Welcome Letter, Fall 2017

Several years ago, I wrote, ‘any moment now, a person wearing a black and white striped shirt will hand a brown, leather sphere to a young man who will no doubt squeeze the sphere before placing it carefully at the proper angle on an orange tee. He’ll back away…7 to 10 yards will do…and wait for another person wearing a black and white striped shirt about 60 yards away to raise his arm and blow a whistle. The young man will quickly approach the ball with his eyes focused on the lower half…and with one swing of the leg…BOOM!...the high school football season is underway!’ Yep, been there, done that…and proud of it! Another season of high school football is at hand…or afoot for others, and once again this year, we will bring to you an outstanding selec- tion of games on AM 930 WEOL, at www.weol.com and on the free WEOL mobile app. We hope this edition of FORECAST enhances your enjoyment of the 2017 season with schedules, features and profiles of your favorite high school team, the Ohio State University Buckeyes and the . AM 930 is proud to cover and support our local high school football teams. As always, we thank our terrific sponsors who make these games and this magazine possible. We also appreciate the assistance of athletic directors, coaches and staff who help us with our broadcast schedule.

See you under the lights!

Craig R. Adams Operations Manager/News Director WEOL AM 930

Fall 2017 Forecast Magazine 1 Medina County High School Football Preview...... pg. 4 WEOL FORECAST MAGAZINE Ohio State Football Preview ...... pg. 11 FALL 2017 PREVIEW A Publication of AM930 WEOL Broadcasters Favorite Games ...... pg. 13 Volume 4

Cleveland Browns Preview...... pg. 15 Station Manager Tim Alcorn

FOOTBALL SCHEDULES Editor Matt Douglass Tri-C Medina County Match-Ups ...... pg. 7 Feature Editors Area High Schools ...... pg. 8 Brad Bournival Rob Polinsky Andy “Bull” Barch Ohio State Buckeyes...... pg. 12 Cover Design Cleveland Browns ...... pg. 16 BozCorn Productions

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About the Cover: It was a record setting year in 2016 for Medina’s Jimmy Daw who helped lead the Bee’s to a 9-2 record and a second round playoff appearance on his way to claiming the Med- ina County Gazette MVP. During his senior season Daw set a Medina County record for rushing touchdowns and total touchdowns scored in a year. With the ball in his hands the Bee’s running back was nearly unstoppable posting 229 carries, 248 points, 1,385 rushing yards and 32 touchdowns. Through the air Daw was just as dangerous bringing in 36 receptions for 818 yards and nine touchdowns. In 2016 Daw posted six games of at least four touchdowns. Along with being named the Medina Gazette MVP, Daw was named the Greater Cleveland Conference player of the year and earned First Team All- Ohio honors. Daw will continue his football career this season at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.

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By Brad Bournival playoff win in 2010. Save the name tags. While three Confused? coaches are “new” to their respec- Here’s a look at the seven area tive football teams as head teams: coaches, they’re hardly new to Medina County. Black River Why the quotation marks? Al Young returns as coach and Mark Pinzone might be new as the Medina County Sports Hall of the head coach at Brunswick, but Famer has a team ready to take the former Buckeye and Holy the next step. Name coach was an assistant While losing Curtis Roupe on with the Blue Devils from 1995- both sides of the ball will be 2009. tough, the Pirates have quite a bit He also teaches at Brunswick. coming back. In his place with the Bucks is Black River returns from a play- Greg Dennison, who was an assis- off run and are loaded in the tant coach at Brunswick last year backfield once again. Young’s run- and was Wadsworth’s head man first, run-often offense will be just from 1995-2015, sending the Griz- fine this year with a three-headed zlies to the playoffs in 1996, 1999, senior backfield led by Special KRISTIN BAUER / GAZETTE 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2001 and Mention All-Ohio fullback Jacob Black River’s Jacob Campbell 2013-14. Campbell (6-foot-1, 200 pounds), finishing with 1,041 and had a play linebacker with Gibbs check- Not lost in the coaching shuffle Riley Gibbs (5-9, 170) and Travis team-leading 17 touchdowns. ing in at defensive back. is Larry Laird, who is back at Sexton (6-1, 190). Sexton wasn’t that far behind with Medina. Laird spent three years at Campbell is the leading rusher 833 yards on the ground and Brunswick Strongsville and one year at Avon in the county among returners eight scores. Seasons like the one the Blue Lake as head coach, but was the with 1,296 yards. Gibbs also broke Campbell and Sexton will also first to coach the Bees to a state the 1,000-yard rushing plateau, See FOOTBALL, 5

