CLEVELAND, Ohio- — Baker Mayfield and the Browns begin a season in which they have Super Bowl expectations on Sunday in a rematch of last season’s AFC Divisional Playoff against the Chiefs. Kickoff in Kansas City is at 4:25 p.m. Eastern.
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The Browns ended a 26-year drought between playoff wins last year, and loaded up on defense in the offseason in the hopes of getting to the first Super Bowl in team history. The Chiefs had to rebuild their offensive line after being blow out in Super Bowl 55 by Tampa Bay, 31-9.
Who: Cleveland Browns (11-5 in 2020) at Kansas City Chiefs (13-3 in 2020).
When: Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021.
Time: 4:25 p.m. Eastern.
Where: Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City (76,416).
TV: CBS.
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Latest line: Chiefs -5.5.
Announcers: Jim Nantz, Tony Romo and Tracy Wolfson.
Read some of what Dan Labbe of Cleveland.com wrote about how Myles Garrett is showing more of his personality as he enters his fifth season with the Browns.
The most revealing thing we learned about Myles Garrett during this training camp might have come when he wasn’t on the field.
We all know what Garrett is capable of doing on the field. The way he bends the edge. How he swipes his enormous right arm down on the ball before the quarterback can hide it away. The speed and power that can overwhelm any tackle he faces.
These are the things that can earn Garrett his first Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2021.
What stood out about Garrett in this camp, however, was his presence. He was engaged with his defensive linemates during drills. He spent time on the side talking pass rush moves with Jadeveon Clowney. When the Browns practiced in front of the stands, he egged the fans on, waving his arms in the air, shooting Gatorade bottles into trash cans and turning and smiling when fans would call his name.
Yes, Browns fans got to know Garrett a little when he was drafted -- his love of dinosaurs, in particular, a recurring theme in various profiles of the No. 1 pick in the 2017 draft.
He wasn’t quite ready to really let people in, yet. It’s part of who Garrett had always been.
“I was kind of aloof,” Garrett said in an interview with cleveland.com, “especially growing up, sit on the side, didn’t talk much, didn’t draw any attention. Now, I know who I am, I’m comfortable with that, I’m confident in what I do and who I choose to be.”
Garrett, over the last two years in particular, has seemingly embraced his role as one of the faces of the Browns franchise.
“My friends have noticed it. My family’s noticed it,” Garrett said. “They’re happy to see it because they think I’m a decent person, they think I’m pretty nice, think I have some interesting thoughts and some interesting hobbies and think I should be able to share some of myself without giving too much of my time away or taking away from who I am.”
Some of it is what you’d expect -- he launched his own YouTube channel recently, MGTV -- and he’s active on Instagram. He went viral, even by his high standards, when he posted a video of dunking on someone who made a bad decision in a pickup basketball game.
It has also shown up in other ways, like when he held a dog playdate with fans and teammates at a dog park in Cleveland.
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