Browns Notebook: Rogers the (ex-) Lion who doesn’t roar
Former Detroit star not about to run his mouth heading into Saturday’s game vs. former team
STEVE DOERSCHUK Canton Repository
“I play for the Browns now,” he said. “I’m assuming I’ll get the same reception the other Browns will get.”
Does he stay in touch with some of the Lions? Yes. Will it be strange dressing in the visitors’ locker room?
“No. I went over there and chilled before.”
Seven years a Lion, five months a Brown. Has he found his old organization and his new one to be notably different?
“Yeah,” Rogers said. “We wear orange, and they wear blue.”
Really?
“Yeah.”
That was it. The big man lumbered to the locker room door, not looking back at a dozen people watching him.
Obviously, the 29-year-old Texan isn’t going out of his way to come off as Mr. Nice Guy.
But then, the brass is mostly interested in how he applies his mean streak on the field.
Throughout spring practice, into the early part of summer, the brass raved about his will to succeed, about his uncommon size-speed ratio, about the change he can make on the Browns’ line.
In Detroit, at times, he was characterized as indifferent, or worse.
What about now? How does the brass feel about Rogers a month into training camp?
“I still like him,” Crennel said. “In shorts, we all look good, but in pads he looks good, too.
“I think you’ll like what he’s able to bring to the table.”
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