4 Fall 2017 Forecast Magazine utes is getting his teams to FOOTBALL believe and he has the athletes to From 4 get things done. He hopes to continue along the Devils had last year aren’t very lines of what former coach Dan common for the school on state Route 303. Sutherland started last season That said, Pinzone brings a during a campaign where the coaching staff that is not only Bees reached the Division I, used to winning, it’s one that Region 2 semifinals before falling expects to win and win right to eventual state semifinalist away. Olentangy Liberty during a 9-3 Pinzone is no stranger to suc- season. cess after leading Buckeye to the Look for All-Gazette senior playoffs the last four years and wide receiver Dylan Fultz (6-1, being a part of the Blue Devils 175) to build on a fantastic junior long postseason run. He’ll have to year where he caught 29 passes bring back the winning culture for 784 yards and scored 10 after Brunswick went 2-8 last sea- touchdowns. Defensive back J.T. son while completely changing Scoarste (5-11, 180) was gigantic the offense formerly run under defensively for Medina last sea- coach Luke Beal. son and should pick right back up Senior quarterback/slot from a junior season where the receiver/defensive back Cole Zamiska (5-11, 160) will need to Division I All-Northeast Inland be just as versatile as his multiple honorable mention selection led titles to succeed. the area with seven . Senior wide receiver Ethan He had 57 tackles and 2½ sacks as Flanigan (6-1, 180) had 169 yards well. receiving and two touchdowns Senior Gavin Montgomery (6-3, last year and should be his main 180) is back at quarterback and target. RON SCHWANE / GAZETTE will look to build on a 2016 sea- Wadsworth’s Mitchell Blackburn. Look for senior two-way line- son where he was 37-for-71 for men Steve Spickler (5-11, 240) to Cloverleaf season before missing out on the 663 yards with eight touchdowns be the rock Pinzone needs to While they didn’t win a game postseason for the first time since against two interceptions. secure both sides in the trenches. last season, the Colts did give 7-3 2012. Ravenna a game in Week 7 before Coach Mike Gibbons isn’t one Wadsworth Buckeye to rest on past accomplishments losing 27-23. Coach Justin The biggest question mark will and has already put his Highland It will be interesting to watch Voorhees can build from that as be how to replace Alex Jones and what Dennison does with an squad in a position where it will he tries to put the Colts, who have his 15 touchdowns. offense that ran like a top under work best. lost 18 games in a row, back in the Jones wasn’t just great offen- Pinzone. That said, the veteran Senior wide receiver/corner- win column. sively. He along with Cody Surratt coach has a knack for winning so Cloverleaf hasn’t made the back Evan Kasulones (5-11, 170) and Craig Palidar made up a don’t expect there to be any kind playoffs since 2008 and many is back and ready to build on a strong defensive unit. of drop off. aren’t expecting a postseason run season where he caught 27 passes While Dennison’s offense at this season. Instead, it should be for 320 yards and scored three The good news, if there is any, Wadsworth was vastly different a year to grow in the Portage Trail touchdowns. is that the Grizzlies learned to from the one the Bucks ran under Conference. Senior wide receiver/tight play without their three-sport star Pinzone, Buckeye has learned to Senior quarterback Travis end/strong safety Ryan Fredrick when he was on the mend the adapt time and again in the Hissom (6-1, 180) is back at quar- (6-3, 185) is the perfect comple- first four weeks of the season. Patriot Athletic Conference. terback and looking to build on a ment and actually had better Look for All-Ohio senior quar- numbers, hauling in 19 passes for Dennison has the horses and junior season where he threw for terback Joey Baughman (6-0, 352 yards and adding five touch- will rely on standout wide 1,125 yards and nine touchdowns. 190), who rushed for 1,246 yards receiver Justin Canedy (6-2, 175) The versatile Hissom also scored downs. Senior Max Bier (6-1, 225) will and 11 touchdowns and threw for to once again lead the Bucks. The 24 points as the team’s kicker and 1,643 yards and 15 touchdowns, senior had 1,191 yards from will play wide receiver, defensive be at running back and middle linebacker and looks to bolster a to lead a team that went 5-5 last scrimmage and scored nine back and punt this season. squad that is ready to get back at year. touchdowns. He’ll rely on two-way junior it. Wide receiver Mitchell Black- Senior Adam Fauver (5-11, 185) lineman Nate Clingan (6-0, 235) burn (5-10, 170) had 440 yards takes over at quarterback for to keep him protected and build Medina Michael Doerge, who accounted on an offense that gained 204.4 receiving and scored four touch- The biggest question is what to for 26 touchdowns during Buck- yards per game last year. downs. do without Gazette MVP and Senior middle linebacker Cory Defensive end Joey Fernholz (6- eye’s nine-win season. first-team All-Ohio standout Stallings (5-9, 195) will be the glue 1, 200) was the stalwart on the Two-way lineman Dom Kriz (5- Jimmy Daw, who led the county on the team’s defense. other side of the ball with 5½ 11, 235) will be counted on to in rushing (1,385) and set an area sacks and eight tackles. Both are keep a team that churned out Highland record with 41 touchdowns. 332.5 yards per game moving in One of Laird’s greatest attrib- looking to build off of solid junior the right direction. The Hornets played late in the seasons.

