Sheldon Richardson played on four teams in four seasons prior to the 2020 campaign. Sticking with the Cleveland Browns after his first season in the brown and orange makes the starting defensive lineman happy.
Richardson played 2016 with the New York Jets, the team that drafted him in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft. He then bounced to Seattle (2017), Minnesota (2018) and finally Cleveland. He appreciates the stability even with the regime change over him with the Browns.
“It has been a while for me having my second year with the same team,” Richardson said in his Friday press conference via Zoom. “I approached it completely different. A new head coach, a new defensive coordinator and new plays callers and all of that, so it is really my first year with the coaching staff but second year on the squad. That is a little different, but other than that, I just embraced it. I am not running from any work.”
Playing as part of a very talented line also helps. Richardson, Myles Garrett, Larry Ogunjobi and Olivier Vernon all return intact as one of the most impressive front foursomes in the league. Richardson believes they’re ready to show it, too.
“Pure dominance,” Richardson instantly responded when asked what to expect from the Browns D-line. “That is how we are looking at it. We are not woofing about it. It is straight work. At the end of the season, we look up and look at our work and then judge it off of that.”
