Browns speedy WR Marquise Goodwin is rejoining from the team after recovering from blood clots in his legs and lungs.
Goodwin, an 11th-year pro, lit up minicamp with a couple of long touchdown catches from Deshaun Watson, but experienced shortness of breath and alerted the Browns to his symptoms. Soon, he was diagnosed with the blood clots, and placed on the NFI list.
But Goodwin wanted to be with his teammates in training camp, beginning with their nine days at The Greenbrier Sports Complex, even though he couldn’t practice. He showed up each day with a smile on his face and some dance steps in his feet to help keep his teammates upbeat and motivated. Players such as Amari Cooper, who was sidelined by a minor injury the first week of camp, were buoyed by his presence. “It’s very inspirational,” Cooper said after an early practice. “That’s the thing about most football players, we’re so used to adversity. We’re so used to ebbs and flows, ups and downs, that it creates this toughness about us to where we can deal with anything to where we can not know we’re dealing with something that’s really extreme, and we feel like we could just overcome it. We feel like it might just be a little tweak or something like that. Yeah, I mean it’s definitely inspirational. I’m hoping for the best.” Even back then, Stefanski remained optimistic that Goodwin would return this season, but made no guarantees. “It’s an unknown,” he said at The Greenbrier. “First of all, it’s very scary, so right away you worry about Marquise and just his health, period. So all of it remains to be seen from a health standpoint and when he’s ready to go, and in the meantime we’re just supporting him and he’s listening to doctors. He wants to be here, he wants to be around his teammates, but where this goes, I don’t think we know yet. We’re going to give him everything he needs medically.” At 32, Goodwin flashed all the speed and athleticism in the offseason program and minicamp that led him to 2012 Summer Olympics as a long jumper, where he finished 10th. A decade older than some of his challengers, he still has the wheels to take the top off a defense and leave younger defenders in his wake.BET $5, GET $200 BONUS BETS & $100 OFF NFL SUNDAY TICKET
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