BEREA, Ohio — In the NFL, even the most seemingly innocuous comments can turn into raging infernos of motivation. Just ask Detroit Lions offensive coordinator John Morton, whose recent statement about the Cleveland Browns defense has almost certainly been enlarged, printed out, and plastered across the walls of the Browns’ defensive meeting room.

“And then in an answer he said the sentence that I already know this Browns defense is going to use as bulletin board material for the next 48 hours and it’s that they haven’t faced a running attack like ours,” Browns beat reporter Ashley Bastock revealed on the Orange and Brown Talk podcast , highlighting the exact quote that’s surely making Cleveland defenders salivate.

The timing couldn’t be more perfect for a Browns defense looking to pr

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