MAKING NOISE
Quiet Browns cornerback Ward wants his play to speak for him
Certain past leaders of Cleveland Browns deep patrols were a boisterous bunch.
Cornerbacks Hanford Dixon and Frank Minnifield started all the woofing as founders of the Dawg Pound.
While the expansion Browns beat defending Super Bowl champion Baltimore twice in 2001, cornerback Corey Fuller never stopped yapping.
The soul of the 2014 defense that led the Browns to a 7-4 start was safety Donte Whitner, who talked as if he would punch the next Steeler he could find in the kisser.
Soft-spoken Denzel Ward isn't like that. Would you settle for him becoming one of the better defensive backs in Browns history?
Ward, who has lost time to injuries in three previous Browns seasons and who this summer has been managed through “soreness,” has come back out to play.
“I’m very confident I can do my job at a high level. I feel as though I stack up with other top corners in the league. I feel I’ve showed that on the field.” Denzel Ward, Browns cornerback