Danny Shelton has been busy this offseason.
The Browns’ second-year nose tackle spent his time away from Cleveland training for the upcoming season in California. He’s also helped orchestrate a jersey signing at Wayside Furniture in Akron to honor his fans after switching from No. 71 to No. 55. Shelton also got engaged to his longtime girlfriend, Mara, and, in the process, surprised her with a new puppy.
So when he and his teammates learned veteran defensive end Desmond Bryant would be out for much of the season after pectoral surgery, it was a dispiriting turn of events amid so many other personal highs over the past few two months.