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Black River Pirates 9/1 Keystone ...... Away 9/29 Brookside ...... Home 8/25 Western Reserve ...... Home 9/8 Buckeye ...... Home 10/6 Wellington...... Away 9/1 Northwestern...... Home 9/15 Coventry ...... Away 10/13 Buckeye...... Away 9/22 Norton...... Home 10/20 Black River ...... Home 9/8 Plymouth ...... Away 9/29 Woodridge ...... Away 10/27 Keystone...... Home 9/15 Fairview ...... Home 10/6 Akron Springfield ...... Home Green Bulldogs 9/22 Oberlin...... Away 10/13 Ravenna ...... Away 9/29 Keystone ...... Away 10/20 Field...... Home 8/25 Ashland...... Away 10/6 Buckeye...... Home 10/27 Streetsboro ...... Away 9/1 Riverside...... Home 10/13 Brookside ...... Home 9/8 Orange...... Home Columbia Raiders 10/20 Firelands ...... Away 9/15 McKinley...... Away 10/27 Wellington ...... Away 8/25 Independence...... Home 9/22 GlenOak...... Home 9/1 Kirtland...... Away 9/29 Highland...... Home Brunswick Blue Devils 9/8 Northwestern...... Home 10/6 Perry...... Away 8/25 Highland ...... Away 9/15 Keystone...... Away 10/13 Hoover ...... Home 9/1 Austintown Fitch ...... Home 9/22 Buckeye...... Home 10/20 Jackson...... Away 9/8 Collinwood...... Home 9/29 Lutheran West ...... Away 10/27 Lake ...... Home 9/15 Shaker Heights...... Home 10/6 Clearview...... Home Highland Hornets 9/22 Mentor ...... Away 10/13 Brooklyn...... Home 8/25 Brunswick...... Home 9/28 Solon ...... Away 10/20 Fairview ...... Away 10/27 Oberlin...... Away 9/1 Medina...... Home 10/6 Elyria...... Home 9/8 North Royalton...... Away 10/13 Euclid ...... Away Copley Indians 9/15 Roosevelt ...... Away 10/20 Medina...... Away 8/25 Twinsburg...... Home 9/22 Revere ...... Away 10/27 Strongsville...... Home 9/1 Firestone ...... Home 9/29 Green...... Away Buckeye Bucks 9/8 Lake...... Away 10/6 Aurora...... Home 9/15 Bedford ...... Away 10/13 Copley ...... Away 8/25 Revere...... Home 9/22 Barberton ...... Home 10/20 Tallmadge...... Home 9/1 Rocky River...... Away 9/28 Revere ...... Away 10/27 Barberton ...... Home 9/8 Cloverleaf...... Away 10/6 Tallmadge...... Home Keystone Wildcats 9/15 Lutheran West...... Home 10/13 Highland...... Home 9/22 Columbia ...... Away 10/20 Aurora ...... Away 8/25 Bay...... Away 9/29 Wellington ...... Home 10/27 Roosevelt...... Home 9/1 Cloverleaf ...... Home 10/6 Black River ...... Away 9/8 Norwayne ...... Away Firelands Falcons 10/13 Firelands...... Home 9/15 Columbia ...... Home 10/20 Keystone ...... Away 8/25 Edison ...... Away 9/22 Brooklyn ...... Away 10/27 Brookside ...... Home 9/1 New London...... Away 9/29 Black River ...... Home 9/8 Vermilion ...... Home 10/6 Brookside...... Away Cloverleaf Colts 9/15 Brooklyn...... Home 10/13 Wellington ...... Home 8/25 Canton South...... Home 9/22 Fairview ...... Away 10/20 Buckeye ...... Home

