With seven productive NFL seasons under his belt, Desmond Bryant stared down his football mortality while the rest of his teammates eyed the first season of the Hue Jackson era.
He never blinked.
Bryant’s pectoral injury, suffered during an offseason workout, was so severe “they literally had to re-attach my muscle,” he said last week. “The 2016 season was months away, but Bryant’s focus promptly shifted to 2017. It’s what kept him going every single moment of his long, grueling rehabilitation process.
“I'm a competitor, man. I love this game,” Bryant said. “Long before the Browns ever paid me to play, I was out there doing it for fun, doing it for free.