CLEVELAND — It was 259 days earlier that Zak Zinter lay on the turf at Michigan Stadium, his left leg fractured and his college career prematurely ended. At that point, he was left to wonder when, or where, he would ever step on a football field in a competitive again.
The answer to the first question was Saturday. The second answer? Inside Cleveland Browns Stadium, when Zinter took the field on the Browns' second offensive possession of their 23-10 preseason loss to the Green Bay Packers.
"Yeah, man, I mean it felt good, you know what I mean?