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Kruger identifies with Browns fans
By Vic Carucci, Senior Editor (www.clevelandbrowns.com)
Paul Kruger credits his childhood in Utah with helping to shape him into the type of person who should be right at home in Northeast Ohio.
He grew up near mountains …
Mountains!
. . .
. . . and loving the outdoors. He grew up hunting, fishing, and skiing. He grew up in a tightly knit family with strong values. He grew up believing that nothing in life comes easy.
Don’t hunt? Don’t fish? Don’t ski? Divorced parents, or family scattered to bits? Do you come from a rough background? Or are you the kind of person who’s had something in life come easy to you, even once? WELL MAKE LIKE A TREE AND GET OUT, ALIEN SCUM, BECAUSE NORTHEAST OHIO IS NOT FOR YOU.
Sure, he hit the proverbial jackpot in free agency. Yes, he plays a glamour position, as an outside linebacker who is paid primarily to rush the quarterback ...
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