8 Fall 2017 Forecast Magazine 10/27 Firelands ...... Away 9/8 Firestone ...... Home 10/6 North Royalton...... Away Medina Battling Bees 9/15 Barberton...... Away 10/13 Twinsburg...... Home 9/22 Highland...... Home 10/20 Brecksville ...... Home 8/25 Lakewood...... Home 9/28 Copley...... Home 10/27 Hudson ...... Away 9/1 Highland ...... Away 10/6 Roosevelt ...... Away 9/8 Wadsworth...... Home 10/13 Aurora ...... Away Wellington Dukes 9/15 Euclid...... Home 10/20 Bay ...... Home 8/25 Normandy...... Home 9/23 Shaker Heights ...... Away 10/27 Tallmadge...... Home 9/1 Mapleton ...... Home 9/29 Mentor ...... Away 9/8 New London...... Away 10/6 Strongsville...... Home Strongsville Mustangs 10/13 Elyria ...... Away 8/25 Berea-Midpark ...... Away 9/15 Clearview...... Home 10/20 Brunswick ...... Home 9/1 Hudson ...... Away 9/22 Lutheran West ...... Away 10/27 Solon ...... Away 9/8 Central Catholic...... Home 9/29 Buckeye...... Away 10/6 Firelands...... Home Nordonia Knights 9/15 Mentor...... Home 9/22 Solon ...... Away 10/13 Keystone ...... Away 8/25 Bedford...... Home 9/29 Euclid...... Home 10/20 Brookside...... Away 9/1 Woodridge...... Home 10/6 Medina...... Away 10/27 Black River ...... Home 9/8 Mayfield...... Away 10/13 Shaker Heights...... Home 9/15 Wadsworth ...... Home 10/20 Elyria...... Home 9/22 Hudson ...... Away 10/27 Brunswick...... Away 9/29 Stow ...... Home 10/6 Brecksville...... Away Tallmadge Blue Devils 10/13 Cuyahoga Falls...... Home 8/25 Ravenna...... Home 10/20 North Royalton...... Away 9/1 Ellet ...... Away 10/27 Twinsburg ...... Away 9/8 Coventry ...... Away Oberlin Phoenix 9/15 Aurora...... Home 9/22 Dover ...... Home 8/25 Vermilion ...... Away 9/29 Roosevelt...... Home 9/1 John Adams...... Home 10/6 Copley ...... Away 9/8 Trinity ...... Home 10/13 Barberton ...... Home 9/15 Brookside...... Away 10/20 Highland ...... Away 9/22 Black River ...... Home 10/27 Revere ...... Away 9/29 Clearview ...... Away 10/6 Fairview...... Home Wadsworth Grizzlies 10/13 Lutheran West ...... Away 8/25 Firestone ...... Home 10/20 Brooklyn ...... Away 9/1 Wooster ...... Home 10/27 Columbia...... Home 9/8 Medina ...... Away Revere Minutemen 9/15 Nordonia...... Away 8/25 Buckeye...... Away 9/22 Stow ...... Home 9/1 Eastlake North ...... Home 9/29 Cuyahoga Falls ...... Away

