Browns outside linebacker Paul Kruger no longer looks as if he leaped from the pages of a Thor comic book because he had his long, golden hair chopped off.

"I felt I was a little slower off the ball last year, so I was going to see if that could help me out a little bit," Kruger said. "No, just wanted a fresh start, felt like I needed to just get back to my roots.

"It’s all business this year. [The long hair] got to be a lot of maintenance. I was like, 'I’m done with that.