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There was worry that that it could have been worse, considering Williams — a former second-round pick of the Browns — was coming off a shoulder issue that saw him miss all of last season. De Groote. Updated Jul 31, at pm. Play Jarvis Landry: "I feel way better than I felt this time last year. PlayerSound TZ. I allow Heavy. Brown saw him as a Hall of Famer on either side of the ball and remembered him years later as a more valuable player than Jim Brown.

In high school, McKinley coach John Reed used Motley, a giant with great speed, at guard on offense before moving him to fullback.

One time at a banquet honoring Motley, Brown threw a laugh line at Reed, who got fired after losing to Brown's Massillon team six years in a row:. As mentioned, I wish I'd have spent more time with Marion, gotten his in-depth story about a lot of things. The writer who got closest was Paul Zimmerman of Sports Illustrated. Z" to talk Motley into an interview.

He'd been burned by writers who had promised to write a book about him, and by Paul Brown, who never saw fit to give him a job in the Cleveland organization. But he remained a huge presence, emanating power, strength and dignity. It's hard to see how you could play the game any better than he did. Hats off to the Canton-area people who are making the Motley statue happen. Several of them gave nice tributes at a groundbreaking that did Marion justice.

Stephen Perry, the retired Hall of Fame president and executive director, happened to be in a spectator-gallery seat next to mine. Perry, who knew Marion, made a good point about the value of statues. It's not so much about the individual, but the group he represents Marion represents fighting through much adversity, doing so with a dignity that shames those disturbed by the color of his skin, being excellent at what he does, and having been an enjoyable guy to know.

The Browns have retired the numbers of three great players, No. The only other retired numbers acknowledge two players who were insignificant on the field but died young, No. It says here Bill Willis' No. Willis, a story for another day, deserves to have had his number retired.

Retiring Motley's number is a no-brainer, but there's a catch. He wore No. Only after he switched to No. Most recently, Garrett tweeted a video of him going behind the back on the dribble, then dunking one-handed over two hapless defenders.

Above the video, he wrote, "Aight I'm going back to football" with a laughing emoji. Stefanski wouldn't say whether he had to have a talk with Garrett about a basketball retirement. But Garrett jokingly pushed back that it would ever become permanent. I might go back to basketball, I might go play baseball, see if I can get on a team. But there's more on the horizon right now [with football]. I got to get back to what my main focus is. Skip to main content Skip to navigation.

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