Greetings from the Cleveland Browns Stadium press box, where we look out over a field that was once fully blanketed by a massive orange tarpaulin, but is now being gradually revealed as the 6800-plus square-foot covering is removed piece-by-piece by a staff of 20.
The game might not be a homecoming for the former Browns-turned-Broncos, but it is at the very least a return to the old workplace, and for Gerard Warren, that meant exchanging greetings with stadium security personnel as he walked to the Denver locker room.
Warren played four seasons in Cleveland. Defensive end Kenard Lang played just as many, joining the Browns in 2002 and remaining there until after last season — when he played outside linebacker as he attempted to adapt to a 3-4 scheme.
That makes him the only one of the Broncos’ six former Browns on the 53-man roster to have shared a locker room with running back Reuben Droughns after he was traded from Denver to Cleveland.
Like Chad Mustard — the last entry in this blog mini-series — Michael Myers doesn’t hold the Browns any ill will. If anything, the disruptive defensive tackle owes the Browns a measure of gratitude for procuring him.
Even if Gerard Warren were to say anything that would end up being posted on the wall of the Browns’ locker room, he doesn’t think it would mean much.