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Kenard Lang felt left behind last summer as he watched four of his Cleveland Browns defensive linemates leave one by one for a chance to rescue their careers in Denver.
"I was like a little kid chasing the school bus down the street -- oh, why are you all leaving me?" Lang said.
In four separate transactions last year, the Broncos signed former Cleveland linemen Courtney Brown, Gerard Warren, Ebenezer Ekuban and Michael Myers, along with the man who coached them -- Andre Patterson.
While the line tallied just 28 sacks -- third-fewest in the league -- it produced pressure that created 36 turnovers, 16 more than the previous season.
The Broncos this years jettisoned nine-year starter Trevor Pryce to create space under the salary cap and they knew exactly where to go for another pass-rusher.
Lang is now the fifth member of the "Browncos."
He signed a three-year, $4.7 million deal in Denver after the Browns cut him in their own salary cap purge. He was deemed expendable not only because of his $4.6 million salary in 2006 but also because his sack totals diminished when he was switched from defensive end to linebacker last season.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/05/22/bc.fbn.broncos.lang.ap/index.html
"I was like a little kid chasing the school bus down the street -- oh, why are you all leaving me?" Lang said.
In four separate transactions last year, the Broncos signed former Cleveland linemen Courtney Brown, Gerard Warren, Ebenezer Ekuban and Michael Myers, along with the man who coached them -- Andre Patterson.
While the line tallied just 28 sacks -- third-fewest in the league -- it produced pressure that created 36 turnovers, 16 more than the previous season.
The Broncos this years jettisoned nine-year starter Trevor Pryce to create space under the salary cap and they knew exactly where to go for another pass-rusher.
Lang is now the fifth member of the "Browncos."
He signed a three-year, $4.7 million deal in Denver after the Browns cut him in their own salary cap purge. He was deemed expendable not only because of his $4.6 million salary in 2006 but also because his sack totals diminished when he was switched from defensive end to linebacker last season.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/football/nfl/05/22/bc.fbn.broncos.lang.ap/index.html