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Another Brown heading to Hawaii...more on the way?
Published 1/29/2008 by Michael Beckwith at Kid Cleveland
A fourth Browns player has been added to the AFC Pro Bowl roster. Can more be on the way? The latest to be added is the team's designated long-snapper Ryan Pontbriand. He will join wide receiver Braylon Edwards, kick returner Joshua Cribbs, and left tackle Joe Thomas. It will be the first Pro Bowl appearance for all four players. In fact, they are the first Browns to go to Hawaii since the 2001 season. Who would have expected Pontbriand to come such a long way? When former coach (and alleged talent evaluator) Butch Davis burned a 5th round pick ...

Another Brown heading to Hawaii…more on the way?
Published 1/29/2008 by Michael Beckwith at Browns Bites
... A fourth Browns player has been added to the AFC Pro Bowl roster. Can more be on the way? The latest to be added is the team’s designated long-snapper Ryan Pontbriand. He will join wide receiver Braylon Edwards, kick returner Joshua Cribbs, and left tackle Joe Thomas. It will be the first Pro Bowl appearance for all four players. In fact, they are the first Browns to go to Hawaii since the 2001 season. Who would have expected Pontbriand to come such a long way? When former coach (and alleged talent evaluator) Butch Davis burned a 5th round pick on the guy in 2003, many fans ...

02/02 Minute: Chicks Dig The Long Snap
Published 2/2/2008 by Scott at WaitingForNextYear
... I am now privy to the information that Browns long-snapper Ryan Pontbriand is heading to Hawaii with teammates Joe Thomas, Braylon Edwards and Joshua Cribbs. As he mentioned, the Pontbriand selection back in 2003, Butch Davis and the rest of the Browns organization were thrashed in the media for using a draft selection (5th round, mind you) on a long-snapper. Four years later, Pontbriand is not only joining the first group of Cleveland players in the Pro Bowl since 2001, but he had also signed a new four-year deal earlier in the season. Ryan (Pontbriand) has been amazingly ...