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The Ohio State University football team. By: Rob Polinsky teamers. They return 15 starters, group with 41 consecutive starts receiver and in the defensive sec- ’s sixth season in eight on the offensive side of the including every game the past ondary. The top two receivers Columbus will begin with a cou- ball and seven on defense. Head- three years. from a year ago are gone and ple of oddities. The Buckeyes’ ing into fall camp, the eight offen- By position, the biggest ques- 128th year of sive starters are quarter back J.T. tion marks look to be at wide See OSU, 12 opens up on Thursday August Barrett, linemen Billy Price, 31st in Bloomington Indiana vs. , Michael Jordan, the Indiana Hoosiers. Very Isaiah Prince, tight end Marcus strange that the Bucks begin with Baugh, running back Mike Weber, a conference game on a week- and wide receiver Parris Camp- night on the road. The game will bell. On defense, they are linemen serve as a homecoming for new , Michael Hill, OSU offensive coordinator Kevin Dre’Mont Jones, , Wilson, who served as Indiana’s line backers Chris Worley, Jerome head coach the last six years from Baker, and safety Damon Webb. 2011 – 2016. Meyer’s career in Of the 48 returning letter winners, Columbus is 61-6, including 11-2 16 are seniors and 24 are juniors. a year ago and a season ending There is an old football adage 31-0 loss to eventual national that games are won and lost up champion Clemson on New Year’s front in the trenches along the Day in the Fiesta Bowl in Glen- lines. If that is the case, OSU is in dale Arizona. After the season good shape this season because opener, OSU returns to the they return all four starters on the Horseshoe for three straight non- defensive line and four out of five conference tilts vs. Oklahoma, starters on the offensive line. Army, and UNLV. Defensive end Tyquan Lewis was OSU returns 48 letter winners the Big Ten’s Defensive Lineman from 2016, 20 on offense, 26 on of the Year. Tracy Sprinkle hopes defense and two on special to bounce back after suffering a teams. They lost 26 letter winners season ending injury in week one from last year, 10 on offense, 13 a year ago. Offensive lineman on defense and three special Billy Price is the veteran of that Urban Meyer

Fall 2017 Forecast Magazine 11 OSU From 11 three of the four starting defen- sive backs from 2016 are not returning. The top returning receivers by number of catches in 2016 are K.J. Hill (18), (13), and Terry McLau- rin (11). Damon Webb, who started every game a year ago, is the only returning defensive back. Looking at the linebacker spot two starters return, Chris Worley and Jerome Baker. Replacing two time leading tack- ler Raekwon McMillan at middle line backer could be this group’s biggest challenge. At quarterback, fifth year sen- ior J.T. Barrett brings a career 26- 4 record to the position. Joe Bur- JT Barrett row looks to be his backup. Bucks go with a two tight end October 28th in Columbus. The as the radio broadcast crew for At running back, Mike Weber set. month of November starts with a the 2017 season. Once again and Demario McCall are back. A OSU was very young last year visit to Kinnick Stadium for a Big AM930 WEOL is proud to air year ago, McCall, who was and they gained a lot of experi- Ten match-up with Iowa, and Ohio State football. We are your Weber’s backup, had 49 carries ence, which should help this the season ends November 25th home for the Buckeyes in Lorain, for 270 and three touchdowns. year. If they beat Oklahoma in against Michigan in the Big Medina, and Western Cuyahoga Starting tight ends Marcus the home opener they could very House. Counties. All broadcasts start Baugh and A.J. Alexander will well be undefeated heading into Paul Keels, Jim Lachey, Matt ninety minutes prior to kickoff return to their roles when the a showdown with Penn State on Andrews, and Skip Mosic return with our pregame coverage.

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Cleveland Browns 2017 season preview

