Browns Player Responds to all Criticism

Cleveland Browns lineman Joel Bittonio raised some eyebrows this season

by boldly declaring that it is "Cleveland against the world" this season.

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This comment was a very hostile one. Which quarterback Watson

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got in his preseason opener against the Jacksonville Jaguars.

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"It looks like Cleveland is up against the world more

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than ever, so we'll be ready for that," Bittonio said again.

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But given the situation surrounding Watson, NFL fans didn't appreciate Bittonio,

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treating it like a simple rivalry issue. So Bittonio spoke to the

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media on Wednesday in an attempt to clarify the situation.

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Bittonio explained that Brown quarterbacks always cringe

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when they go to rival stadiums. As a result, he feels the team

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needs to have an "against the world" mentality at all times.

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