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Browns DE Desmond Bryant's return from torn pec fueled by 'seeing Big Ben on 3rd down' in the opener

CLEVELAND, Ohio --Myles Garrett isn't the only one eager to pounce on Ben Roethlisberger in the opener Sept. 10.

It's one of the main things that fueled Desmond Bryant's comeback from his torn pectoral muscle.

"It's a long process but you're sitting on the rehab table and you're thinking about that next time you get to get on the field and you get to see Big Ben on third down the first week of the season,'' Bryant said after OTAs Tuesday. "That was my motivation to get back.''

There were other things too. Bryant, 31, was playing the best ball of his seven-year career when he tore the pec in an offseason workout in July back home and missed all of last season.