Cody Kessler By: Andy “Bull” Barch serving as the starting center for While they did add veteran wide Browns may have no choice but Hope is all Browns fans really Aaron Rodgers for parts of his last receiver Kenny Britt, they also lost to start Kizer at some point in the have to hang on to these days, as two seasons with the Packers. their most productive receiver 2017 season. they will enter yet another season While Tretter has proven to be an from a year ago, in former Ohio Perhaps the biggest improve- where they “hope” that things will effective center and certainly pro- State quarterback Terrell Pryor. ments in this off season were get better. After yet another sea- vides an upgrade at the position, The Browns are hopeful that their made to the Cleveland Browns’ son that was difficult to stomach, his durability is a major concern, first pick in the 2016 draft, Corey defensive unit, which surren- where the Browns went 1-15, one as he missed nine weeks of the Coleman, will turn in a much bet- dered 392.4 yards per game, sec- must wonder, can it get any regular season last year, and ter sophomore campaign, to ond most in the NFL a season worse? Well, mathematically, yes, missed half the season in 2014 as improve on an injury riddled ago, and they allowed 28.2 points it could indeed get worse. well due to injury. rookie season in Cleveland where per game, third worst in the However, what is different Zeitler joined the Browns as a he was limited to just 10 games. league as well. about the Browns this year, as free agent and comes to Cleve- When talking about the The Browns made a change at opposed to last year, is that they land after a successful five year Browns, the ever changing quar- the top, bringing in veteran went out and made some moves run with the . terback carousel cannot be defensive coordinator Greg in free agency that should really The Browns made the former first ignored. Cody Kessler is the only Williams to replace Ray Horton. give them a boost in a few areas round pick the highest paid guard candidate in what appears to be a Williams has a bit of a controver- where they REALLY needed it. in the NFL this past spring, with three horse race who returns sial past, but he has a successful Examine Exhibit A: The offen- hopes that he’ll provide some sta- from last year’s team. Brock Oss- track record as well. He was given sive line. Besides Joe Thomas, bility up front, on a unit that had weiler, the 6-foot 7-inch signal some immediate assistance, as there has been no stability what- little to none a year ago. Zeitler, a caller joins the Browns via a trade the Browns used the first overall soever to speak of with this unit 6-foot 4-inch 315-pound guard from the Houston Texans, but the pick in the NFL Draft on Texas dating back to the late 90’s. This from Wisconsin, has not only most intriguing option in this mix A&M Defensive End, Myles Gar- year, the Browns added a couple been effective over the course of is this year’s second round pick, ret. Garret is expected to make an of key pieces to this unit, that his career, but he’s been very DeShon Kizer from Notre Dame. immediate impact, and improve a aren’t exactly household names, dependable. The 27-year old Kizer, who has all of the physical Cleveland Browns pass rushing but on the offensive line, that is guard has started all 16 games in tools that you want in a quarter- unit that produced only 26 sacks not a bad thing. Joining 10-year three of his first five years, and back, is far from a finished prod- a season ago. They also used a veteran left tackle Joe Thomas on he’s played in no fewer than 12 uct, and one would think that he’s first round pick on Jabrill Peppers the offensive line are center JC games in every one of his first five at least a year or two away from out of Michigan, who did a little Tretter, and guard Kevin Zeitler. years in the NFL as well. becoming what the Browns have bit of everything in college, but Tretter comes to the Browns Those were arguably the two been longing for at the position. will be asked to play a lot of safety after spending the last four sea- biggest free agent additions to the However, with the lack of stability in Williams’s system. sons with the Green Bay Packers, Browns on that side of the ball. at that position over the years, the See BROWNS, 16

Fall 2017 Forecast Magazine 15 point, you just can’t help but BROWNS think the fortunes are going to From 15 change. They have to at some point, right? They also went out and traded Head Coach Hue Jackson has for safety Calvin Pryor, a former said a lot of the right things, he’s first round pick. Pryor will be the kind of guy you want to see asked to step in and contribute succeed, and one that the play- immediately in a secondary that ers seem to enjoy playing for, suffered some injuries last year, but last year had to be incredibly and struggled mightily because frustrating for him to be a part of that. The Browns are hopeful of. The reality is, the Browns are that with the addition of Pryor, going to have to win at least five, Peppers, and a healthy Joe maybe six games if Coach Jack- Haden, the secondary can son is going to be around to see improve on a dismal 2016, where round three. If he survives that they surrendered 249.8 yards per Jamie Collins long, he would be the first game through the air a year ago, come away with a pair of inter- while coming away with a pair of Browns coach since Romeo and 36 passing touchdowns, ceptions. interceptions in his time with Crennel (2005-08) to last more which were the most in the The Browns were also able to the Browns and Patriots com- than two seasons. league. sign linebacker Jamie Collins to bined. Both Collins and Haden For Browns fans, that’s a very Pryor, 24, was selected 18th an extension for four years and will be relied upon heavily to tough pill to swallow, because overall by the in $50 million, after performing lead a very young defense that they’ll have to hang their hat on the 2014 NFL Draft. Over the last well with the Browns in the sec- appears to have a lot of poten- improvement, and another los- three seasons, he started 38 of 44 ond half of last season. Collins tial. ing season. They’ve been told to games, and made 15 starts a sea- came to the Browns in a trade While the NFL is designed to trust the process, but the son ago. Through the first three with the New England Patriots, keep teams from dwelling in the process they’ve been told to years of his young career, the one year after he made the Pro cellar from year to year, the trust has failed them for the last Free Safety has registered 191 Bowl. Last year, Collins regis- Browns have been stuck there two decades. Could this one be tackles, defended 14 passes and tered 112 tackles and three sacks for quite some time. At some different?

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