Browns LB Craig Robertson responded when role expanded

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Craig Robertson’s importance in the middle of the Browns’ defense had grown long before Karlos Dansby went down with a knee injury.

It just became a little more obvious when Cleveland needed the next man up in a big way when one of its best defensive players was lost for a month.

When it was time to step up and replace one of the team’s leading veterans, Robertson filled the void seamlessly and stuffed the stat sheet with tackles and numerous other big plays. During Dansby’s four-game absence, Robertson swapped his responsibilities at WILL linebacker for MIKE and proceeded to accumulate 42 tackles, an interception and a touchdown on a fumble recovery. He finished the year with 99 tackles, the second-most of any player on the roster, and was named the Browns’ Walter

Payton Man of the Year for his commitment to community engagement.

On and off the field, it was easily Robertson’s best of his three seasons and counting in the NFL.

“His level of play this year, a guy that’s bought into what we’re doing and very coachable,” coach Mike Pettine said in December as he rattled off a list of players who

‘Played Like a Brown’ in 2014. “You could see the difference – again, I didn’t study him too much from last year’s tape – but you could see just a big improvement in his approach to the game, how hard he works.”

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Holy crap watch that video.....real proud of Craig

[Mean Green 93-98]

I'm very proud of Craig as a player . . . But I'm also proud of the way Craig, P.C., Brian Waters, and all our guys who have gone on to the NFL have represented our university with class.