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Don’t look now, but one of the signature players for the Cleveland Browns over the last few years is about to enter a contract year in 2012.  It sure says a lot about the Browns that Cribbs – a special teams phenom – has been a signature player for fans of this team over the years.  No disrespect to Josh Cribbs, of course.  He earned his stripes helping the team beat Pittsburgh with one of the most phenomenal individual days in most living Browns fans’ memories.  He ran for 87 yards and returned punts and kicks like a man absolutely possessed.  As has been the case for so long with Josh Cribbs in Cleveland, he summed it up pretty well too.  On beating Pittsburgh that fateful day in 2009… ”It means everything,” Browns do-it-all wide receiver Josh Cribbs said. ”There are a lot of Steelers fans around the city so I hope people go to work and kick those Steelers fans.” The striking reality is that that game was so long ago that Brady...
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